Web Developer -- Philadelphia, PA

Title: Web Developer
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Length: Fulltime Direct Hire
Industry: Media
KEY EXPERIENCE:

BACKGROUND

CLIENT, is the division focused on growing the CLIENTs online media business, a top priority for CLIENT, by:
Developing and acquiring compelling online businesses/products to drive profitable growth.
Providing value-add features and services for CLIENT cross-platform products to drive continued differentiation in the core business.
Building a long-term, scalable, IP-based media delivery platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Translate Photoshop documents and wireframes into valid, semanticallystructured web pages and stylesheets. Candidate must be able to developcomplex layouts without tables.* Add behavioral enhancements (visual effects, form validation) to web pages through the use of unobtrusive, DOM-compliant scripts.* Work with feature creation teams and content editors to develop, implement and refine new feature requests for Comcast.net and other products* Implement routine bug fixes, patches, copy updates and other maintenance duties* Conduct feasibility reviews of design concepts with graphic design team members* Create prototypes to aid planning phase of projects* Communicate development status to project managers and other team members* Write development documentation for internal use and guidelines forthird-party vendors* Research emerging web technologies and techniques in order to drive the evolution of the groups' best practices
REQUIREMENTS:

*3+ years experience building accessible, cross-platform web sites and web applications* HTML 4, XHTML 1, XML* CSS 2, CSS 3* DOM Scripting with Javascript* Adobe Photoshop 7.0+* Knowledge of web standards best practices* Knowledge of web browser compatibility issues and workarounds (Mac and PC)* Knowledge of accessibility laws and accessible development techniques* Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook (Entourage)* Experience with SEOAdditional Preferred Skills:* Knowledge of asynchronous client programming techniques (AJAX)* Knowledge of source control systems (SVN)* Knowledge of template programming with Java Server Pages and or Freemarker (JSP)* Experience building applications


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