Junior Web Designer

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We have a new position available for a Junior Web Designer to join or eCommerce Team at Pavers Head Office in York. This role will ideally suit a person with the ability to investigate, research and solve problems with the drive to achieve results through persistence and tenacity.

We have recently launched a brand new fully responsive website on the Shopify (enterprise) platform and are looking for a strong, self-reliant and organised individual to help us keep moving forward. You will need to have a passion for web development along with some commercial experience and be competent in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, JSON and SEO.

You will work closely with our eCommerce Manager and IT Development Manager to build a class leading user experience for our customers.

Salary: up to £25,000 plus bonus and benefits

Free on-site parking

Role Responsibilities:

Plan, Develop, Test and Document design implementations as part of a team

Interpreting graphic visual or interaction designs in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Creating visually appealing web pages or interfaces

Creating, editing or modifying templates for a CMS or web development framework

Programming interaction with JavaScript and/or a library such as jQuery, YUI or Prototype.

Testing cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device compatibility

Testing for compliance to specified standards such as accessibility standards

Conducting observational user testing, or reviewing designs against usability heuristics.

Essential Requirements:

Commercial experience with web development

Expert Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

Experience with JSON and AJAX

Experience and knowledge of mobile development and optimisation including responsive methodology

Proficient with a CSS Pre-processor such as SASS

Experience with testing and performance optimisation

Desirable Requirements:

Experience with CMS customisation - theme customisation & development

Experience of API utilisation to request and transform data

Experience working within an agile framework using tools e.g. JIRA

Experience using version control systems e.g. Git

Experience with Adobe Photoshop

About Us

Our company Pavers Shoes is one of the UK’s leading shoe retailers, we really do make Happy Feet with a focus on comfort, value and style. We have 118 stores though out the UK and ROI, and with ambitious growth plans, we currently have 1250 employees in our ever-expanding team! You can find our shoes and accessories on the high street, within outlet centres, department stores, mills and even garden centres! We also operate multi-channel and reach our customers through web, catalogue, and our very own TV channel.

We are passionate about investing and developing its people as they are key to our success, and now hold the 'Investors in People' accreditation.