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Front-end Web Developer

Part time to full time: Los Angeles

GOOD is growing, and we’re looking for great people to join our team. We present a unique opportunity for talented individuals who thrive in creative, entrepreneurial environments. If you’re excited about the challenge of building a dynamic company, community, and brand, we’d love to hear from you. 

About GOOD

GOOD is an integrated media platform for people who want to live well and do good. We provide content and experiences for the community of people, businesses, and NGOs moving the world forward. GOOD currently produces a print magazine, website, online videos, and live events. Launched in September 2006, the company has been widely praised for its unique editorial voice and cutting-edge visual aesthetic. We were recently nominated for two National Magazine Awards. 

Position and Responsibilities

This position is for an in-house developer, initially 24 hours per week with the possibility of turning into a full-time engagement.

We’re looking for an experienced, creative, and ambitious front-end Web developer with a strong sense of interface design, graphic design and usability. You will be responsible for prototyping, developing and integrating core HTML and CSS elements of the GOOD website, which is undergoing a major redesign of front- and back-end, in which you will play a key role. You will be working directly with creative director, experience designer, graphic designers, and back-end programmers, where the main emphasis lies on the integration of HTML and CSS with the PHP/mySQL back-end applications.

• Thorough understanding of cross-platform browser compliance
• Excellent knowledge of Javascript (jQuery and AJAX preferred)
• Expert command of the latest semantic XHTML, the DOM and CSS
• Demonstrated fluency with design tools like Photoshop and Illustrator and Flash
• Working knowledge of PHP/mySQL
• Working knowledge of WordPress (preferred)
• Working knowledge XML and XSLT (preferred)
• Practical experience with SVN

Leveraging Your Experiences

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, and/or equivalent work experience.
• At least 3 years of related experience with mentioned web applications and technologies
• Demonstrated ability to work on a diverse scope of software and database projects requiring detailed analysis, creative and practical problem solving, and sound judgment.

Skills and Abilities

• The drive to achieve the company mission
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and hit tight deadlines
• Ability to operate effectively in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Sociability, energy, confidence

Working at GOOD

GOOD combines smart business practices with a high-energy, creative culture. Our employees are willing to work tirelessly to influence the future of the planet, but they want to have fun in the process. We aim to incorporate our core values of authenticity, creativity, transparency, utility, and love into everything we do. Diversity is of great importance to us. 

GOOD offer a full range of employment benefits including a PPO, medical & dental plan paid in full by the organization for our regular full-time employees. In addition, we offer stock options to select employees. 

GOOD is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate in employment. Equal access to employment, services, and programs is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the organization. 

Please note: Though submitting a resume to GOOD implies that you are interested in a position(s), it does not imply that you are an applicant. You are not considered an applicant until you have been contacted directly by a Human Resources representative requesting that you begin the designated application process, which may involve phone and/or in-person interview(s), job-related testing, and background checking.