Job Description:

What it is?
RMG Connect is a specialist relationship marketing operation within JWT/RMG Connect is ranked as a top ten global direct marketing company, and according to ADWEEK is the 7th largest US digital marketing company with 35 worldwide offices on 6 continents. We are the fastest growing unit within JWT. You can visit our website at

Our mission is to build more profitable relationships between our clients and their customers, and to create connections with consumers that drive results. We plan, create, manage and measure business communications that optimize how our clients acquire, develop and retain their customers.

Our New York team is currently seeking a Front End Developer to work with all RMG Connect departments to assigned client, accounts and projects.

What you do?

Ultimately the Front End Developer is responsible to:

Standard types of work will be emails, landing pages, assist UX with concept testing
Develop interfaces, templates, and the tools to navigate a web site
Performs unit testing at the page level, contributes to code standards document, and leads code reviews
Reviews specifications and provides time estimates on the development of projects and features
Partners with IA, Software Engineers, QA, Designers, Copywriter and Flash Developer to ensure quality Experience Design deliverables

Responsibilities:

Leadership
Acts to serve as a “role model” for other developers assigned to project work, including time management, attendance and basic professional bearing
Directs and leads the developers to understand standards and new technologies
Meets with project managers to review project needs from a development standpoint
Is an advocate for the Interactive Development discipline in interactions between designers and back-end developers, including best practices and processes
Attends meetings and represents the development team on a regular basis

Technical Knowledge
Strong background in building emails and is used to tabled layouts
Produce clean, semantic markup that can be easily modified by other team members
Develop elegant web solutions that perform appropriately and degrade gracefully in multiple browsers, platforms, and media types

Innovation
Proactively seeks new opportunities to use new technologies that enhance the clients site

Execution
Deadline-oriented with the ability to prioritize and accomplish multiple projects within tight timeframes
Ensures that code has been unit-tested and validated before delivery to QA

Relationships
The ability to work with remotes team of Front End and Back End Developers
Provide timeline estimates for the development phase of upcoming projects
Communicates effectively and respectfully with staff and clients on development needs
Review information architecture and creative designs for feasibility; advise other disciplines of obstacles and negotiates solutions within project scope, timeline, and budget

What you need?

3+ years of professional web development experience
Expert-level knowledge of, HTML, CSS and standard development tools
Strong attention to detail; ability to unit test work for technical and visual excellence
Experience with Content Management Systems and Web Accessibility Guidelines/Section508 strongly preferred
Experience and knowledge of integrating XHTML, HTML, etc with back end templated systems such as Symphony or Drupal is a plus
Comfortable working with integrating and working with/around existing code fragments
Capable of building W3C compliant pages and creating solutions for rendering inadequacies of browsers such as Internet Explorer 6
A working knowledge of Flash, Flex, JavaScript, Ajax

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) and a generous company holiday schedule. RMG Connect/JWT is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.