Sensus
Marketing Frontend Developer
Sensus, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States, 27560
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities. The Company’s more than 16,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.
Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
THE ROLE: We are looking for a talented and versatile front-end web developer with a strong understanding of WordPress to join our global marketing team. Advanced-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript/JQuery is a must. To be successful, you must thrive in a fun, fast-paced environment and move easily between tasks such as developing the front-end of our WordPress platform, templates in our Market platform, miscellaneous microsites that support the business and more.
This role will own the front-end WordPress development of our corporate website and microsites and assist in the development of our marketing automation, digital asset management, sales enablement and CRM tools. You will bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides by helping to design how the tools look as well as how they work.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Developing new user-facing features and experiences in WordPress for Sensus.com, our dynamic, highly customized, multilingual corporate website
Assisting in the management and development of other WordPress microsites for marketing
Supporting a suite of digital marketing tools, including Marketo,WebDAM, Folloze and Salesforce
Coding modular HTML email communications and responsive landing pages/templates in Marketo that conform to brand guidelines and functional specifications
Proactively researching, scoping and presenting new ideas to improve our online reach, form conversions, and/or web experiences for prospects, leads, customers, distributors and the general public
Effectively and professionally collaborating with marketing teammates, management, and other project stakeholders
Capturing requirements and translating them into clean, semantic code
Developing custom web applications that drive business processes
Building reusable code and libraries for future use
Ensuring the technical feasibility and responsiveness of UI/UX designs
Optimizing tools for maximum speed and scalability
Assuring that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
3+ years’ experience with HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3 and PHP with experience building scalable web applications using open source technology
Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
Solid understanding of email marketing best practices
Basic understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
Development of responsive designs for superior user experiences on mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop
Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
Curiosity and interest in keeping up-to-date with the latest trends in design, agile methodology, and user experience and web landing pages using mockups as guides.
Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop)
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GitHub
Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
Good understanding of SEO optimization, keyword and metadata tag management
Excellent communication and collaboration
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
In-house marketing or agency environment
WordPress, Marketo, WebDAM and Salesforce digital tools
Development of global, multilingual websites
Susy grid framework
Vue, React, or Angular web frameworks
Material design frameworks (Materialize or others)
An active interest in conversion rate optimization (CRO) through UX & design, A/B and multivariate testing
Email testing using Litmus
Strong work ethic, capable of hitting daily deadlines
Able to organize and run meetings, leaving with clear objectives and tasks
Detail-oriented in the context of a fast-paced environment
Pleasant, personable demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
Keen ability to multi-task; self-starter
Interest in marketing analytics
Capable planner
A strong vocabulary
Teachable spirit
Sense of humor
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment
Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.
Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours
EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.
Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
THE ROLE: We are looking for a talented and versatile front-end web developer with a strong understanding of WordPress to join our global marketing team. Advanced-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript/JQuery is a must. To be successful, you must thrive in a fun, fast-paced environment and move easily between tasks such as developing the front-end of our WordPress platform, templates in our Market platform, miscellaneous microsites that support the business and more.
This role will own the front-end WordPress development of our corporate website and microsites and assist in the development of our marketing automation, digital asset management, sales enablement and CRM tools. You will bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides by helping to design how the tools look as well as how they work.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Developing new user-facing features and experiences in WordPress for Sensus.com, our dynamic, highly customized, multilingual corporate website
Assisting in the management and development of other WordPress microsites for marketing
Supporting a suite of digital marketing tools, including Marketo,WebDAM, Folloze and Salesforce
Coding modular HTML email communications and responsive landing pages/templates in Marketo that conform to brand guidelines and functional specifications
Proactively researching, scoping and presenting new ideas to improve our online reach, form conversions, and/or web experiences for prospects, leads, customers, distributors and the general public
Effectively and professionally collaborating with marketing teammates, management, and other project stakeholders
Capturing requirements and translating them into clean, semantic code
Developing custom web applications that drive business processes
Building reusable code and libraries for future use
Ensuring the technical feasibility and responsiveness of UI/UX designs
Optimizing tools for maximum speed and scalability
Assuring that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
3+ years’ experience with HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3 and PHP with experience building scalable web applications using open source technology
Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
Solid understanding of email marketing best practices
Basic understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
Development of responsive designs for superior user experiences on mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop
Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
Curiosity and interest in keeping up-to-date with the latest trends in design, agile methodology, and user experience and web landing pages using mockups as guides.
Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop)
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GitHub
Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
Good understanding of SEO optimization, keyword and metadata tag management
Excellent communication and collaboration
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
In-house marketing or agency environment
WordPress, Marketo, WebDAM and Salesforce digital tools
Development of global, multilingual websites
Susy grid framework
Vue, React, or Angular web frameworks
Material design frameworks (Materialize or others)
An active interest in conversion rate optimization (CRO) through UX & design, A/B and multivariate testing
Email testing using Litmus
Strong work ethic, capable of hitting daily deadlines
Able to organize and run meetings, leaving with clear objectives and tasks
Detail-oriented in the context of a fast-paced environment
Pleasant, personable demeanor with strong interpersonal skills
Keen ability to multi-task; self-starter
Interest in marketing analytics
Capable planner
A strong vocabulary
Teachable spirit
Sense of humor
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment
Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.
Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours
EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED