The role
You’ll build two websites with Anoushka Deshpande, our technical director, from the first prototype to launch. Both have unusual motion, and both need to be fast on a slow phone.
We build websites the way we build identities: around one idea that belongs to the client. Saltmarsh Radio’s site is organised like a tide table. Harrow & Finch’s lets one photograph carry each project. You’ll help find those ideas in prototypes, then make them solid, accessible and quick.
A week in the role
Mornings are usually for building; afternoons are when designers, motion and development sit together and try things. You’ll pair with Anoushka or Elio most days, review each other’s work, and test on real devices before anything ships.
What you’ll do
Prototype interactions with our designers in the first weeks of each project.
Build accessible, fast pages and test them properly on real devices.
Turn motion designs into code that stays smooth on a five-year-old phone.
Set up sites so clients can edit them without calling us.
Write the handover guide clients use after we’ve gone.
What you’ll bring
Strong HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and real care for accessibility.
Experience with a visual site builder and with React.
A feel for animation: easing, timing and when not to animate.
The habit of measuring performance rather than guessing it.
Comfort working directly with designers and clients.
Nice to have
WebGL or canvas work you can show us.
Experience with headless content systems.
An eye for typography on screen.
Who you’ll work with
You’ll work with Anoushka Deshpande, our technical director, and Elio Marchetti, our developer, alongside Tomasz Wierzbicki, who designs most of our websites. This is a six-month contract on a day rate agreed up front, with the option to stay on if it suits us both.
What we offer
A salary band we share in the first call, reviewed every April.
Four-day weeks in August, on the same pay.
A learning budget every year, and a day a month to spend it.
Home by six. After a late night, the next morning is yours.
From three on Fridays, the studio is yours for your own work.
No unpaid pitches, ever.
A laptop, a good chair and the tools you ask for.
How to apply
Send a short note and links to two sites you built, with a sentence on the hardest part of each.
We reply to everyone within three working days. If it looks like a fit, you’ll talk to Anoushka for half an hour, then spend a paid day with the team building a small, real prototype. You’ll hear our answer, with the reasons for it, within a week of that day.
