Front-End Developer

The William Reed Group; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

We are a global media group delivering exceptional content through events, digital, data & insight.

From agribusiness, ingredients and food processing, to retail, hospitality & fine dining – we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers’ success.

We have offices in Gatwick, Brighton and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. In line with the Company’s current Agile Working Policy, the successful candidate would be eligible to work part of the week from our Gatwick office and to work remotely for the rest of the week.

Position

Position: Full time (35hr per week)

Location: Gatwick / Hybrid

We have an exciting opportunity for a Front-End Developer to join our Digital Operations team. As a key member of our Design & UX team, collaborating closely with our Technical Product Owners, you’ll have an important role in driving the evolution of front-end development across a diverse range of digital products. This position will place you at the forefront of our work on William Reed’s innovative Digital Experience Platform (DXP), Arc XP, where you’ll help craft cutting-edge front-end solutions.

We are looking for a dedicated mid-level front-end developer to contribute to the creation of 100+ dynamic, complex websites while also taking an active role in advancing development processes and best practices. The Front-End Developer will participate in technical meetings, oversee front-end workflows, and maintain thorough documentation to ensure clarity and consistency across all development efforts.

What you’ll be doing:

• Taking a prominent role in front-end development within an international B2B business, working on technology platforms such as Arc XP, William Reed’s new DXP platform to produce, managing and maintaining React components.
• Helping to guide peers during development cycles, ensuring that high-quality standards are both met and maintained.
• Participating in technical discussions as appropriate, championing best practices and processes for front-end development.
• Developing, testing, and optimising front-end code across various devices and platforms, taking full responsibility for the front-end code created.
• Collaborating closely with the heads of the Design & UX teams and Technical Product Owners to uphold front-end standards.
• Documenting all technical processes, methodologies, and code effectively to maintain clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensuring that any development work is continuously committed to the relevant code repositories owned by William Reed.

Requirements

What you’ll need:

• Proven experience in front-end development for multiple projects and providing guidance or documentation for other team members.
• Solid understanding of Core Web Vitals and how to optimise for performance & accessibility, contributing to overall user experience.
• Experience in version control systems such as Bitbucket, documentation tools such as Confluence, project management tools such as Jira and GUI Git Clients such as SourceTree.
• Clear ability to communicate complex development concepts to both technical and non-technical teams.
• Expertise in using tools like Adobe Suite and Figma to ensure accurate design-to-code translation.
• Ability to work in a dynamic responsive environment with cross-functional teams including project managers, designers, and testers to deadlines.
• Desirable: Experience with animation libraries such as GSAP or Locomotive Scroll.

Other information

Company Benefits Include:

• 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays – increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our “MeDay”.
• A volunteer day to take for supporting a chosen charity and giving back to the community.
• Opportunity for hybrid working
• Contributory Pension
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
• Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme, Virtual GP service and Access to health & wellbeing resources and tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme

Why work for us

We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.

We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.

If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.