AddressNine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.
Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.
Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.
We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.
Job Description
Our Junior Developer – Front end, will work on all interactive projects in the agency. You will have the opportunity to showcase your CSS skills, JavaScript, HTML and Node.js across various projects, working as part of a tight knit team.
Department/Team Overview: Powered is responsible for the commercialisation of Nine’s content cross platform and creating and delivering partnerships for brands. Within Powered we have the following business units: Strategy, Insights + Effectiveness, Content Partnerships, Content Strategy + Distribution, Commercial Production, Client Experience.
Studio: The Studio is our commercial studio with disciplines across ideation, design, creative technology, written and video content production and distribution and amplification.
Role Responsibilities:
- Maintain a consistent focus on quality for the entire project
- Seek improvements to current systems, work practices and processes
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure team to manage deployments adhering to operational best practices
Qualifications
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Foundational knowledge of modern client-side technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript ES6+ to create pixel perfect websites.
- Good understanding of responsive web design: mobile-first and desktop-first strategies, flexbox, grid, responsive media queries and typography etc.
- Experience with CSS preprocessors such as SASS, LESS, Tailwind, Styled Components, Emotion
- Experience with Design Tools like Adobe XD, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Exposure to Animation/3D libraries like THREEJS, Anime.js or GSAP. If not, basic ability to write animation keyframes will suffice.
- Introductory understanding of cross browser support and performance best practices e.g. image optimisation, code bundling etc.
- Understanding debugging using the browser dev-tools.
- Experience working with JavaScript module bundlers like Vite, Webpack as well as with dependency managers like NPM or Bower.
- Solid understanding of Git with Github/Bitbucket.
- Working knowledge of React/Next.js and ability to write basic function components.
- Exposure to TypeScript is a nice to have but we are willing to teach the successful candidate.
- Ability to demonstrate consistent extracurricular learning e.g. active Github, freelance work, learning projects etc.
Additional Information
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.
