Web Developer - Design

The Company

Terminalfour is a digital engagement and web content management platform for higher education. Our mission is to empower universities and colleges to drive student recruitment, retention, alumni fundraising, and research promotion by maximising the effectiveness of their digital and content strategies. We are the top provider to the higher education sector in the UK and Ireland and we're quickly becoming the premier choice in North America as well.

All Terminalfour team members work remotely.  We provide the essential tools for remote working including a laptop, monitors, desk and more to ensure you have everything you need for a seamless setup. Alternatively, you can avail of our Bring Your Own Device Policy and work from your own preferred equipment.

At Terminalfour, we are focused on employee wellbeing and provide an Employee Assistance Programme to all staff across all locations. This comprehensive service includes various health and wellbeing supports, as well as short-term counselling, and is available to both employees and their families. Additionally, we have a Wellbeing Platform to promote health, wellbeing, and overall self-care both at home and in the workplace. In recognition of the importance of work-life balance, we also offer 30 days annual leave.

We actively encourage continuous learning and development with many opportunities for upskilling within the organisation through the Terminalfour and DCM Learning Hub. If you want to enhance your AWS skills, the company will cover the cost of your training and AWS Certification. We also provide paid access to a technical training platform for continuous learning, at your own pace.

The Role:

This role involves designing and integrating client websites into our enterprise-level content management system. You will be involved throughout the lifecycle of the project, integrating multiple websites into the CMS using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

You will be working as part of our Professional Services department, alongside a team of Analysts, Project Managers and Web Developers.

The role is client-focused, therefore good communication is essential. This is a unique opportunity for you to work with clients on large scale projects, and to develop your skills with an exciting team.

What you will do:

• Produce high quality CMS-driven sites from detailed functional specifications. Work with clients and Project Managers to ensure high-quality website designs and timely project deliverables.    

• Develop maintainable and re-usable HTML/CSS/JS to address client needs.

• Work with our Implementation Analysts, advising on the estimation, design, development, and implementation of projects.

• Thoroughly test these sites prior to client delivery.

• Write detailed client facing documentation for your work.

Skills and Experience required:

• Experience in website design (UI/UX) including requirements gathering/workshops, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes.

• HTML/CSS/Sass/JavaScript skills: be comfortable with translating a high-fidelity design into HTML, CSS and JavaScript markup using Sass technologies.

• Accessibility knowledge working to WCAG/Section 508 standards.

• Experience using Bootstrap and/or Foundation frameworks.

• Experience of working with colleagues to develop project specifications.

• Self-motivated and organised, you enjoy the challenge of achieving tight deadlines in a project-driven environment.

• Strong communication skills

• Fluent English language skills

Good to have Skills and Experience:

• Experience with GIT (and /or other version control) is an advantage.

• Previous experience with Figma/Adobe Creative Cloud (or other applicable design development software)

• Experience of Content Management Systems

• Previous experience working in the Higher Education market

• Experience with task-runners/bundlers/compilers (Gulp/Grunt/Webpack etc.)

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