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Website Designer / Developer
Job Posted: 28 minutes ago
Salary: £ 40,000 - 55,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Are you a creative visual storyteller with a passion for turning ideas into beautifully crafted digital experiences? Do you thrive in a fast-moving environment where your work has a direct impact on a brand's online presence? Do you bring strong experience in HTML, CSS, and CMS platforms such as WordPress or Joomla? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We're partnering with a fast-growing start-up in the Greater Cambridge area, operating at the cutting edge of technology and innovation, as they look to bring a talented Web Designer with strong front-end development skills into their marketing and creative team. This is a hands-on, highly creative 360-degree design role, giving you full ownership of designing, building, and maintaining the company's entire digital presence.
What You'll Be Doing
Designing modern, visually compelling websites, landing pages, and digital assets
Creating wireframes, mood boards, mock-ups, and high-fidelity layouts
Building responsive web pages using HTML, CSS, and CMS platforms (WordPress/Joomla)
Improving existing pages for usability, performance, accessibility, and SEO
Working closely with marketing and creative teams to deliver digital campaigns and visual storytelling
Producing high-quality graphics, animations, and short-form video content
Overseeing website operations including hosting, domains, testing, and quality assurance
Essential Experience
Strong visual design skills with expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud
Confident front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, and CMS platforms such as WordPress/Joomla)
Proven ability to translate concepts into intuitive, impactful web experiences
Excellent organisation and communication skills
Comfortable working independently within a small team
Full UK driving licence and right to work in the UK
Desirable Extras
Experience with Blender or 3D content
Video or podcast editing skills
Knowledge of accessibility standards, SEO, JavaScript, or analytics tools
This is a brilliant opportunity to shape and develop the complete digital identity of a high-growth tech start-up. You'll have genuine creative ownership, collaborate across disciplines, and see your work come to life across high-profile digital platforms. As the business continues to grow, they are ideally seeking someone who can be based on-site five days a week at their Saffron Walden office.
To be considered, you'll need to submit an up-to-date portfolio alongside your CV, as interview decisions will be based on both.
Due to the Essex-based office location, this role is easily commutable from Cambridge, Bishop's Stortford, Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Newport, Thaxted, Great Dunmow, Royston, and Buntingford.
Zero Surplus is one of the UK's premier recruitment agencies, based just outside Cambridge our recruiters source staff for small and international businesses across Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Northants, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, and the rest of the UK.
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