Software Developer Apprentice

About The Studio 4:

The Studio 4 is a leading creative marketing agency based in Telford, Shropshire. We specialise in web design, graphic design, search engine optimisation, social media, PR, media planning and much, much more.

We work for a multitude of local, national and international clients offering marketing expertise which is designed to support the way they communicate their brand and product offer via today’s growing multimedia society.

Overview:

We are looking to recruit a bright and enthusiastic junior developer with a passion for web development and a willingness to learn on the job. If you are excited by a technical challenge, using the latest technologies and striving to achieve excellent work then this will be an ideal role for you.

You will need to have a good understanding of front-end web development and can take a design and implement it as HTML, CSS and Javascript code. You also will need to have had experience in coding for Wordpress and understand the way that Wordpress works. It would also be beneficial if you have experience with back-end programming in PHP too but this is not essential.

Responsibilities: 

• Working as part of an agile team to create HTML email campaigns for a wide range of clients
• Develop front end web functionality for a variety of customers across a wide number of projects
• Using content management systems to upload and manage web content
• Adding new functionality into existing sites
• Developing projects from scratch to a set of designs and a development specification
• Design and build web solutions specific to client needs 
• Work with clients to resolve technical issues with existing solutions 

Required skills: 

• An enthusiastic attitude and a passion for web development
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Work well as part of a team
• Technically minded 
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively 
• Good communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience 
• Positive attitude 

The following experience would be beneficial (but not essential):

• Experience using HTML, CSS, Wordpress, even if as a hobby
• Bootstrap (Responsive web design)
• PHP
• OOP
• MVC
• Laravel
• Version Control - (Git)

Entry requirements:

• 7 GCSEs total
• English GCSE grade D or above
• Other 6 GCSEs, including Maths, to be C or above
• You must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship in a similar subject

You may also have a combination of qualifications and experience which demonstrate the minimum foundation needed for the programme. In this instance you could still be considered for the programme.

If you hold international equivalents of the above qualifications, at the time of your application you must be able to provide an official document that states how your international qualifications compare to the UK qualifications. 

For more information please visit the UK ENIC website.

Working hours:

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5:30pm.

Benefits:

• Friendly business environment
• 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 after first year (incl. bank holidays)
• Fun company events
• Free parking
• Close to train station and bus route
• Excellent training opportunities with a Team Leader who has over 15 years web development experience and existing staff members who have already completed a software development apprenticeship

Future prospects:

On completion, there will be the opportunity to progress onto a full-time role for the right individual. All of our previous apprentices have progressed within the business!

About QA:

Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills, earn while you learn, and launch yourself into an exciting future. With over 50,000 successful apprenticeship graduates, we're a top 50 training provider, dedicated to helping you succeed.

Interested? Apply now!