JR. UI FRONT END WEB DEVELOPER

Are you ready for a new challenge? Let’s roll your career with MTY! A delicious future awaits you! #Letsroll #Tastyfuture
The MTY Group is a family whose heart beats to the rhythm of its brands and its employees.
Over the past 40 years, EXCELLENCE, ENTHUSIASM and INNOVATION have led us to success.
Today, we continue to look for talented professionals who want to work for a company that will offer them opportunities for growth and many rewarding experiences.
MTY offers its employees dynamic, unique and valuable professional experience.
· What we offer :
· 3 weeks’ holiday
· Benefits from day one
· Flexible working hours
· Half day Friday (long year)
· Hybrid working arrangement
· Exciting activities
· Employee recognition awards
· 300 Health Care Spending Account/or welfare spending account.
· Continuing education reimbursement
· 2000 recommendation bonus
· Akira: telemedicine service
· Employee assistance program
· Annuel volunteering hours
About the Role
MTY Group is looking for a Jr. UI Front End Web Developer to join the Media Solutions Department. This role is ideal for someone equally passionate about design, user experience, and technical development. You will collaborate closely with designers and marketers to build visually compelling, high-performing websites and pages that align with the unique brand identities of MTY’s multiple brands. Additionally, you will work closely with MTY’s Web Development Department to support technical maintenance, security, and optimization, ensuring these sites are fast, accessible, and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the design team to create beautiful, intuitive, and responsive WordPress websites following modern UI/UX principles.
• Translate design mockups into pixel-perfect, high-performance websites.
• Ensure all MTY Group brand websites follow branding guidelines, maintaining consistency across multiple brands.
• Optimize websites for SEO, accessibility, and performance, ensuring industry best practices are applied.
• Manage and maintain the WordPress environment, including themes, plugins, and hosting infrastructure.
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases.
• Stay up to date with emerging design and front-end trends, proactively recommending and implementing improvements.
• Troubleshoot issues related to website functionality, cybersecurity, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Maintain clear documentation for development processes and technical implementations.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external marketing, creative, and IT teams to bring brand visions to life.
• Follow IT best practices regarding cybersecurity, legal compliance, hosting, and website availability.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles, visual design, and front-end development.
• Experience with WordPress, including Elementor, themes, and plugin management.
• Knowledge of modern web design best practices, including mobile-first and responsive design.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, XD) or Figma is a strong asset.
• Hands-on experience with SEO best practices and tools like Google Lighthouse, Moz, or similar.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and/or PHP for custom WordPress development.
• Understanding of website optimization techniques (e.g., caching, lazy loading, performance testing).
• Experience using project management and ticketing systems (e.g., Wrike, Jira) is an asset.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
• Bilingual in English and French is required.

Why Join Us?
The Media Solutions Department at MTY Group is a dynamic and creative team that values innovation, aesthetics, and technical excellence. We collaborate with multiple Marketing teams across various brands to deliver high-quality web experiences. If you are excited about crafting websites that are both visually striking and technically robust, we’d love to hear from you!
Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon a background check, including a criminal record check.
The majority of our clients and a large proportion of our employees are outside Quebec.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Language:

• English (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richmond Hill, ON L4B 2N

• Work with the design team to create beautiful, intuitive, and responsive WordPress websites following modern UI/UX principles.
• Translate design mockups into pixel-perfect, high-performance websites.
• Ensure all MTY Group brand websites follow branding guidelines, maintaining consistency across multiple brands.
• Optimize websites for SEO, accessibility, and performance, ensuring industry best practices are applied.
• Manage and maintain the WordPress environment, including themes, plugins, and hosting infrastructure.
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases.
• Stay up to date with emerging design and front-end trends, proactively recommending and implementing improvements.
• Troubleshoot issues related to website functionality, cybersecurity, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Maintain clear documentation for development processes and technical implementations.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external marketing, creative, and IT teams to bring brand visions to life.
• Follow IT best practices regarding cybersecurity, legal compliance, hosting, and website availability