Front End Web Developer

We're looking for a unicorn! As a Front-end Developer (WordPress and Squarespace) at Beacon Design Collective, you will play a pivotal role in delivering on-brand, polished and professional design solutions across various projects. Your responsibilities will encompass:

Front-end Web Development

• Collaborate with our web design team to ensure seamless integration of design and functionality.
• Utilize HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, alongside content management systems WordPress and SquareSpace, to transform design concepts into interactive, responsive web pages.
• Maintain websites using WordPress and Squarespace, ensuring a user-friendly and visually appealing experience.
• Optimize web assets for performance and user experience.
• Review and assess data/information from Google Analytics and Crazy Egg heat mapping software to inform decisions about user experience.
• Add alt tags, navigational features, and other accessibility features as requested by the Beacon team.
• Stay updated on design trends and ind ustry best practices to ensure our designs remain fresh and effective.

What do you need to be a front end developer with us?

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the graphic design field.
• A compelling portfolio showcasing your design work, front-end development projects (including WordPress and Squarespace experience), and production design proficiency.
• Proficiency in graphic design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, and Figma, etc.).
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, along with the ability to hand-code responsive web designs.
• Familiarity with content management systems, particularly WordPress and Squarespace.
• Impeccable attention to detail, coupled with a deep understanding of typography, color theory, and layout design.
• Outstanding communication skills and a collaborative approach within a remote team.
• Proactive and self-motivated work ethic, with a strong ability to manage your time, meet deadlines and work within allocated time frames.

If you don't meet all the criteria but this still sounds like the role for you, please apply! We believe that values, ability and a desire to learn are just as important as ticking every box in a list of requirements.

We are an equal opportunity employer and work actively to create an inclusive and diverse environment for employees from all walks of life.

Some things we're looking for.

Communication skills — You’ll be interfacing daily with other team members and clients, so clear written and verbal communication is key.

Accountability — You take full ownership of projects and ensure to deliver them on time. You understand the impact of your work on the team's success. You’re not afraid to admit if and when mistakes happen and make corrective actions.

Organizational skills — You'll be responsible for tracking the flow of tasks through our project management software and ensuring everything is in order.

Creative problem solving — You can research, troubleshoot, and ask questions to get yourself unstuck.

Take initiative and ownership of production design and front end development at Beacon — We want you to bring your experience to help make our processes as good as they can be.

Balance pragmatism and perfection — We need things done right, but we value iterative improvement over waiting until it’s “just right.”

Ability to work with others — We’re a close-knit team and constantly putting our heads together to find the best solutions. No lone wolves here.

Desire to learn and expand your skill set — Maybe you can teach us something new.

Compensation.

$25-32 hr is what we’re thinking, but let’s talk about your experience and expectations around compensation, we’re creative! We also offer: a comprehensive and flexible benefits package, birthday off with pay, and other benefits and perks.

Commitment.Hours per week

This is a production design and front end development position that will be paid biweekly. We are looking for 25-40 hours of your time each week and have flexible start and end times. We are currently doing half day Fridays.

Availability

The expectation is that the production designer and front end developer will be available to work Monday to Friday with a minimum team overlap of 10:00am-2:00pm PST Monday through Thursday. Outside of the mandatory team overlap, your hours are flexible.

Time off

We do have holidays. We are closed between December 24 and January 2 annually. We are also closed on all statutory holidays. We encourage team vacation periods in the summer and January as these are our slower seasons. Furthermore, we are comfortable with vacation days as needed. Again, let’s communicate!

Overtime

On the rare occasion that our production designer and front end developer is needed on the weekend or after 6:00pm, you will be asked first and you will be compensated +50% of your hourly rate for the after hours work.

About Us.

We're The Beacon Design Collective Inc., a team of creatives that creates buy-in for our nonprofit clients. We do this through beautiful, effective design and thoughtful, concise storytelling. We also have three results-oriented service packages that promise to increase the website donation rates of our clients. These packages are new and we are marketing them now. Our clients include the City of Vancouver, Métis Nation Alberta, the Working Families Party, Black Fly Environmental, Kinship Heals, and more.

Some of the tools and technologies we use:

• Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects and Photoshop)
• Teamwork Projects
• Google Suite
• PowerPoint, Word
• QuickBooks

Some of the things we value:

• Respectful collaboration and a supportive environment
• Learning and improving as a team
• Honesty and transparency with our clients and each other
• Work-life balance
• We love it when new members of the team add to our culture and processes.