Website Developer
Los Angeles Lakers
El Segundo, CAThis was removed by the employer on 4/17/2019 6:16:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
Job Title: Website Developer
Department: Marketing
Reports to: Director, Product & Digital Marketing
Position Summary: The Developer will work with the Lakers digital product team to manage the daily operations for Lakers.com, SouthBayLakers.com, LakersGaming.com, and other Lakers affiliated websites. This position requires technical skills and will be accountable for daily content updates, site/page design, routine maintenance, any site or page expansion or development, and execution of sponsorship and internal marketing campaigns. A successful candidate is committed to quality work while seeking innovative ways to improve the Lakers digital presence and experience.
Essential Functions (Duties & Responsibilities):
• Front-end design and development of digital properties using various CMS, free-coding HTML and CSS, and JavaScript.
• Work with other members of department to post content across all Lakers digital platforms.
• Conceptualize, design, and code responsive webpages.
• Designing and building microsites, interactive features, and sponsored content.
• Encode and upload multimedia assets for site (audio and video).
• Work with and create images and graphics for use on the website.
• Work closely with other departments to develop and publish digitally appropriate information.
• Ensure a consistent look and feel across all Lakers digital properties by promoting uniform fonts, formatting, icons, images and layout, and creating appropriate templates to assist content authors.
• Must be able to assist with long-term plan for the Lakers digital development and presence, including standards and guidelines for content based on business goals and input from stakeholders.
• Stay on top of latest trends in web development, design and use of 3rd party applications to support digital marketing initiatives.
• Manage the Lakers fan engagement tools on digital platforms.
• Assist in working with NBA's Interactive Services team on site troubleshooting, maintenance and/or enhancements.
• Quality assurance testing across browsers and devices for content, features, and bugs.
Previous experience:
A minimum of five (5) years' experience in front-end design and development
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery is required to create custom code within the provided environment
• Experience with responsive design to build a single site for desktop and mobile devices.
• Must possess attention to clean, efficient coding and performance optimization techniques
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience with cross-browser and cross-platform issues (IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.)
• Proficient in using API's
• Familiarity with Drupal and Bootstrap a plus
• Must be skilled in use of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Design and develop for mobile first platform
• Willing to work some nights and weekends as schedule requires
• Good oral and written communication skills, including ability to write copy
• Comfortable working on multiple projects with tight deadlines in a fast-pace team environment
• Detail oriented
• Committed to finding innovative solutions and self-development
• Knowledge of basketball preferred
Physical Demands: Must be able to lift a min of 25lbs. and walk significant distances in arena on game days
Location: El Segundo (offices M-F) and downtown Los Angeles (STAPLES Center for Laker home games), and other occasional off-site events
Travel: Less than 5% of the time
Hours: Regular office hours (9am- 5:30pm M-F), plus overtime is mandatory; must be available to work evenings, weekends and holidays