Frontend Developer

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Front End Developer

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Competitive

Location: Noida

Start date: ASAP

BMJ Tech is seeking a Front End Developer who wants to join a growing team. You will be up to date with new technologies, driven to improve the user experience and performance of online products and interested in the performance of transactional websites and app products. You will also be an expert in your chosen discipline as well as being willing and able to learn new technologies and use that knowledge at work.

BMJ has several online products used by healthcare professionals worldwide. This position will be involved in many systems concentrating on our BMJ porfolio 

The role requires a Front End Developer able to quickly deliver new features and improve the look and feel, performance, accessibility, usability of our product plus work closely with colleagues in CoLab and UX.

We are looking for someone who can create BMJ design assets that adhere to BMJ's brand guidelines.

Responsabilties

Ensure that BMJ's  digital products pass accessibility standards.

Write HTML and CSS for the above mentioned designs. Own conceptual development, direction and delivery of visual design projects.

Provide technical expertise and experience to the rest of the team.

Proactively propose improvements to design/development processes, technologies and tools.

Follow a user-centred approach to design and code considering industry best practices while adhering to WCAG 2.10 AA accessibility standards

Create new WordPress promotional site or dedicated pages from existing templates. 

Create designs, both print and digital, for web pages, journal homepage widgets, logos, banners, journal covers, icons, powerpoint slides, newsletters, posters, etc.

Update content on WordPress and HighWire web pages

Update and maintain the BMJ logo bank

Create banners in the WisePops environment.

Drive design thought leadership

Working as part of the BMJ Technology team, design and build cross-platform interactive graphics, interfaces and new story formats across the BMJ portfolio.

Collaborate with marketeers, UXers  product managers to incorporate user feedback.

Qualifications

A high standard of written and spoken English is required.

Strong communication skills are required.

Educational and work experience equivalent to a science/computing degree are required.

5+ years experience in a similar job required prior to taking up this position with strong visual design foundation

Designing and Developing commercial customers facing online products.

STM (scientific, technical, medical) publishing is desirable.

Formal development methods are required. These include: design frameworks, testing frameworks, build management, source control management, change control management, and fault resolution management.

Wordpress - HTML, CSS/SCSS, PHP, Dashboard

Responsive web design

Handling page performance and accessibility issues including typography

Adobe Creative Suite of software: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

Image optimisation

Why should you apply?

BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes. 

You may know us as the publisher of one of the world's most cited general medical journals, The BMJ. We also publish over 70 specialty journals, many of which are the most influential titles in their field. 

We also offer digital professional development courses and clinical decision support tools to help medical institutions and clinicians tackle today's most critical healthcare challenges.

Evidence underpins everything we do - it's what makes us one of the world's most trusted knowledge providers. And the figures speak for themselves. More than 50 million users from over 150 countries access our websites every year.

BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA), with nearly 500 employees worldwide. Our head office is located within the Grade II listed BMA House in Euston, London, with more offices in China, India, North America, and Wales. 

At BMJ we take equal opportunities very seriously, diversity and inclusion are more than just words, they are an organizational priority. We are building a culture where everyone feels able to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We encourage applications from under-represented groups and we are a Disability Confident Committed employer.

You will be able to join any of our employee-led networks focussing on: Gender, Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Parents and Carers and Age. 

We offer flexible work arrangements to all our employees.