POSITION: WEBSITE SPECIALIST

DURATION: CONTRACT

LOCATION: BALTIMORE MARYLAND USA 21205

   GENERAL DESCRIPTION:The Front-End Developer works on the Communications & Marketing Team within the Office of External Affairs. The role operates under the direction of the Director of Digital Strategy and alongside a team of front- and back-end developers and is responsible for the development and maintenance of websites and web applications managed by the Office. The Bloomberg School is an exciting place to develop your career with the potential for important, creative work. The Communications & Marketing Team is a close-knit, casual but professional team and offers flexible hours, some remote work and generous benefits. 

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working closely with the Director of Digital Strategy and the Team's lead developer, the Front-End Developer will:
• Collaborate with internal clients from throughout the School:
• Designing, building and deploying custom content and components
• Providing UI/UX guidance and expertise
• Offering general support and troubleshooting
• Working from wireframes, comps or prototypes, develop and deploy components, pages, templates or sites
• Will occasionally hand code complex HTML and CSS
• Build HTML emails for internal and external audiences
• Perform admin functions on internal and external servers and services
• Work with outside vendors to facilitate additional development
• Ensure quality and adherence to School and University brand guidelines

           MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• At least two years of professional, related work experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional relevant experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Comfortable with CSS languages and methodologies such as SASS, BEM, or SMACSS
• Basic understanding of JS based build tools like Grunt and Gulp
• Working knowledge of Git and GitHub
• Working knowledge of Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator or similar applications
• An aptitude for visual communication and graphic design
• Proficiency with mobile-first, progressive enhancement approaches
• Familiar with WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines and approaches
• Experience developing modern CMS implementations is preferred
• Experience with JavaScript creating interactive components a plus
• Working knowledge of back-end tools such ColdFusion, PHP, and SQL a plus

           DETAILS AND OPPORTUNITIES: 

• Development is just starting on an extensive website redesign and migration project centered around transitioning JHSPH.edu to a new CMS, Drupal. This migration offers an excellent opportunity to make foundational contributions to planning, design, information architecture, and user experience.