Senior Front-End Web Developer - Office of Communications and Marketing

The Office of Communications and Marketing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks applications and nominations for the position of Senior Front-End Web Developer. This position develops and maintains interfaces for the university’s flagship website (utk.edu) and other digital products using primarily HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the WordPress CMS framework.

UT is the state’s flagship research university, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, the institution fulfills its access mission through a commitment to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement.

The Office of Communications and Marketing is dedicated to advancing the university’s reputation. Staff members support the institution’s mission and goals, promote its successes and achievements, inform and engage its stakeholders, and ensure the integrity of its brand. We craft audience-focused communications based on data, best-practices, and emerging trends.

The division comprises several cross-functional teams, employing more than 50 full-time professionals with expertise in design, development, video production, content strategy, feature writing, editing, marketing, media relations, internal communication, and special events.

We seek candidates who can contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the university.

Duties/Responsibilities

·         Serves as lead front-end developer and key contributor developing, maintaining, and improving custom digital interfaces for the university’s flagship website (utk.edu) and other digital products, using primarily HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

·         Develops, implements, and supports software solutions demonstrating an expert understanding of interactive design principles, ensuring products reflect the university’s existing brand guidelines.

·         Analyzes technical problems, proposes solutions, and implements strategies and solutions for front-end development methods, tooling, and processes.

·         Performs QA/QC reviews of front-end code to optimize performance and user experience.

·         Adheres to consistent web development and accessibility standards.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

·         Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, and other web languages, particularly PHP and JavaScript

·         Advanced knowledge of web standards, including web accessibility standards

·         Ability to develop and program within CMS frameworks such as WordPress

·         Ability to work with web server configurations, particularly for WordPress

·         Ability to work with MySQL databases

·         Ability to work with API integrations

·         Ability to develop WordPress themes and plugins

·         Knowledge of CSS pre-processors

·         Ability to work with the Git version control system

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