National Etailing and Mailing Organization of America
Front-End Web Developer/Designer

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Front-End Web Developer/Designer

Post Date
5/19/2016

Expiration Date
7/17/2016

Details:

WHO WE ARE

At American Meadows, we like to say that we Do Good Through Gardening. Our primary focus is to be great at providing home gardeners with the products and knowledge and website experience they need to succeed. We work to accomplish this by combining top-quality products, a staff that’s passionate about what we do, the latest in technology and proven direct-to-consumer methods. If that sounds intriguing, read on...

OUR CHALLENGE

Gardeners work very hard for results that often do not arrive for months or even years. We want to inspire, educate and inform our customers while also closing the sale. We are always looking for ways to create an exceptional user experience on our websites, and need your expertise to make this happen. We have an aggressive development schedule, with some very engaging projects planned for both AmericanMeadows.com, and HighCountryGardens.com

WHO YOU ARE & WHAT YOU’D DO

You will play a critical role in the look, feel and functionality of how we present ourselves to our customers. You are a motivated, hands-on designer and front-end developer who can work well with our team and loves problem-solving! You would be a key member of our web development team, helping build the cutting edge Magento ecommerce websites that fuel our business. You would primarily be working on Design, HTML, CSS development alongside our web developer and software engineer. We are a focused, agile development team who are dedicated to building great websites, writing great code, and adhering to process best practices (scrum, documentation, etc.). We aggressively test our websites, and are data driven (A/B testing, Analytics, live user testing, etc.) in our decision making process.

This is an in-house salaried position. We are not considering contractors or remote candidates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains ownership of the overall look-and-feel of company websites.
• Displays strong design skills (web & email, and sometimes print).
• Displays a solid understanding of web usability principles.
• Efficiently uses technical skills to convert graphic designs to the web.
• Effectively manages primary responsibility for setting up A/B and multi-variant testing through use of various testing tools.
• Continuously looks for opportunities for website or process improvement.
• Assists with the implementation and testing of new website functionality.
• Works closely with the copywriters, brand managers, product managers, customer service, and programmers as needed to bring new content, promotions and functionality to the website.
• Contributes willingly to other design projects as needed.
• Shows flexibility and aptitude for working in a variety of mediums, including email campaigns, print media and projects such as brand development and packaging design.


Qualifications:

• 1+ years building websites with an emphasis on the Presentation Layer including expertise in HTML, JavaScript, CSS (SASS).
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience with Magento preferred but not required.
• JavaScript including experience with using common JS libraries/frameworks and AJAX and XHTML.
• Experience with version control systems (GIT).
• Experience with responsive and adaptive design principles.
• Expertise in cross-browser compatible, standards compliant, table-less websites in semantic XHTML, CSS3 & unobtrusive JavaScript.
• Ability to gather and document requirements, and develop functional specifications.
• A strong, creative, problem solver, self-motivated and tenacious when tackling tough issues.
• A team player with energy and enthusiasm, and a high tolerance for change and ambiguity.
• Excellent communicator with an interest in continuous improvement of self and the organization.
• Solid understanding of ecommerce architecture, connectivity technologies, web hosting, advanced network protocols, client-server technologies, applications development and multi-vendor environments.
• Willingness to ‘do what it takes’ to contribute to the success of a small, growing business.
• We’re gardeners – you should be willing to play in the dirt too!


Comments:

The position will offer a salary commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package. If you or someone you know is interested, step 1 is easy: write a quick summary of either a great ecommerce website and what makes it so, or how we could improve the user experience on our own website (don’t worry, we have thick skin). Don’t go overboard – This isn’t a writing exercise, rather a chance to get a sense for how you go about your craft. You also should submit a resume, target salary and links of example websites and/or code samples to jobs@americanmeadows.com

American Meadows is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.


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American Meadows

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