Front End Developer

Here at N Brown, we champion inclusivity by making our customers look and feel amazing. We don’t believe that age, size, shape or background should stop anyone from feeling confident, stylish and happy with the way they look and feel. With our industry leading expertise in creating fashion that fits, we’ve been proudly breaking down these barriers for over 150 years. We help our customers to express themselves with stylish products, helpful services and flexible finance. Now, we’re moving forward together, embracing innovation and new technology, to continue to delight our customers. 

Working here you’ll explore everything the world of digital retail has to offer — asking questions, trying new things and chasing new opportunities. Combine this curiosity with the freedom to make your own decisions, take charge of projects and work flexibly, and you’ve got the perfect place to show your skills and learn new ones. So, if you collaborate, think on your feet, embrace innovation and love rising to a challenge, your work with us will have a serious impact on the business, your career and our customers’ lives. We are proud to be N Brown.  

A bit about the role:

In the role of Front End Web Developer, you will be responsible for delivering high quality builds and javascript solutions while supporting the wider design team.

What you’ll do:

• You’ll work together with the Brand and Creative team to understand and interpret the brand creative direction and guidelines in all marketing activity.
• You’ll produce a timely and accurate solution to the brief provided.
• You’ll work within the system architecture available.
• Develop technical knowledge in line with the industry. 
• Build and develop banners.
• Deal with all complex Monetate experiences.
• Build free formats / landing pages.
• Bug fixes.
• Complex build to support all digital build.
• Build headers/footers/Burger menu/ Size guides.
• Build nav/sub nav.

What you’ll bring:

• You’ll demonstrate a high level of creative developer experience in a retail environment.
• Ability to consult and interact directly with a variety of Creative and IT stakeholders to advise on the best technical solution to the business problem.
• You’ll be fully competent in mobile and web responsive build.
• You will respond well to working under pressure, demonstrates the ability to meet tight deadlines, responsive and flexible in approach
• Commercially and technically competent.

Our benefits:  

• A salary of up to £26,000  
• Company pension with up to 6% N Brown contribution
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Annual bonus scheme
• Incredible colleague discount across all our N Brown Group brands (Simply Be, Jacamo, JD Williams, Home Essentials, Ambrose Wilson to name a few).
• Local restaurant discounts across Manchester’s Northern Quarter
• 24 days annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 over the year
• Hybrid working, enabling you to work from home or office (at a frequency agreed with your line manager) and staggered start times. We know these are different times and have embraced them to ensure our colleagues are supported.
• A Manchester City Centre office base, socially distanced workstations and sanitizing stations around the business
• Great tech to enable you to not only make doing your job easy but to also allow you to work from anywhere with a great WIFI connection
• Onsite café at great subsidised rates

Who are we: 

Here at N Brown we serve our customers through distinct brands; we are experienced, gained from over 160 years of trading; Inclusive as we believe in fashion without boundaries; sustainable as we strive to make as little impact on the planet and focused on the future as we are ALWAYS looking for ways to develop our business and serve our customers better.

Have a question about the role? You can contact the Talent Acquisition Team at Careers 

Employees in our business may have access to our customers’ personal data therefore for a number of our roles, offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check; having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from obtaining a position with JD Williams