The Trailhead program welcomes new graduates and individuals looking to make a career change into the digital marketing world. This is a 12-week opportunity for you to showcase your potential and embark on your epic journey at Critical Mass! 

During this period, you will take part in a custom-built learning journey to understand what we do, who we are, and how we create award-winning work with our clients. Our goal is to provide hands-on experience and professional growth while integrating you into the amazing work we do here at Critical Mass, with the potential to transition into a permanent position.  Please be advised all applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the hiring location for this role is non-negotiable. 

As an associate developer you will get to work with a tech lead to gain experience to all the different aspects of the technology discipline at Critical Mass. You will gain experience seeing how the technology team works with different departments like creative and UX to create top-notch user experiences. You will have foundational knowledge of languages like HTML, CSS and Javascript and a passion to learn more. Most importantly, you are driven to hone your craft through a passion for technology.   

You Will: 

• Gain exposure to all elements of the technology discipline at Critical Mass.  
• Understand how technology fits into the Critical Mass agency offerings.  
• Collaborate with other Trailheaders on a client project and our global intern project.  
• Deliver solutions balancing technical and business requirements.   
• Understand business and user requirements.  
• Maintain high coding standards and practices to exercise quality control on all aspects of web development.  
• Problem-solve in all areas of web development. 

You Have: 

• Demonstrated development experience with hand-coding advanced HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript through class or certificate program. 
• Demonstrated development exposure to React or VUE.   
• Package manager and automation tool experience (npm, gulp, grunt).   
• Basic understanding of Responsive Web Design principles.  
• Proficiency with Semantic HTML Markup.  
• Aptitude to collaborate and work with cross discipline teams.  
• Exposure in diagnosing and solving cross-browser and cross-platform issues. 

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 4 days a week.   

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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