Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, est. 1969, is Nigeria’s leading Children’s book publisher. Its imprint, “Lantern books” is now a household name in Nigeria and West Africa.
Literamed has in its stable over 400 titles of books for Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Literature texts for different age ranges, all widely accepted in Nigerian Schools.
Job Title: Web Developer
Job Description
- We are seeking a talented Web Developer to join our Marketing & Multimedia team.
- As a member of Lantern Book’s Marketing & Multimedia team, you will be designing and developing a responsive and elegant web experience for our consumers.
Key Characteristics
- A curiosity and a passion for creating elegant end user experiences
- Balance of ideation and delivery skills
- Doesn’t take feedback personally
- Creative flair
- Understanding of layout and typography.
- Extreme attention to detail
- Team player
- Ability to influence decision makers
- Enthusiastic
- Self-motivated
- Meticulous
- Strong drive and determination to succeed
- Imagination Adaptable
- Willing to learn new techniques
- Have good interpersonal and communication skills
- Multi-task and meet rigorous deadlines.
Need to Have’s:
- Well-grounded knowledge in building front end web experiences.
- Experience in Cross-Browser / Cross-Platform development
- Solid understanding of CSS3 and HTML5 along with upcoming standards
- Great understand and craftsmanship of JavaScript technologies e.g. Angular JS, JQuery etc.
- Experience with a CSS Preprocessor
- Solid understanding of cross-browser best practices
- Excellent communication and organization skills (we take this very seriously)
- Version Control (Git / GitHub / CVS / Subversion)
- Experience in Database management (MySQL specifically)
- SEO and Social Media Integration (very key to our marketing strategy – a must have)
- Proper code documentation
- Experienced with building Web API
- Knowledge of data formats (particularly. JSON, XML)
- Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (would be an advantage even though we have inhouse graphic artist)
- Experience with server-side technologies (PHP is first on the list)
- Able to translate wireframes and mockups into code with a good grasp of document structure and semantics
- Good visual design sense and understanding of basic usability concepts
We are only considering applicants that fit the needed requirements above. We look forward to meeting you.
Responsibilities
- You’ll be writing maintainable, scalable, cross-browser and cross platform (desktop, mobile and other devices) code that is seen by millions of users.
- And you’ll be an advocate for best practices, great usability, and exceptional quality.
- Write maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code
- Maintain design, user experience and brand requirements throughout the development process
- Collaborate with marketing managers to conceptualize, design, and implement new pages
- Advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality
- You’ll be part of a team of marketers, product managers, and designers that collaborates on the conceptualization, design, and implementation of landing and content pages.
- We’re looking for someone who can communicate their thoughts clearly, both in meetings and in their code.
How to Apply
Applicants should send their applications to johnson.akinkuowo@lantern-books.com , seun.ladeinde@latern-books.com , info@lantern-books.com
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