The Creative Developer blurs the lines between coder and designer. This candidate is fluent in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and developing SPAs as well as the knowledge to work with the designs and help craft user experience. This candidate should be excited to collaborate with the design team to bring highly designed mocks to life with motion and interaction as you are writing clean, readable, and reusable code. The creative developer will be a part of the creative process from brainstorming to launch by helping ideate creative solutions, build prototypes and inform the user experience. They will have influence over development standards, needs, and creative execution. They will consistently be collaborating with the design and story team to communicate their technical knowledge and ideas to push the creative forward. They will be able to explain challenges to non-technical teammates to grow their knowledge and thinking. The creative developer will be working closely with designers and storytellers to deliver our readers a smooth user experience.
