Description
TBG (The Berndt Group) is seeking freelance Front-end Web Developers to assist a talented creative team (Information Architects, Designers, Front-end Developers) that produces award-winning website designs. Along with the skills listed below, our ideal candidate has a passion for staying on top of shifting trends in the industry, and in working with a team to think through process and working methods.
Responsibilities include:
- Valid HTML/CSS Template creation
- Maintenance of existing sites--this may include creating new display templates, developing new features, or fixing bugs.
- Ability to quickly figure out how a site is put together, and make the appropriate changes
- Debugging front-end code
- Wireframe and mockup review to catch potential issues before site build begins
- Thorough process of QA, addressing fixes logged by the design, technical, and account management departments
- Staying on top of current front-end best practices
- HTML
- CSS
- Web Standards based template production in a fast-paced environment
- Rendering differences between browsers
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Fireworks
- CSS Preprocessors
- Grunt, or other front-end build tools
- SMACSS and Object Oriented CSS
- Ability to write and work with existing JavaScript and jQuery
- Front-end code debugging tools like Chrome Dev Tools
- Git/Version Control Experience
- Search Engine Optimization Techniques
- Accessibility concepts and regulations such as WCAG and Section 508
- Web Fonts
- Mobile and responsive Web design
- CMS template integration
- Usability and Information Architecture best practices
Candidate should be able to work well with project teams, as well as interface with clients as needed.
Candidates must have at least 3 years of continuous industry experience in Web production and should be able to demonstrate current capabilities that are comparable to our existing standards.
Along with their resume, candidates should send examples of work in the form of URLs (live websites or stage sites), with a general overview of what their role was related to the work examples provided.
Freelancers would work on Web projects on an as needed, ongoing basis. Freelancers must be fully set up to work remotely. We would prefer applicants within driving range of our Baltimore, MD office; subcontractors/freelancers ideally need to be able to come into our office for meetings on occasion and potentially, on occasion, travel to meet with clients as part of our project team. We will consider candidates that are not local if the candidate strongly matches our needs and has a high level of availability, communication and responsiveness.
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