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We currently have two roles that are open for application.

WordPress Developer Digital Content Assistant

WordPress developer

In-house, although remote working/WFH is a possibility for the right person, full-time, permanent.

We are seeking a WordPress Developer responsible for both back-end and front-end development.

This position requires skills including PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery etc.

You should have a strong understanding of the WordPress Codex, Themes and Plugins, in terms of installing, setting up and customising.

Experience with responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred.

Also, a broad understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment would be handy.

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing new features and functionality
Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.
Providing daily support to our existing WordPress customers on support contracts
Building out 100% bespoke sites on our custom WordPress theme
Plugin development
Javascript/JQuery work
Other tasks related to website design, development, deployment and support
Working as part of the agency as a whole to develop new ideas, service offerings and growth
Dealing with clients, managing your own projects/time

Skills and Qualifications

Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
Good understanding of PHP, knowledge of using the WordPress functions.php file for functions and hooks etc
Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
Experience designing and developing responsive design websites (design experience would be a bonus, but is not a deal-breaker)
Comfortable working with debugging tools like Chrome inspector, etc.
Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML) – again, a bonus, not a must-have
Strong understanding of PHP back-end development, specifically relating to WordPress
Your skills are more important than your education or industry experience
A strong desire to learn and develop new skills is a must, time will be allowed on a weekly basis to learn and develop (self-directed)

What you can expect from Toast

A relaxed and informal working environment with a friendly and passionate team of creatives & developers
Usual holiday entitlements
Potential working from home/remote working
Annual bonus (subject to performance)
Secure job – Toast has been trading since 1997 with above average year-on-year growth. We are a large and established design agency with 15 staff
Flexible hours (subject to completion of a 3-month probationary period)
Your own desk, Mac and all that jazz

Salary

As this role is open to candidates of varying experience and skillsets, the salary would range from £22,000 PA to £35,000 PA depending on experience.

How to apply

In the first instance, please send a covering letter, CV and link to your website (if you have one) to [email protected], marked for the attention of Dave.

Strictly no agencies please, we are good at finding the right people ourselves.

Please note that we often get a lot of interest in new positions, so we may only be able to respond to candidates selected for interview.

Digital Content Assistant.

In-house, part-time, permanent.

We are looking for someone to help the digital team on website projects.

This role includes helping our clients to get the content ready for their new websites, updating content on existing websites and helping out across a range of tasks with the digital team.

The role is part-time, with flexible hours to suit the right candidate.

Initially, this is a 12 hours per week role.

In the first instance, please send a covering letter, CV and link to your website (if you have one) to [email protected], marked for the attention of Dave.