Force 5 is hiring a Web front-end designer developer!

Force 5 is a brand development and marketing communications firm on the lovely St. Joseph River in South Bend, IN. We are a seriously smart, fun, group of marketing peeps and geeks! Our office space is very much like a lodge, lots of stone and wood – very peaceful – until the pups run for the doorbell. We do have 3 small office dogs, all loveable and well behaved, aside from the barking at the doorbell thing. If the pack accepts them, you can bring your pup to work! Force 5 has a wide variety of clients and our mission is to do amazing work for them, keep them happy and have fun in the process.

The job is a full-time position, with paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick days. We offer our employees health insurance benefits, vision and dental plans.

Job Description - Front-end Web Designer / Drupal developer
We are looking for a front-end web designer and Drupal developer responsible for front-end development and theming. This position requires a combination of programming skills (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, etc.) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the color and font choices, and so on). The best candidates have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems. Experience with responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. In addition, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development and deployment, with some back-end knowledge, is preferred.

Responsibilities
Responsible for helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme. Work closely with back-end developers and customers to ensure an effective, visually appealing, and intuitive implementation.

Responsible for designing and implementing new features and functionality, establishing and guiding the website’s architecture, ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS.

Skills and Qualifications

• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Extremely fluent with HTML5/XHTML and CSS
• Experience working with PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery
• Ability to write JavaScript with and without the use of frameworks such as jQuery
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Ability to understand CSS changes to have consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Results-oriented, reliable, able to work under pressure
• Ability to communicate technical ideas to business users and other teams (design, user experience, etc.)
• Ability to both collaborate with team members and to work independently. Eager to embrace current and emerging web technologies

Qualifications

• A Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related field (or combined with related experience)
• Solid understanding of HTML, Javascript, and CSS
• Minimum 2 years of Drupal programming experience (samples of applications that you have worked on are required)
• Ability to communicate and work well with others
• Ability to handle a fast-paced work environment, deadlines and new challenges.
• Knowledge of SEO coding best practices

Salary commensurate with experience and market.

Intern position available!

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