Front-End Developer & Site Manager, Internal Communications

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products services and customer experiences very quickly. You bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could Worldwide Communications team informs the world and Apple team members about the company our innovative products and services and the values that drive everything we do. We are looking for an experienced front-end developer to join our Internal Communications team as both a builder and a technical lead on Apples internal news platform someone who thrives at the intersection of editorial and web development and understands the rhythm pace and scope of corporate communications work.

In this role you will design build and maintain web pages and emails that enable a world-class communications organization to work at its best. You will also contribute to the development and enhancement of Apples internal news platform email communications and editorial development you will serve as day-to-day site lead managing the publishing experience working directly with editorial and creative teams to bring their visions to life on the web ensuring content gets published to a high standard as well as working closely with a partner engineering team for ongoing improvements. This includes light QA validation and testing ahead of new code releases.

Build and maintain web pages and shared UI components using semantic HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript optimized for Safari/WebKit nPartner with editorial and design teams to translate content and layout needs into reusable page templates and componentsnOwn the day-to-day publishing workflow building page layouts managing templates and ensuring content goes live cleanly without editorial staff needing to write codenTake ownership of the site experience to proactively identify opportunities to improve design functionality and user experiencenDesign and code HTML emails and templates that render reliably across Apple devices both desktop and mobilenServe as backup email developer and publisher as needednTest and QA check new designs features and bug fixes across Safari versions with secondary checks in other browsersnContribute to an internal component library across articles landing pages and emailsnWork with engineering partners and editorial peers to improve shared toolingnSupport platform migration and site redesign efforts including building templates content types and front-end conventions within a modern CMS architecturenContribute to department initiatives and emerging priorities beyond the core role

3 years of professional front-end development experiencenStrong experience with semantic HTML5 modern CSS and JavaScriptnDemonstrated experience building and testing HTML email templates nDeep familiarity with Safari/WebKit rendering behavior on both macOS and iOS and comfort troubleshooting WebKit-specific issuesnComfort with collaboration and project management tools for documentation task tracking and cross-team coordinationnBasic Git/version control proficiency

5 years of professional development experience including front-end development and work on email campaignsnHands-on experience with Drupal including building and maintaining content types and working within Drupals front-end conventionsnDeep experience with an email development framework or testing toolnExperience with web-based email management and distribution platformsnBackground working in or alongside media internal communications marketing or editorial web production teamsnComfortable working in a fast-paced Slack/Messages-driven environment with quick turnaroundsnExperience designing for a mixed desktop/mobile and global audiencenFamiliarity with React or a similar component-based framework and -based toolingnApplied best practices in accessibility standards including WCAG 2.2 AA