Assistant Designer Jobs in United Kingdom

Constructive is a leading social impact strategy and design firm that helps advance social, environmental, and economic justice. We’re a close-knit, committed team of experts and advocates who partner with ambitious organizations to make the world a more fair, equitable, and sustainable place. Constructive’s culture is built on values that are the core of who we are—deeply held beliefs about the importance of integrity, empathy, accountability, trust, teamwork, and respect that add purpose to our lives and can be seen and felt in everything we do.

If you are a Full Stack developer who excels at translating sophisticated UX and design into exceptional interaction design, are eager to collaborate with a team of senior strategic and creative experts to push boundaries, and believe that the best digital experiences happen when strategy, technology, and design work together, then please read on!

About the Role

As a Full Stack Developer at Constructive, you will take the lead on developing a myriad of technical solutions to help create compelling brand experiences for our network of passionate clients. Working alongside our energetic technology team, you will work with Drupal and WordPress to craft data visualizations, single-page applications, automation scripts, and everything in between. Additionally, you will commonly integrate with third-party systems to extend our reach of feature offerings, as well as work on a collection of innovative internal projects.

What we need you to do extremely well

This role is all about hands-on development and sharing your perspective on approaches and techniques learned throughout your career. We’ll need you to have strong demonstrated success having done all or most of these things for at least 2 to 3 years — and a passion for doing them well the whole way through.

Have an excellent understanding of developing with both WordPress and Drupal.

Have a mastery of Tailwind CSS and modern front-end development practices.

Be a great team player, have a bias towards listening, take serious pride in your work, and always look for our process and results to be better the next time out. When you have a passion for your work and the success of the product, and your teammates, you will be rewarded with the satisfaction of a cohesive team that’s got your back in the same ways. Most importantly, you consider yourself a perpetual student of your craft. We recognize imposter syndrome can be anxiety-inducing, but we channel it as a positive means of learning and getting better at what we do every day.

Skills and Experience You’ll Need

Right now, these are the specific technologies and tasks that are essential to our work. We’ll need you to have at least 2-3 years of experience in most of these things, and we’re very open to new ideas on which specific technologies and tools can improve on what we have.

Excellent understanding and development with frontend JS and CSS frameworks (. Tailwind and React), and adaptive, responsive, and cross-browser web development

Familiarity with Bedrock, Sage and Blade is a major asset

Strong skills in site architecting using a modern Drupal version are a must

Proven experience in delivering pixel-perfect designs that are highly interactive and dynamic

Excellent grasp of development workflows essential to the modern developer, such as git and command-line tooling

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Process-Minded & Detail-Oriented : you sweat the small stuff as it pertains to your and the agency’s growth

It’d be great if you have...

Custom WordPress development experience, with a concentration on back-end development

Experience building design systems : component libraries, reusable front-end patterns, etc.

Experience using best-in-class WordPress and PHP software such as Extended ACF & CPT, and popular Composer libraries

Experience with accessibility, such as WCAG compliance requirements

A good sense of humor : )

What We Offer :

We do our best to make sure everyone at Constructive is taken care of with a great mix of salary, benefits and perks, opportunities for professional growth, and a healthy dose of time off. We expect this position to have a base salary between $60K - $75K based on experience and value-added skills. In addition, we offer the following robust benefits and perks :

Health Insurance, Dental & Vision

Defined Annual Profit Sharing Plan

401K With Up to 4% Company Match

Discretionary Performance-based Bonuses

3 Weeks Paid Vacation

Paid Vacation From Christmas Eve through New Year's

Paid 1 / 2-day Summer Fridays (Approx 14 / year)

Open Wellness Days

2K Annual Professional Development Stipend

New Client Bonuses (3% of First 12 Months of New Work You Proactively Bring In)

Monthly Virtual Happy Hours & Games

A Super-Aligned Team That Loves Showing Up for Each Other

Feeling Great About Your Work Making the World a Better Place

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We believe strongly that diversity is one of our greatest strengths—that the more perspectives we bring to the mix, the better we are as people and the better partner we are for our clients. So, in considering if Constructive is a good fit for you, know that all we care about is that you’re qualified to do the job, share most or all of our values, and want to be here. These are the things we’ll be evaluating for every applicant—and if you meet those and add to our diversity, all the better.

Interested? Great!

Fill out an application HERE, and we’ll be in touch if we think it’s a good fit!

Interested but prefer to be a contractor?

You should still apply! We are open to exploring filling the role on a contractual basis. We’d be looking for 25-35 hours per week and our hourly range is between $65 - $75 / hour. Just let us know in your application what your preference is.

What happens next?

If we feel like there’s a good fit, we’ll reach out to you to start the interview process. Here’s what it will look like :

Experience Interview (45 - 60 mins)

Focused Interview with our Director of Technology (20 - 30 mins)

Skills Test

Follow up with our Director of Technology (20 - 30 mins)

Reference Interviews