WPP Production | Interactive Senior Front End Developer (Lead), Japan

The role

You will build and modify responsive web pages using HTML, CSS and JavaScript from visual briefs. You will also localize pages, updating links, images and text, and lead and mentor a team of front end developers.

What you will do

• Build and modify responsive web pages from visual briefs
• Localize pages by updating links, images, text and code
• Lead, support and mentor the development team, including interviewing and training new hires
• Work with QA and project management on progress, estimates and requirements
• Develop digital assets in several languages
• Take technical briefs from clients and share them with the team
• Plan projects and resources
• Set and follow best practices with other Lead Developers across markets

Required qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years commercial development experience within an agency
• Experience leading teams of developers and delivering web projects
• BA degree in computer science, MIS or related experience, with a grasp of data structures and algorithms
• Fluent in English and Japanese, written and oral
• Experience creating technical and functional specifications
• Strong Subversion (command-line) skills
• Experience with branch management, continuous integration and agile
• Experience with ticketing systems such as JIRA
• Experience establishing code standards within development teams
• Expertise in Sass and Browserify, SVN and Git, Grunt and Gulp
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery
• Experience with localization processes and responsive development

Before you apply

• Fluency in English and Japanese is required
• Travel may be required for several weeks at a time

About the company

WPP is a global marketing services company working with leading brands across 100+ markets. WPP Production unites the group's content producers, studios and craft experts into one organisation.