
Front End Developer
Inspired Thinking Group (ITG)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Turn designs (Figma/PSD) into responsive, accessible, production-ready HTML/CSS.
- Build interactive UI features in modern JavaScript (and, where appropriate, frameworks such as React/Vue/Svelte).
- Support cross-browser compatibility and responsive behaviour across devices.
- Integrate frontends with APIs and work with data returned from back-end services.
- Build and maintain responsive HTML emails using best-practice techniques (including table-based layouts) and support testing across clients.
- Collaborate with designers, project managers and developers to deliver work to agreed timelines and quality standards.
- Contribute to continuous improvement—reusable components, performance, maintainability and clean code.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of semantic HTML5, modern CSS and responsive layout techniques.
- CSS frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Tailwind) and/or preprocessors (Sass/Less).
- Solid JavaScript fundamentals (ES6+), including DOM, events, async patterns and working with APIs.
- Experience building production websites or web app UIs and handling cross-browser issues pragmatically.
- Comfortable using Git-based version control.
- Familiarity with modern tooling (npm, bundlers/build tools) and writing maintainable, well-structured code.
- Design handover tools (Figma) and/or Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator).
- A JavaScript library or framework (e.g., React, Vue, Svelte, Alpine.js, jQuery).
- Email build and testing tools (e.g., Litmus, Email on Acid) and email platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, dotdigital).
- Working in a ticketed workflow (e.g., Jira) and repository hosting (e.g., Bitbucket).
- CMS experience (e.g., WordPress, Umbraco).
- Basic PHP knowledge (enough to understand templates, make small changes and collaborate with back-end developers).
- Exposure to PHP frameworks (e.g., Laravel, Symfony) and/or WordPress theme development.
- Familiarity with databases (e.g., MySQL) and common web concepts (requests, sessions, authentication).
Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
- Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
- Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
- So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
- Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
- Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
- Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
- Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.
- Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
- Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
HTML5CSSJavaScriptReactVueSvelteBootstrapTailwindPHPMySQL
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationtime managementproblem solvingattention to detail