Front-end Developer/Designer
Job Description
At YES Studio, creativity and technology combine to create cutting-edge websites, platforms and tools.
We are looking for a creative front-end developer/designer to join our team and contribute positively to the studio's creative environment and future. Your role will be twofold: to work with our development team to deliver well-crafted, component-based web applications, products and experiences; and to collaborate with our creative director and lead designer across research, ideation, and design, for digital, print and identity projects. We estimate the role's split will be 70% development and 30% design.
We are open to applicants of all backgrounds and levels of experience.
Requirements
Development
- Good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Experience working with version control systems, such as BitBucket, GitHub or GitLab
- Experience translating UI designs into production-ready code
- Good understanding of general accessibility, performance and SEO principles
Design
- Experience in digital design
- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Figma
- A good understanding of core typographic principles
- A portfolio that demonstrates working across a range of media and applications
- Great communication skills, both written and verbal
- Attention to detail
Nice-to-haves
Development
- Experience interacting with GraphQL or REST APIs
- Experience working with at least one front-end framework, such as Vue.js, React or Svelte
- Experience working with CSS preprocessors
- Experience working with build tools, such as rollup.js, Vite and Turbopack
- Good working knowledge of TypeScript
Design
- Experience working with Adobe After Effects
- Experience artworking, designing and delivering printed projects
Responsibilities
Development
- Build, maintain and deliver component-based web applications using Nuxt.js
- Provide technical support for the web-based systems, products and tooling
- Create prototypes and experiment with emerging web technologies and features
Design
- Collaborate with the design team on the research, ideation, and design of website and identity projects
- Rollout and develop design as per an agreed design direction
- Create production-ready Figma documents for the development team or for your own use
About Us
YES is an art direction, design and technology studio based in London and founded in 2004; we are a diverse six-strong team with a network of collaborators and clients worldwide. Our output covers creative consultancy, art direction, design and production for projects in the digital and physical realms. Our experience crafting editorial design and typography, in combination with the expansive possibilities of technology, informs the interactive projects we make.
YES has worked closely with some of the biggest names in photography, creative production and image-making to create iconic interactive projects that set standards within the industry.
Our work is often for individuals and organisations in the creative sector — photographers, creative representation agencies, musicians, art galleries, fashion brands and film production companies.
We also create tools and platforms to expand our offering, assist our clients and improve our internal processes. The largest of these projects is a bespoke content management system, YES CMS, designed for those who manage large archives of visual material. We continue to develop progressive tools that allow our clients and collaborators to directly manipulate and configure their websites, portfolios, presentations and pitches.
Selected clients include Chanel, CLM, Daniel Sannwald, Jarvis Cocker, Loverboy, Paul McCartney, Somesuch, Sølve Sundsbø, Tim Walker, Warp Records, Yves Tumor.
Where
This is a studio-based role. YES is based in Shoreditch, London, in a converted Victorian school building within its own grounds.
Salary
We are open to applicants of all levels of experience. Salary guidance: £25,000 – £40,000.
Benefits
🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme
🥪 Weekly Team Lunches
📄 Pension Scheme
We offer workplace pension contributions of up to 4%.
🧘🏼♀️ Work-life Balance
We prioritise a healthy work-life balance and do not expect any employee to work additional hours. We offer 20 days of annual leave plus 8 days of bank holiday and additional time off over Christmas.
🛌🏼 Mental Health Provision
We acknowledge mental health and offer duvet days for you to rest or work from home, if needed.
YES is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer
We are committed to building a work environment that is both diverse and inclusive. You will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, creed, disability, or age. We believe a diverse team makes for better work, and we actively hire individuals who are a ‘culture add’ as opposed to a ‘culture fit’.