WPP Production | Interactive Senior Front End Developer (Lead), Japan

About WPP Production

We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.

 About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

The Role:
The Senior Front End Developer needs to build/modify responsive web pages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. based on the visual briefs.
The Front-End Developer will work on localization of the page based on the assets provided which includes updating links, images, and text in accordance to 
the client’s coding standards.
As the senior, you will be responsible for the quality of code produced directly by yourself and your appointed team of developers. 
They will work closely with other discipline leads (QA/PM) to ensure scoping, estimates and requirements are estimated correctly and delivered with minimal errors.
They must be enthusiastic about technology and constantly be looking at the next innovation.
On top of possessing strong oral, interpersonal and organizational abilities, you must be able to work in a 
fast paced environment. Flexibility and tolerance are a necessity.

Key Responsibilities: 
They will be required to support with the training and mentoring of the development team 
・ Liaise with QA and PM teams to update on progress and drive the development to deliver to 
the highest standard
・ Develop new digital assets as identified by supervisor and management 
・ Modify existing code to accommodate for a locale or create now assets based on existing 
guidelines – including changing image paths, server-side includes (SSI), file names, directories, 
other elements, and other development tasks 
・ Ensure all your work is performed according to the brief and minimum requirements for each 
client
・ Develop fast and efficiently to meet tight deadlines
・ Produce digital assets in several languages
・ Update and amend existing assets
・ Maintain client digital assets to the best of your ability using clean, accessible mark-up 
according to the latest web standards
・ Help and advise project managers with client’s digital requests 
・ Keep an eye on the latest trends to help boost development efficiencies
・Awareness of the client's mobile platform with the ability to build solutions that take advantage 
of the latest operating system features while remaining performant on the latest devices
・ Project and resource planning
・ Take technical briefs from the client and brief it on to the rest of the team
・ Interview and train new hires
・ Share best practices with the other Lead Developers across the other markets

Requirements:
・ A minimum of 10 years commercial development experience within an agency
・ Experience leading teams of developers and oversight/delivery of successful web projects
・BA degree in computer science, MIS, or related experience with a grasp on data structures and 
algorithms
・ Fluent in English and Japanese, written and oral, due to the nature of the work
・ Experience of creating technical and functional specifications
・ Self-motivated, detail-oriented and organised
・Strong Subversion skills (command-line)
・ Strong understanding and experience of branch management, continuous integration and agile 
approach
・ Experience of working ticketing systems such as JIRA and how to break down tasks 
・ Experience of establishing code standards and best practice within development teams
・ Expertise of FE pre-processing (Sass and Browserify)
・ Expertise in web languages and standard technologies, including version control systems (SVN 
and GIT), repositories, and build tools (Grunt, Gulp)
・ Expertise in HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, and JavaScript/JQuery
・ Good JS debugging skills
・ Experience with localization processes
・ Responsive development experience
・ Experience working with Front-End Frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation)
・ Image manipulation software (Photoshop, Fireworks) and able to slice elements out of a PSD
・Accessible and SEO based coding
・ Self-starter who is able to hand-code front-end NOT using any WYSIWYG tools like 
Dreamweaver and keen to learn new technologies 
・Clear understanding of Usability
・ Proficient in developing to W3C Standards
・ Knowledge of the challenges of Email newsletter builds
・ Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
・ Experience in working with Bash shell
・ Experience with optimization for mobile devices and familiarity with responsive and adaptive 
methods
・ Excellent attention to detail
・ Must be able to travel as required, sometimes for several weeks at a time