Vacancy at Lantern Books

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.

WEB CONTENT DEVELOPER

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.

Write maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code
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

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
Imagination
Adaptable
Willing to learn new techniques
Have good interpersonal and communication skills
Multi-task and meet rigorous deadlines.
Understanding of layout and typography.
Extreme attention to detail
Team player
Ability to influence decision makers
Enthusiastic
Self-motivated
Meticulous
Strong drive and determination to succeed
Need to Have’s:

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
Great understand and craftsmanship of JavaScript technologies e.g. Angular JS, JQuery etc.
Experience with a CSS Preprocessor
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
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
Experienced with building Web API
Knowledge of data formats (particularly. JSON, XML)

TO APPLY
We are only considering applicants that fit the needed requirements above.  We look forward to meeting you. If you are interested, forward your CV and Applications to johnson.akinkuowo@literamed.com and copy seun.ladeinde@lantern-books.com

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