Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited Vacancy for Web Developers in Lagos
Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, est. 1969, is Nigeria's leading
Children's book publisher. Its imprint, "Lantern books" is now a
household name in Nigeria and West Africa.
Literamed has in its stable over 400 titles of books for Pre-primary,
Primary, Secondary and Literature texts for different age ranges, all
widely accepted in Nigerian Schools.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Web Developer
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- We are looking for a talented Web Content Developer to join our
Marketing & Multimedia team. As a member of Lantern Book’s Marketing
& Multimedia team, you will be designing and developing a
responsive and elegant web experience.
Responsibilities
- You'll be writing maintainable, scalable, cross-browser and
cross platform (desktop, mobile and other devices) code that is seen by
millions of users. You’ll be part of a team of marketers, product
managers, and designers that collaborates on the conceptualization,
design, and implementation of landing and content pages. We're looking
for someone who can communicate their thoughts clearly, both in meetings
and in their code. And you'll be an advocate for best practices, great
usability, and exceptional quality.
- Maintain design, user experience and brand requirements throughout the development process
- Collaborate with marketing managers to conceptualize, design, and implement new pages
- Advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality
- Write maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code
Key Characteristics
- A curiosity and a passion for creating elegant end user experiences.
- Balance of ideation and delivery skills.
- Doesn't take feedback personally.
- Creative flair.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Team player.
- Ability to influence decision makers.
- Enthusiastic.
- Self-motivated.
- Meticulous.
- Strong drive and determination to succeed.
- Imagination.
- Adaptable.
- Willing to learn new techniques.
- Have good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Multi-task and meet rigorous deadlines.
- Understanding of layout and typography.
Requirements
Need to Have:
- Well-grounded knowledge in building front end web experiences.
- Experience in Cross-Browser / Cross-Platform development
- Solid understanding of CSS3 and HTML5 along with upcoming standards
- Excellent communication and organization skills (we take this very seriously)
- Version Control (Git / GitHub / CVS / Subversion)
- Experience in Database management (MySQL specifically)
- SEO and Social Media Integration (very key to our marketing strategy - a must have)
- Proper code documentation
- Knowledge of data formats (particularly. JSON, XML)
- We are only considering applicants that fit the needed requirements above. We look forward to meeting you.
- Great understand and craftsmanship of JavaScript technologies e.g. Angular JS, JQuery etc.
- Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (would be an advantage even though we have inhouse graphic artist)
- Experience with server-side technologies (PHP is first on the list)
- Able to translate wireframes and mockups into code with a good grasp of document structure and semantics
- Good visual design sense and understanding of basic usability concepts
- Solid understanding of cross-browser best practices
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 29th May, 2015.