Title:WEB/MOBILE DEVELOPER - AG PROPERTIES

Location: Cleveland, OH

Company: American Greetings Properties

Reports to: American Greetings Properties

The Web/MobileDeveloper creates, develops, manages, and implementsweb/mobile content across multiple platforms for AG Properties (American Greetings’ family entertainment focused brand studio). AGP has created and oversees several family/kids brands including Strawberry Shortcake, The Care Bears, Holly Hobbie, Mad Balls, and most recently Packages from Planet X (on Disney XD). The web/mobile development position supports AGP’s branded websites, apps, and other digital platforms and content.

Job Description:

The Web/Mobile developer helpscreate, develop, and maintain AGP sites, apps, and content across multiple platforms. He/she will help maintain functionality and performance, implement ongoing updates and changes,and constantly look for creative ways to improve the performance and the implementation processesof all sites, apps, and digital platforms.

Responsibilities include:

  • Build engaging websites and applications for our family of brands
  • Provide direction, motivation and mentorship to a small-to-medium sized group of developers
  • Work closely with and incorporate feedback from cross functional team (marketing, creative, brand and project management).
  • Rapidly fix bugs, diagnose and solve problems
  • Conduct design and code reviews
  • Pro-actively look for ways to make our sites better
  • Analyze technical requirement specifications, application programming, unit and integration testing of programs, preparation of test plans for quality assurance group.
  • Communicate with other web developers within the organization to both resolve project issues and improve the overall development process.

RequiredTechnical Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience with a scripting language (Python, PHP, Ruby), but Python preferred.

• 2+ years of front end development including JavaScript (and various JavaScript libraries (Jquery, Dojo, etc), hand coding of HTML markup and CSS (slicing Photoshop/Firework documents) and cross browser compatibility.

• 2+ years of experience with SQL - working with Oracle is a Plus

• Experience with Object Oriented Programming.

Desired

• Experience building mobile optimized websites

• Experience building mobile applications for iOS and Androidwith Unity, Cocos2D, Box2D, Chipmunk a plus.

Other Qualifications:

  • Is an “A” Player with extremely high standards for technicaloutput.
  • Achieves the best execution within limitations.
  • Proactive problem solver.
  • Willingness to adopt and embrace new technologies.
  • Is a hard worker and good citizen.
  • Collaborates extremely well.
  • Can lead and follow-through.
  • Can deliver results with little or no direction.
  • Anticipates company’s needs and can see the “big picture”.