https://www.mmgyglobal.com/drupal-developer

MMGY Global has an immediate position available for a Drupal/PHP Application Developer in our Kansas City, MO office.

The Drupal/PHP Application Developer is primarily responsible for developing Drupal-based solutions for MMGY and its clients. This includes website development, mobile development, and development of other technology solutions as designed by MMGY and required by the market. The Drupal/PHP Application Developer will be expected to spend the majority of his/her time developing client deliverables.

The Drupal/PHP Application Developer will spend the majority of his/her time doing the following:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Develop web or other applications as required to support defined business requirements
• Collaborate with the Platform Leads to ensure adherence to coding standards
• Collaborate with the Platform Leads to deliver reusable code and components
• Support CMS platforms in use by MMGY via coding, configuration and general maintenance
• Develop and maintain databases or those dedicated by project requirements
• Perform maintenance as needed on current client websites
• Ensure all projects mitigate security risks as defined by OWASP top 10 application security risks
• Stay up-to-date on new technologies and share pertinent information with team members
• Create and/or update technical documentation as needed in order to support development efforts
• Ensure deliverables align with strategic direction of MMGY and the Interactive Technology team
• Understand, follow and contribute to the established project development process
• Accurately track hours against projects and complete time sheets in a timely manner

Experience Requirements:
• Minimum of 3 years experience developing and delivering client-facing interactive solutions
• Strong knowledge of the Drupal Content Management Framework
o Ability to create and maintain websites using Drupal
o Experience with custom module development
o Experience with Drupal hooks and APIs
o Experience with MySQL
o Experience with custom Drupal theme creation

Preferred Skills / Abilities:
• Source Control Management such as Git
• Frontend Javascript frameworks/libraries such as AngularJS, ReactJS and jQuery
• Experience with responsive design, cross-browser and cross-device compatibility
• Knowledge with Continuous Integration/Build servers such as Jenkins and/or Bamboo and task runners such as Gulp/Grunt
• Experience integrating 3rd party APIs, including social web services such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram either through Javascript API or server-side implementation through RESTful API.
• Basic understanding of website optimization. Caching control and concatenation/minification of Javascript and CSS assets.
• Participation in open-source projects and/or the developer community such as core or contributed module issue queues on Drupal.org.
• Experience with Drupal 8, Composer and Symfony
• Cloud hosting platforms such as Amazon Web Services, particularly EC2, RDS and S3.

Education Requirements:
• BS in Computer Science, Related Field, or equivalent work experience.
Expectations of Members of MMGY’s Technology Division
• Communication – You must possess excellent communication skills. You’ll be speaking to internal and external project team members, each with different degrees of technical and business acumen. You must be able to communicate complex technical and business concepts across the project team to ensure understanding and alignment.
• Problem Solver – You must possess and demonstrate the ability to identify problems and provide solutions whenever possible. And, on a related note…
• Know What You Know and Know When You Don’t Know – If you know the answer, state it clearly and stand your ground; if you don’t know the answer be resourceful and get expert help to determine the right answer.
• Lifetime Learner –You must be an active participant in continually improving your skills.
• Team Oriented – You must work and play well with others, lend a hand when and where you see a need, get your hands dirty when needed, and be committed to the success of team for the good of our clients, MMGY, and your team.
• Technical Acumen – You must possess a firm understanding of the concepts and details associated with how websites are built, how end users use them, and how the Internet works in general.
• Survival Skills – MMGY is an advertising agency so you must be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and getting scrappy when needed.

Reports to: PHP Platform Lead

Please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to:
Theresa Thornhill
Recruiter
thornhill@mmgyglobal.com

Bickford Senior Living is looking for a Full-Time IT Support Person.

Primary Duties Include:
• Provides helpdesk support and resolves problems to the end user’s satisfaction
• Walks customers through the problem-solving process
• Manage PC setup and deployment using standard hardware, images and software
• Install, test and configure new workstations, peripheral equipment and software
• Performs timely workstation hardware / software upgrades
• Troubleshoots and repairs existing computer hardware / software issues
• Supports Android tablets and cell phones
• Provides support for proprietary software programs

Role Requirements:
• Associates Degree from college or technical school; two years related work experience;
or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proven experience as a help desk technician or customer support role
• Working knowledge of MS Office 2013 and 2016, Windows 7 and 10
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record

Preferred:
• Working knowledge of Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and thin clients a plus
• Ability to learn and support new and quickly changing technologies
• Ability to research solutions/information regarding technical issues

Bickford Senior Living owns and operates 59 Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care branches in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Virginia, with headquarters located in Olathe, KS.

Apply online at http://www.bickfordcareers.com
Search location: Olathe

Web Writer/Content Strategist
Lifted Logic – Overland Park, Ks

DESCRIPTION:
You will work with clients to establish their voice and write SEO-optimized content for their existing website. You will work directly with clients and project managers to ensure that their websites are filled with accurate, precise, SEO friendly content. You will be Lifted Logic’s grammar snob, enjoy learning, and adapting everyday. You will work with designers to create the content structure for websites and work with the client to fill in the created structure. Projects may include informational websites, websites with complex functionality, e-commerce websites, and web applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS:

● Be able to write content in a variety of voices
● Be able to generate content for similar topics, worded in different ways, to maximize SEO strategy
● Work alongside the internal team to establish and create appropriate content
● Engage in follow up questions in a conversational way to get the details needed to create content
● Perform ongoing monthly keyword research to ensure target keywords are maximized
● Ongoing content creation on a monthly basis for a variety of clients
● Run Google Analytics reports for clients
● Set up Google Adwords campaigns and goals for clients

QUALIFICATIONS:

● Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
● Strong experience in Adwords and Analytics is desired.
● A writer that keeps the reader’s attention and is short and concise
● Track record of meticulous grammar and speech
● Attention to detail and organized
● Write “Purple Dinosaurs are Fun!” in the subject line with your resume and writing samples
● Handle pressure and deadlines well
● Self Motivated with excellent time management skills
● Not afraid to ask questions to better understand company and subject
● Critical thinking skills
● Must be able to easily carry a conversation with strangers

To Apply: https://liftedlogic.com/about/

CommunityAmerica Credit Union, a staple of the Kansas City community for over 75 years, isn’t just about another job. It’s about making a difference in people’s lives, and working for a higher calling, a noble cause — helping Kansas City families reach their financial dreams! It’s this way of thinking that has landed us as Kansas City’s largest credit union and one of the top Kansas City-based financial institutions.

Job Summary
CommunityAmerica’s Innovation Lab has been created to build products that will genuinely improve its members lives. Our innovative, creative culture merges the flexible, agile nature of a startup with the stability of a well-established, well-funded financial institution. We are seeking a front-end developer who is passionate about building web tools and applications with an eye toward growth, usability and real end-user value.

The ideal candidate is a skilled programmer that is curious. He or she is comfortable digging into data, studying user behavior, fielding user tests while also make recommendations for UI and A/B tests.

The central job will be to develop, implement , test and measure new web sites/applications, online tools as well as optimize existing sites (and sales funnels) and play a leadership role in the build of new tools. Our process centers around running experiments and A/B testing incremental changes and empowering our people to suggest changes based on user feedback and best practices.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Propose creative new projects, from developing and implementing front-end code to building free tools and apps that attract prospects and convert leads to testing new approaches to capturing existing demand.
• Test different options for these applications. At CommunityAmerica, we work as one growth team and strive to reach a common goal. Accordingly, an ideal candidate will participate in analysis, investigation, brainstorming sessions
• Ability to run tests and experiments to measure effectiveness. Measure and optimize these projects, reporting results and proposing improvements based on data
• Ability to build clean wireframes as well as adopting and improving wireframe concepts from other parties and converting to functional prototype.
• Ability to drive clicks, traffic to website, landing pages, apps. Help us scale and automate the growth process
• Maintain proper security measures and procedures to prevent unauthorized entry and data loss.
• Professional and friendly interaction with members and staff. Demonstrate behaviors that are consistent with the credit union’s values.

Education and Experience Requirements:
• Four year degree in Computer Science or related-experience
• 3+ years experience with web development
• Experience with front – end web development HTML5/CSS coding, JQuire/JavaScript coding, JSON/AJAX coding, Responsive web-development
• Experience with start ups and/or rapidly changing growing environments. Understanding of Lean startup, CRO, growth hacking MVP concept.
• Knowledge of Adobe creative suite preferred
• Some understanding of back end development preferred
• Good understanding of SEO principals and ensuring applications will adhere

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Must be curious and creative
• Relentless in pursuit of growth
• Data driven via A/B testing. Performance and result-oriented
• Strong visual sensitivity to detail and layout
• Proficiency with open source content management systems (Drupal, WordPress etc)
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks
• Experience in responsive front – end frameworks (bootstrap, foundation)
• An ability to learn quickly and successfully adapt to rapidly changing technology
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively – written and oral communication
• Understanding of the Agile methodology

To Apply: https://workforcenow.adp.com/jobs/apply/posting.html?client=CAmerica&jobId=175533&lang=en_US&source=CC3