Job description

Are you passionate about innovation, disruption, the tech start-up scene, the corporate innovation space, the link between growing our economy and bright new ideas from African entrepreneurs? Do you a key eye for design and great web and application development skills?

Then it could be time you join The Loudhailer – a team passionate about telling the African innovation story as our UI/UX web developer.

Responsibilities:

• Remain current on industry standards in web development
• Ability to research, develop and propose new technologies to improve applications
• Find and recommend opportunities for continuous improvement
• Consult with clients about issues on existing applications or potential designs for development
• Design and model web applications or related technical briefs
• Create, build, modify and manage web applications using various of the shelve technologies or using coding techniques to do it from scratch
• Conduct meetings with the internal team and clients
• Design wireframes and app-flow models for new development projects
• Assist the team with technical requests related to IT, design and development
• Assist the team with media-related design matters such as HTML mails, design principals and content design
• Write up technical specification sheets or briefing documentation for projects
• Write formal technical research reports based on requests from the team or clients in relation to design, development approaches and solutions for technical development problems or ideas
• Provide training on the usage of platforms like WordPress or similar to the internal team

Requirements

• Previous experience in design and web development
• A relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Computer Science, IT, or similar
• Web application development skills: HTML5; CSS3; JavaScript
• Experience with JavaScript and industry standard libraries like jQuery and CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap is a plus
• Familiarity with responsive design concepts and design best practices
• Creative freedom and eagerness to learn. Creativity, flexibility, ability to multi-task and a strong desire to learn and take on new challenges is a must
• Content management systems knowledge: Using, managing, modifying and building complex WordPress websites and stores; or similar systems such as Shopify, Joomla and Magento
• Design experience creating wireframes, app-flows, content and media
• English language fluency: You need to have excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong interpersonal skills: Whether it’s over the phone, by email or in person, you need to be approachable, friendly and empathetic, and be able to relate to people on different levels within the agency and with clients.
• Time-keeping and content switching: You will often be working to tight client deadlines and multiple projects at the same time. You need to be able to work quickly and efficiently, without compromising on quality. The ability to own outcomes and results, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines is a must.

Posted on 11 Aug 12:12