Front End Developer - Intern
New York, NY
Job Overview
As Front End/UI Developer at Yodle, you’ll be involved with all the front end/user interface development tasks, and in coordination with a team of product managers, designers and developers, create prototypes and usable web pages for our core web platform. As requirements come in, you’ll work in an agile environment of design and development and take charge of transforming these requirements into usable components to support primarily the Yodle Live platform and other web products.
Responsibilities
• Along designers in your team, create web front ends and components using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and Photoshop
• Work with product managers and information architects to understand user interaction and work flow to create these pages
• Make recommendations on design and layout and take better advantage of available technologies
• Recommend and evaluate front-end web products and technologies
• Ensure that existing front end development standards are followed by the development team
Qualifications
• Must have a portfolio or samples of previous work (candidate is encouraged to send a link to their portfolio/website)
• Knowledge of front-end web development languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, XHTML and DOM based development
• Must be able to hand code HTML without the use of WYSIWYG based editors
• Knowledge of image editing and manipulation software such as Photoshop/GIMP
• Comfortable working in a team environment
• A keen eye for design
• Building web components that support a wide array of web browsers and platforms (Windows and Macintosh)
• Must be ability to handle multiple concurrent projects
Benefits
• Hourly pay, temp position
• An opportunity to further enhance your skills and refine your talent
• Great work environment - we have fun!
• Accessible and open-minded leadership
• Opportunity to work with smart people and learn a lot about one of the fastest growing industries
About Yodle
Yodle is a Bessemer ventures funded company in the midst of a major national roll out that will grow our client base dramatically over the next several years. We provide search-engine advertising and online lead generation services to small businesses. Yodle has developed an integrated approach to signing up and serving local businesses that are transitioning their marketing budgets online. We provide local businesses with a simple way to cost-effectively acquire more customers by advertising on the major search engines including: Google, Yahoo, AOL, Ask, and MSN.
Local Search is considered the new frontier in paid search marketing, the fastest growing area of both technology and advertising and the key driver of Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Over $100 billion is spent on local advertising in the U.S alone. $3 billion of that has already transitioned online. A significant opening exists to devise, build, and capitalize on this opportunity within the next 2-4 years.
Yodle Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate based on age, gender, religion, disability, marital status, race and also adheres to laws relating to non-discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status.
