Senior Front End Developer within our Manchester studio (fully remote not accepted for this role)
Who we are:
We’re Persona.Studio, a purpose-driven creative brand and digital studio working across outdoor, luxury retail, hospitality, and the arts. We believe in thoughtful, impactful design and a collaborative, supportive work culture.
We're looking for:
A talented Front Dnd Developer with 5+ years of experience, a strong portfolio of high quality website build examples, and a passion for clean code, modern frameworks and producing quality digital experiences. You’ll be part of a small team where ideas, creativity, and collaboration are valued.
Responsibilities
As senior front-end developer at Persona Studio, you will work directly alongside our technical director to create digital projects that are not only visually stunning, but blazingly fast and with a key emphasis on user experience.
You will be a key part of our growing studio team, handling the build of full web projects handing over from the design stage (collaborating with the design team) through front-end prototype development, into CMS build and testing.
* Leading greenfield projects before the design stage and informing and recommending features before they reach build.
* Guiding the development of our Headless CMS Solutions with both Sanity and Wordpress API integrations
* Communicating with both project managers and the design team to ensure deadlines are achievable and scope is realistic
* Meeting with clients to discuss website design and functionality
Qualifications / Experience
* Degree level training in relevant subject is desired but not essential based on the rest of the experience
* 4+ years of experience in front end development in a professional environment
* Knowledge of advanced Wordpress templating techniques, ideally including using Timber/Twig templating, and Advanced Custom Fields
* Ability to create vanilla javascript modules from scratch with standards complaint ES 2016 syntax
* Knowledge of one or more modern Javascript frameworks such as React or NextJS
* Experience creating CSS styles from scratch, using modular CSS methodologies alongside experience with Tailwind
* Advanced SASS techniques such as variables and array mapping
* E-commerce experience, ideally using Shopify or expanding Wordpress sites with WooCommerce
* Knowledge of different types of task runners and techniques for concatenating and minifying Stylesheets and Javascript
* A strong sense of design, functionality and user experience
The Studio
We are based in a newly refurbished studio in the heart of the Northern Quarter, and follow a hybrid work approach, with 3 days in the office and 2 at home, but also offer flexibility with the studio open all days, depending on what works best for the projects that people are working on. Everyone within our studio is encouraged to work in a manner that they feel benefits themselves and their output.
Working towards B-Corp Certification, to show our commitment to people and planet.
We offer
* A flexible, fair, and inclusive workplace
* A commitment to sustainability and ethical design
* A team that values diverse perspectives and fresh ideas
* We welcome applications from all backgrounds—if you feel you’d be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.
More info here:
https://persona.studio/