Senior Front-End Developer

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.  Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.  

The Role:
The Front-end Developer is responsible for developing assets across all digital channels for a range of local and global brands. This primarily includes digital banners, social media content, and emails.

Responsibilities:

• Digital Display and Social Media - adaptation and animate digital banners and social media assets, considering specifications and best practices - includes static, animated GIFs, HTML5, and Rich Media banners, and DCO campaigns.
• Develop responsive HTML emails, considering best practices and latest email trends.
• Work with project managers/account servicing team/clients to advise on the best approach to tackling brief challenges.
• Ensure all tasks, big and small, are developed to the highest creative quality and standards.
• Able to interpret briefs, estimate effort, and deliver within agreed timelines.
• Thoroughly QA work against the brief and brand guidelines before delivering.

Experience and Skills

• 2-3 years of experience working in an advertising environment
• Self-motivated to learn new creative skills and software as the need emerges
• Experience developing digital banners and emails
• Knowledge in programmatic advertising, DCO (dynamic creative optimisation) and relevant platforms such as Google Studio (nice to have)

Technical skills

• Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and an understanding of front-end development
• Experience animating digital assets with tools such as Google Web Designer, Adobe Animate, and After Effects (nice to have)
• Strong experience in design software, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, or Sketch
• Familiarity with using these tools to extract assets or do simple adapts
• Experience in HTML email development and testing
• Experience in responsive development
• Good knowledge of cross-browser support and fixes

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