Junior Web Developer

Junior Web Developer

Location: Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6BQ – hybrid
Salary: £24,000 to £28,500 DOE, plus bonus and benefits 
Contract: Full time, permanent 
Hours: Monday to Thursday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, Friday 9.30 am to 5.00 pm – Some flexibility in hours possible 

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and extra time off over Christmas, and a day off on your birthday,
• Ongoing in-house team, and individual training,
• Budgets for attending industry events & training, 
• Regular staff social events and evenings, with the company covering all the costs, 
• Internal half-day nomination scheme, 
• Your salary will be regularly reviewed and your successful contribution to growing the business will be suitably rewarded via our annual profit-related bonus scheme,
• Commission scheme for referring new business
• BUPA healthcare plan,
• Workplace pension scheme,
• Laptop & homeworking equipment 
• Free parking.

The Role

WRD is a full-service Digital Marketing Agency established in 2001, specialising in Web Development, SEO, and PPC. We are a Google Partner Agency and Microsoft Elite Partner, with a loyal and growing client base of household names, SMBs and Enterprise sized clients.

Due to expansion, we are looking for a bright and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team as a Junior Web Developer.

This role would suit someone with a keen interest in coding and all technical aspects of websites. The successful candidate will be keen to learn more and develop their skills in a hands-on way, with full support from our existing developers.

You will need to live within commuting distance of our offices near Godalming, you will also need a full driving license and your own car as we are in a rural location.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing bespoke WordPress themes based on client’s designs, with a preference for using Advanced Custom Fields for either a template or block-based approach.
• Implementing new functionality for WordPress using custom plugin development.
• Applying & updating plugins and WordPress versions.
• Liaising not only with other members of the WRD team but also directly with clients, mostly on video calls, to fully understand and implement their requirements.
• Setting up tracking using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, and sometimes setting these up to work with clients’ CMS or sales processing software.
• Creating dashboards and exporting data using tools such as Looker Studio for use in our client reports.

Experience & Skills

The successful candidate will have some level of experience and knowledge of:

• WordPress
• Using Advanced Custom Fields for block & theme development (though this is not required and training will be provided).
• JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS
• Familiarity with MS Office and Google Docs (particularly Excel and Google Sheets) is needed and preference will be given to those who have:
• A good standard of English and maths
• An Analytical mindset with the ability to grasp sometimes complex problems and identify suitable solutions
• Good organization and time management skills
• Good written and spoken communication skills to communicate effectively with clients and other members of our digital marketing team.
• Passion for digital and a desire to continually develop their knowledge, as digital marketing is a continually changing environment 
• Must have own transport and be within easy commuting distance (no more than 40 minutes’ drive)

Why work for us

We are an expanding business with a very friendly and close team based in a beautiful, dog-friendly, converted barn on a country estate near Godalming, Surrey. 

You will need to live within commuting distance of our offices near Godalming (ideally less than 40 minutes' drive away), you will also need a full driving license and your own car as we are in a rural location.

This is a full-time role; however, we are able to offer some flexibility when it comes to specific working hours if required. 

Following your training period/successful probation, the role would be hybrid, with homeworking available three days a week as required (office days are Tuesdays and Thursdays).

If you feel like you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role than apply today! 

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