Associate Web Developer

Job description

Asscoaite Web Developer (Front End Developer)

Freshers-2014/2015 batch only. They will be taken as contractors and employee referral amount is not applicable for freshers

Experience: 1 to 3 years

Location:Bangalore

Band:F

*Write and utilize HTML, XHTML and CSS in the development and ongoing support of websites.
* Website Graphics and Imagery: Update, modify and correct graphical design elements on websites; Correct or recreate Photoshop files that are incomplete, missing elements, outdated or missing; handle any other graphical requests.
* Web Content: Interpret content and design layout tickets to update or correct content and/or formatting on customer websites; move textual content from old sites to new sites; correct HTML as necessary.
* Links: Ensure web links are accurate
* Integrate websites and other products into proprietary Thomson Reuters applications.
* Work cross-functionally with designers, content writers, project managers, and other contributors to ensure sites are released on-time with a high level of customer satisfaction. Follow-up to resolve any issues with site/product.
* Hold final accountability for quality of HTML, CSS & XML coding on the site.

Project Summary and Position Overview:

FindLaw is the legal industry's most effective provider of client development services. FindLaw provides law firms with Web sites to generate lucrative new business through the web and uses technology to systematically build stronger, more profitable relationships with existing clients. Attorneys can also be prominently listed on our web portal, FindLaw.com, the world's most-visited legal information site ( www.findlaw.com ).

FindLaw has an immediate opening for the position of Trainee Web Developer. This position is responsible for a range of web development and design functions, including coding in HTML and CSS, modifying and creating graphics using Adobe Photoshop, and optimizing websites for performance and cross-browser compatibility.

Primary Objective:

The Web Developer is responsible for collecting, converting, and editing text and graphical materials provided by clients for design prototypes. This role incorporates special Web features and proprietary functionality, receives and fulfills ongoing maintenance requests for graphical, text, and coding changes to production of websites.

Essential Day to Day Responsibilities:

· Develop websites to match exactly with the design files provided by the Designers.
· Write and utilize HTML and CSS in the development and ongoing support of websites.
· Graphics: Update, modify and correct graphical design elements on websites; correct or recreate Photoshop files that are incomplete, missing elements, outdated or missing; handle any other graphical requests.
· Content: Interpret content and design layout tickets to update or correct content and/or formatting on customer websites; move textual content from old sites to new sites; correct HTML as necessary.
· Navigation/Links: Ensure web links are accurate; update or correct navigational images.
· Integrate websites and other products into proprietary Thomson Reuters applications.
· Work cross-functionally with designers, content writers, project managers, and other contributors to ensure sites are released on-time with a high level of customer satisfaction. Follow-up to resolve any issues with site/product.
· Test to ensure that minimal errors are found in production and code web sites to optimize the layout of materials, site performance and compatibility with various browsers.
· Hold final accountability for quality of HTML and CSS coding on the site in compliance with WCAG standards.
· Adhere to documented processes and best practices.

Education Qualification:

· Bachelor's degree – Preferably on Computer Science / Information Technology
· Certification on Web Development

Knowledge:

· Knowledge in HTML5, CSS3/SASS/LESS, JavaScript & Jquery.
· Good understanding of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser compatibility.
· Advanced Photoshop slicing and image optimization.
· Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and Sublime Text.

Skills /Abilities:

· Ability to hand-code standards-based HTML5, CSS3/SASS/LESS and Jquery for cross-browser compatibility.
· Excellent verbal and written communication, time management, collaboration and problem solving skills.
· Knowledge & expertise about emerging web technologies such as Responsive Web Development(RWD), CSS Frameworks and JQuery

Thomson Reuter's employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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Desired profile

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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