Loop: Design for Social Good

If we are appreciating women, but not advocating for women, then we are only doing half the work.
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This International Women’s day, we are looking to leaders like and whose advocacy work is addressing gender inequity that still exists both in Canada & abroad. Let’s support these organizations and take action to build a fair and equitable world where ALL women can thrive without fear of oppression.

Loop: Design for Social Good is looking for a driven individual to join our Toronto-based social impact design agency as a Web Developer.

We help organizations use design to express their value, build support and share a culture of social good.

This role will involve working with many of our client’s websites, using primarily WordPress backend CMS. You’ll be working with our development team, assisting with updating websites, providing solutions to client requests and ensuring the websites we’ve created are well-maintained. You’ll also be working closely with our design team to translate their mockups into working websites. You’ll need to be detail-oriented as our websites can be quite complex.

This role is 37.5 hours a week on an initial 3-month contract with an opportunity to be extended to a full-time yearly contract.

What you’ll do:
- Assist in updating and developing custom websites for a variety of Loop’s clients within the social impact space.
- Develop comprehensive layouts and wireframes into custom themes on WordPress.
- Work closely with our design team and project manager to create websites that accurately reflect website mockups and client specifications.
- Apply web and mobile design best practice standards, including AODA and other accessibility functionalities.
- Provide and advise expert knowledge on the technical feasibility of proposed deliverables for new projects.
- Review and integrate all website requirements, including functional, security, performance, and integration requirements.

Who you are:
- An expert developer. You have at least 2-5 years experience as a Web Developer with expert knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.
- You have experience developing responsive websites and you are able to make sure our websites work across all platforms and browsers. You should also be able to identify risks, issues, and constraints associated with solutions and designs.
- A WordPress wizard. You have advanced knowledge working in WordPress (back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins).
- A constant learner. You’re always up-to-date with the latest web best practices, trends, and tools. You should have knowledge of how to interact with restful APIs and formats (JSON, XML), advanced PHP skills, and a strong understanding of MySQL, PHPMyAdmin and JavaScript (jQuery).
- A self-starter. You are a self-motivated, with the ability to take a brief and design mockup and run with the project independently with minimal supervision.
- An exceptional team player, excited by problem-solving, organized, and with a passion for social good.

Bonus points if you:
- Have knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud software (including Adobe XD)
Have experience working in the social impact / nonprofit space
- Have experience working with the WordPress visual builders

Details & Perks:
- Flexible working hours
- Remote working
- Great clients who have important impacts on the world
- Health spending account

About Loop: Design for Social Good:

Loop is a growing creative agency working with leading NGOs, non-profits, and social impact organizations. We build brands and digital experiences that amplify impact and help solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Loop is a full-service creative agency that collaborates with game changing organizations to amplify their stories and impact through thoughtful and strategic design. From advancing human rights to creating more sustainable cities and everything in between, we help our clients to mobilize people around causes that spur positive change – these include World Wildlife Foundation, Oxfam, World Economic Forum, and more.

We are a small team of passionate designers, strategists and developers. We come from diverse backgrounds, walks of life, multiple continents, and and we are excited to welcome another member into our team.

Loop: Design for Social Good is LGBTTQ+ run company and an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity & inclusion.

We’ve completed a record number of website launches in 2020! We are always so excited to help bring our clients’ mission, services & brand to life in a digital space.
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One of our biggest and most dynamic launches of the year was for KidSport Canada. This bold new website helps take KidSport’s iconic brand to the next level, and it’s full of lively, youthful details that help bring to life their mission of bringing sport to kids across Canada.
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See more at www.kidsportcanada.ca

Today we get to share a very exciting project that we’ve been hard at work on this summer & fall. The Loop team was incredibly lucky to collaborate on fresh creative for the long-standing Holiday Adoption Campaign! Many members of the Loop team remember this campaign as a holiday staple when we were kids - regularly adopting species or receiving them as gifts. It’s a campaign that’s very close to our hearts, and we’re so proud to have WWF Canada as part of our client family.
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We started by reimagining the campaign’s flagship printed catalogue. The new campaign identity is on full display featuring a lively colour palette, bespoke paw prints and custom badges all rooted in the iconic WWF brand.
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To learn more about the campaign or adopt a species today, visit https://shop.wwf.ca/collections/adoptions

Happy World Tourism Day! We know no one is really travelling right now, but when we do get around to going on adventures, we could all think about travelling more sustainably!
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The sustainable travel guides we created with are a great place to start, and they are super easy to download! 🙌 Satisfy your wanderlust and learn more about sustainable travel in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia at https://www.theswitchers.eu/en/publications/ 🌍😍
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