We’re actively seeking a Junior WordPress Developer to join the Technology team at the American Marketing Association!

Are you ready to take your WordPress development skills to the next level? Join the AMA Technology team at the intersection of marketing, technology, and data for an unrivaled experience. You’ll benefit from mentorship and teamwork with a talented team of development professionals with diverse backgrounds, experience, and skills. You’ll enjoy a dynamic and positive work environment with a commitment to collaborating with joy and gratitude.

We have major projects on the docket that you will play a key role in developing, such as: revamping our ecommerce system (with WooCommerce), creating data dashboards, and integrating the internal & third-party APIs through which all of our data flows. You’ll work collaboratively with other developers at the AMA to create cutting edge solutions using WordPress, AWS and much more. As a Junior WordPress Developer, you will gain valuable experience in your field and open up doors to even more fun and challenging opportunities.

Junior WordPress Developer Core Job Responsibilities

• Create new features on AMA’s WordPress platform (www.ama.org)
• Participate in code reviews of their own work and others in order to improve the code quality and stability of the platform
• Write code that interacts with both internal and third-party APIs (Salesforce, Mailchimp, etc.)
• Work with the development team, stakeholders and project management in effectively communicating estimates, risks and project status
• Create and update code, system and process documentation as needed
• Interact and collaborate with vendors as needed
• Work closely with other developers to manage releases

What You Have

• Two or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two years of WordPress production development experience
• Two years of HTML, CSS and Javascript experience
• One year working with git as source control
• A good team player, ability to learn quickly, excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work with limited direction on tasks and priorities, keeping the project management system updated
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors

What You May Also Have

• Experience working with third-party REST or GraphQL APIs
• System administration experience
• Open source contributions

What You’ll Get

• A chance to work with innovative teams through a pivotal moment in the history of the AMA to transform the structure and operations of the association
• Ability to attend professional development programs offered through the AMA and other organizations
• Free American Marketing Association membership
• Tools for work-life balance, including flexible work policies and practices (e.g., Core Hours, Flex Fridays), Employee Assistance Program, Summer Hours, a generous paid holiday schedule, paid Volunteer Time Off
• Company-provided laptop and other equipment
• Comprehensive and competitive salary and benefits package

The Enterprise Technology & Development Teams and the AMA

The Enterprise Technology & Development teams are a focused, dedicated, strategic group, who does whatever takes to get the job done, keep the company’s technology up and running, while having fun along the way. Key departmental goals are continuing to build out and advance the AMA’s technology stack, both front office and back office. With a vision of advancing the mission, supporting our community and utilizing cutting edge technology and best practices to accomplish these themes. The Enterprise Technology’s departmental goals are both enablers and drivers of most of the organizations strategic initiatives, by unlocking and creating technology avenues and potential for business growth, strategic initiative activation, National/Local org alignment and creating operational efficiencies, via workflows, automation and data analytics.

At the American Marketing Association (AMA), we’re striving to be the most relevant voice shaping marketing around the world. Our passion and dedication to uncovering the next best practices in marketing, paired with our core values of being curious, courageous, grateful, joyful, customer-centric and stakeholder-sensitive, are the backbone of our motivated and energetic team. Together, we serve a community of more than 250,000 people who work, teach and study in the field of marketing.

For more information, please visit our website, AMA.org and sign up for My AMA Daily, the only AI-powered personalized daily marketing newsletter.

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