We’re collaborators, not coworkers

We’re specialists, accustomed to doing a lot with a little. This lean, value-driven approach cuts down on noise and clutter, so the work can efficiently achieve key objectives. Maintaining a narrow focus allows us to cast the right team for specialized thinking and broad delivery. This team brings a diverse perspective and range of experience, geared towards results, not processes.

Open Positions

Front-End Developer

Start Date: Immediately

Description

The Program is looking for an experienced front-end web designer to join our Portland, Oregon agency. The right people will have advanced experience across a wide variety of applications and hardware. If you are passionate about innovation and enjoy working in a collaborative, fast paced environment, we want to hear from you.

Required Technologies

  • In depth knowledge and experience in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Experience with front­end build tools. E.g Gulp.js, Webpack, etc.
  • Working with template languages
  • Strong understanding of Git and Git based workflows

Responsibilities

  • Take technical ownership of front-end visual layer
  • Development of HTML/CSS wireframes and visual designs
  • Ability to balance design, technical and business constraints
  • Ability to solve cross browser and mobile issues
  • Collaborate with team members in an agile, fast paced environment
  • Lend advice and leadership to engineering team members
  • Provide recommendations and insight, while remaining positive, open and flexible

Qualifications

  • 2+ Years of relevant, agency experience working on web applications and websites
  • Passionate about remaining ahead of the technological curve
  • Experience developing and implementing responsive websites
  • Experience with React or other modern front­end view frameworks a plus
  • Understanding of web development user experience best practices
  • High degree of initiative and self­direction; must be detail-oriented and proactive
  • Ability to handle projects solo, but thoroughly enjoy collaborating with a partner or a team

Details

This is an in-house position working from our studio in SE Portland. Salary is competitive based on experience. The Program provides a competitive benefit package that includes paid holidays, vacation/personal time, 401k matching, health, dental and vision insurance. Relocation package available if applicable.

How To Apply

Please send information (LinkedIn, resume, worksamples, Github, etc.) to careers@theprogrampdx.com

Lead Web Developer

Start Date: Immediately

Description

The Program is looking for a Lead Web Developer to join our Portland, Oregon agency. The right person will have advanced experience across a wide variety of applications and hardware. If you are passionate about innovation and enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you. We build and maintain a wide range of projects, from global marketing campaign experiences to high volume applications for large multinational companies. Additionally, emerging technologies of all kinds are frequently in play.

Are you interested in exploring the best of modern web development? Are you endlessly curious yet able to strike a balance between new territory and well established best-practices in programming? Our goal at The Program is to be as technology agnostic as possible while every day honing our craft. If you have deep experience with Ruby, PHP, or Python, we want to know you. If you love JavaScript—warts and all—have opinions about SQL or NoSQL, OOP vs Functional programming—we welcome your enthusiasm and we’d love to talk to you.

Required Technologies

  • Solid JavaScript knowledge
  • Experience with OOP and Functional Programming paradigms
  • Comfort with React and tools like D3.js
  • Solid experience with NodeJS and front-end compilation tools such as Webpack or Browserify
  • Ruby and/or PHP knowledge
  • CSS/Sass experience and a desire to solve layout challenges and optimize user experience
  • Comfort with database administration and schema design
  • Deployment experience - CI, deployment and provisioning tools such as Ansible, Capistrano, Jenkins
  • Solid Git workflow

Responsibilities

  • Take technical ownership of projects, delivering complex, digital solutions
  • Approach work using best practices and test-driven techniques to deliver quality products
  • Collaborate with team members an agile, fast paced environment
  • Lend advice and leadership to engineering team members
  • Provide recommendations and insight, while remaining positive, open and flexible

Qualifications

  • 4+ Years of relevant, agency experience
  • Comfortable working in both front and back end projects
  • Passionate about remaining ahead of the technological curve
  • Understands refactoring and agile testing methodologies
  • Experimentation with other languages and technologies a plus (Clojure, Go, Swift, Java, Unity/C, Voice UI’s, etc..)

Details

This is an in-house position working from our studio in SE Portland. Salary is competitive based on experience. The Program provides a competitive benefit package that includes paid holidays, vacation/personal time, 401k matching and health/dental/vision insurance. Relocation package available if applicable.

How To Apply

Please send information (GitHub, LinkedIn, resume, work samples, etc.) demonstrating your ability and why you might be a good fit to careers@theprogrampdx.com

Sr. Art Director

Start Date: Immediately

Description

Located in Portland, Oregon, The Program creates digital solutions that deepen connections between lifestyle brands and consumers. Our work is creative and strategic. We are hiring a seasoned Senior Art Director to solve complex creative challenges with beautiful and simple design.

Responsibilities

  • Introduce bold styles that meet business objectives.
  • Ensure all design work is dialed before it goes out the door, deliver respectful and poignant feedback when needed.
  • Concept campaign-level experiences and see the work through from ideation to execution.
  • Be the design advocate on cross-functional project teams, adding artful enhancements to multi-channel campaigns.
  • Mentor and motivate design team members to do their best work.
  • Design strategically. Adapt your style to meet brand partner needs. Explain your approach to teammates and clients in presentations and reviews.

Qualifications

  • 6+ Years of design/art-direction experience
  • Senior-level creative agency experience leading heavy projects for big brands
  • Ability to make the complex simple
  • Digital design chops and original artistic style
  • Self-starting difference-maker with proven interpersonal and communication skills

Details

This is an in-house position working from our studio in SE Portland. Salary is competitive based on experience. The Program provides a competitive benefit package that includes paid holidays, vacation/personal time, 401k matching and health, dental, and vision insurance. Relocation package available if applicable.

Reports To: CSO

How To Apply

Please send information (LinkedIn, resume, worksamples, etc.) to careers@theprogrampdx.com

Open Positions