Front-End Web Developer (Full-Time)

Chicago, IL
United States

Chicago Digital

1 to 50 employees

Company Info

Job description

Chicago Digital is looking for an experienced Front End Web Developer to join our team of exceptional web developers. We focus on building high-quality custom websites. We look to outdo ourselves on every project in order to continuously improve our skills, set the example for the industry and teach others. You will be building amazing, custom websites for our clients.

No back-end experience needed!

If you consider yourself to be an all-star coder that can take on any responsive design, this job is for you. You will be hand coding responsive CSS and HTML websites from Photoshop files and integrating them into the Adobe Business Catalyst content management system.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop websites for our customers
  • Build reusable code, widgets, and/or apps for team and broader community
  • Collaborate with design and development team
  • Share knowledge through creation of video tutorials at BC ACADEME (http://www.bcacademe.com/), owned by Chicago Digital

Essential Skills:

  • Expert in HTML
  • Expert in CSS
  • Intermediate Javascript and jQuery skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Good written communication skills

Desired Skills:

  • Adobe Business Catalyst (at a minimum, experience working with content management systems)
    • Through our online courses, tutorials, and in-house training, we can get you trained on Adobe BC quickly
  • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
  • Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them
  • Good understanding of liquid markup
  • Good understanding of UX principles
  • Good understanding of web design principles
  • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
  • Experience working with the Foundation Framework or building websites based on a grid system
  • Quick Learner
  • Great Problem Solver
  • Loves conversations about the proper way to do things on the web

Bonus Skills:

  • Familiarity with Github
  • Experience working with APIs

Educational Requirements

None. If you are a great programmer with a great attitude and a desire to build high quality custom websites, we don't care where you are from or what school you went to. The proof is in the work so make sure you have high quality work to reference.

Location: This offer is not limited to people living in Chicago, IL. We are open to remote working (work from home).

Company Description

Chicago Digital is one of the most accomplished Business Catalyst developers in the world, having built hundreds of websites on the platform, founding one of the leading BC education sites and running the central marketplace for distributing BC Apps.

Chicago Digital is an innovative web agency from Chicago, IL. Our passion for helping small and medium size businesses has grown us into a full-service strategic marketing company developing online solutions for organizations across business sectors.

At Chicago Digital we have adopted a customer oriented mindset. This mindset has earned us acclamation's for having some of the best service and support in the industry. It is our mission to continually provide the highest quality products and services to our customers.

We are a small company but provide big benefits. Check out the benefits we have to offer here: https://secure.zenefits.com/benefitsPreview/requiredInformation?token=79501839-a33d-4993-ad39-77428c094112

Work location: Chicago, IL

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