Overview

Location: Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6BQ - hybrid

Salary: £24,000 to £28,500 DOE, plus bonus and benefits

Contract: Full time, permanent

Hours: Monday to Thursday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, Friday 9.30 am to 5.00 pm - Some flexibility in hours possible

Benefits: 25 days paid holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and extra time off over Christmas, and a day off on your birthday, ongoing in-house team and individual training, budgets for attending industry events & training, regular staff social events and evenings, with the company covering all the costs, internal half-day nomination scheme, salary reviews with annual profit-related bonus, commission for referring new business, BUPA healthcare plan, workplace pension, laptop & homeworking equipment, free parking.

The Role

WRD is a full-service Digital Marketing Agency established in 2001, specialising in Web Development, SEO, and PPC. We are a Google Partner Agency and Microsoft Elite Partner, with a loyal and growing client base of household names, SMBs and Enterprise sized clients.

Due to expansion, we are looking for a bright and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team as a Junior Web Developer. This role would suit someone with a keen interest in coding and all technical aspects of websites. The successful candidate will be keen to learn more and develop their skills in a hands-on way, with full support from our existing developers. You will need to live within commuting distance of our offices near Godalming, and you will also need a full driving license and your own car as we are in a rural location.

Responsibilities

• Developing bespoke WordPress themes based on client designs, with a preference for using Advanced Custom Fields for either a template or block-based approach.
• Implementing new functionality for WordPress using custom plugin development.
• Applying and updating plugins and WordPress versions.
• Liaising with other members of the WRD team and directly with clients, mostly on video calls, to fully understand and implement their requirements.
• Setting up tracking using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, and sometimes integrating these with clients' CMS or sales processing software.
• Creating dashboards and exporting data using tools such as Looker Studio for client reports.

Experience & Skills

• WordPress
• Using Advanced Custom Fields for block & theme development (training provided if not required).
• JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS
• Familiarity with MS Office and Google Docs (particularly Excel and Google Sheets)
• A good standard of English and maths
• An analytical mindset with the ability to grasp complex problems and identify solutions
• Good organization and time management skills
• Good written and spoken communication skills to interact with clients and team members
• A passion for digital and a desire to continually develop knowledge in a changing environment
• Must have own transport and be within easy commuting distance (no more than 40 minutes' drive)

Why work for us

We are an expanding business with a very friendly and close team based in a beautiful, dog-friendly, converted barn on a country estate near Godalming, Surrey. This is a full-time role; however, some flexibility with working hours is available. Following training and probation, the role would be hybrid, with homeworking available three days a week (office days: Tuesday and Thursday).

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, apply today.

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