NOTE : When applying, if you are not based within a reasonable commuting distance from Falmouth, please state clearly how you intend to be available to work from our office, or your application will be rejected. We are looking for a friendly, talented web developer to help us build new sites and maintain our existing ones. You will join our team of 6 (designers, developers and administrators) and share responsibility for all aspects of devising, building and maintaining websites for our clients. You will have proven experience in building sites, whether at an agency, in-house or as an independent.
Most of our sites are built in WordPress – because it’s great. We know, we’ve seen rubbish WordPress sites too – that’s not what we do. We build bespoke themes from scratch, use plugins only when trusted or necessary and have developed our build processes to make sites that are as efficient to work on as they are to load. WordPress is a great CMS, but not without its faults – like any tech stack, so we’re also always looking at new technologies, front-end frameworks and CMS’ we can incorporate into our workflows and builds.
You’ll be writing SASS, HTML, Javascript and PHP, as well as helping us decide our tech stack of the future.
This role is available to anyone who has had any experience building websites. We value talent as much as experience, so we are open to people at any point in their career, as long as they have had some experience with building things for other people.
Some experience building websites – ideally with PHP, JavaScript, WordPress (Gutenberg), SASS, LEMP stack, working with APIs and maintaining local testing environments.
Excellent communication and problem solving skills – with experience responding to briefs and working with designers and clients or project managers.
Able to interpret designs into fluid, responsive and dynamic websites.
Able to learn code fast and adapt to new languages, frameworks, and methods of working.
Bonus Points
Above average PHP, WooCommerce, Gutenberg etc, competent ES6 or back-end development skills.
Experience building bespoke themes.
Experience setting up server environments and managing hosting.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers and copywriters, to execute projects through pro-active and positive communication.
Able to hybrid work at least 2 days a week from our spacious, central Falmouth office
Venn is a design agency that creates what a brand needs to excel. This means strategy, traditional design, digital design and building beautiful and highly functional websites for our clients, in house – with a special interest in working with charities, creative industries and brands willing to be different.
Don’t let that fool you – we put everything into hitting deadlines, creating with care and making things to last.
We keep ourselves to ourselves – we don’t broadcast our successes and we respect the privacy and quality of life of our clients and our team. Applicants will be offered between £26k and £32K p/a depending on experience.
We are committed to creating a good work/life balance, a stable environment based around organic growth and favouring work/life balance over chasing profit. 28 Days Holiday P/A
~ Additional, extended Christmas leave
~ Large training budget
~ Access to mental health and wellbeing support
~ Semi-flexible working hours (we know this sounds vague – the standard is 9 – 5 with a half an hour break, but if you have needs for flexibility and they don’t interfere with our ability to deliver work, we will generally accommodate.)
~ Some examples of websites you’ve built or details of sites you’ve worked on if you can’t share them
No salary-commission agencies please.