Job Opportunity at Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, Wednesday 22, June 2016

Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, est. 1969, is Nigeria’s leading Children’s book publisher. Its imprint, “Lantern books” is now a household name in Nigeria and West Africa.

Literamed has in its stable over 400 titles of books for Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Literature texts for different age ranges, all widely accepted in Nigerian Schools.

WEB DEVELOPER

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a talented Web Developer to join our Marketing & Multimedia team.

As a member of Lantern Book’s Marketing & Multimedia team, you will be designing and developing a responsive and elegant web experience for our consumers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

You’ll be writing maintainable, scalable, cross-browser and cross platform (desktop, mobile and other devices) code that is seen by millions of users.

You’ll be part of a team of marketers, product managers, and designers that collaborates on the conceptualization, design, and implementation of landing and content pages.

We’re looking for someone who can communicate their thoughts clearly, both in meetings and in their code.

And you’ll be an advocate for best practices, great usability, and exceptional quality.

Write maintainable, scalable and cross-browser code

Maintain design, user experience and brand requirements throughout the development process

Collaborate with marketing managers to conceptualize, design, and implement new pages

Advocate for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

A curiosity and a passion for creating elegant end user experiences

Balance of ideation and delivery skills

Doesn’t take feedback personally

Creative flair

ImaginationAdaptable

Willing to learn new techniques

Have good interpersonal and communication skills

Multi-task and meet rigorous deadlines.

Understanding of layout and typography.

Extreme attention to detail

Team player

Ability to influence decision makers

Enthusiastic

Self-motivated

Meticulous

Strong drive and determination to succeed

Need to Have’s:

Well-grounded knowledge in building front end web experiences.

Experience in Cross-Browser / Cross-Platform development

Solid understanding of CSS3 and HTML5 along with upcoming standards

Great understand and craftsmanship of JavaScript technologies e.g. Angular JS, JQuery etc.

Experience with a CSS Preprocessor

Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (would be an advantage even though we have inhouse graphic artist)

Experience with server-side technologies (PHP is first on the list)

Able to translate wireframes and mockups into code with a good grasp of document structure and semantics

Good visual design sense and understanding of basic usability concepts

Solid understanding of cross-browser best practices

Excellent communication and organization skills (we take this very seriously)

Version Control (Git / GitHub / CVS / Subversion)

Experience in Database management (MySQL specifically)

SEO and Social Media Integration (very key to our marketing strategy – a must have)

Proper code documentation

Experienced with building Web API

Knowledge of data formats (particularly. JSON, XML)

We are only considering applicants that fit the needed requirements above. We look forward to meeting you.

TO APPLY

Applicants should send their applications to johnson.akinkuowo@lantern-books.com ,seun.ladeinde@latern-books.com , info@lantern-books.com

DUE DATE: 8 July, 2016

Job Opportunity at Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited, Wednesday 22, June 2016