Web Quality Assurance Specialist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Financial Times Full time
About FT Studio
FT Studio is a collective of producers, designers, UX, developers, animators and writers passionate about crafting stories with insight and energy. It produces a range of editorially driven and visually impactful client branded content, from animations to immersive and interactive digital websites, mini-documentaries, podcasts and journalistic articles.

Maintaining the FT tone of voice and benefiting from newsroom audience engagement data, FT Studio produces content that sits naturally within the newspaper's editorial environment.

The role
FT Studios is looking for a detail-oriented Webpage Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure the highest quality in our webpage builds before they go live. This position is a 6-month FTC, with the term beginning from your start date.

The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, excellent problem-solving skills, a solid understanding of web and digital technologies and experience in testing digital products. You will be responsible for meticulously reviewing webpages for errors, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, and confirming that all design and content specifications are met.

Key duties
  • Conduct thorough QA tests on all website builds, identifying issues related to design, content, and functionality.
  • Ensure webpages are optimised for performance and are compatible across a range of browsers, devices, and screen sizes.
  • Work closely with the production, development and design teams to report and troubleshoot issues.
  • Validate that all elements on the webpage meet accessibility and SEO guidelines.
  • Maintain detailed documentation of QA processes and issues identified, including steps to reproduce and the status of fixes.
  • Assist in developing and implementing QA testing processes and best practices to enhance the quality of web builds.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest web technologies and QA tools (BrowserStack, iOS Simulator, Chrome DevTools) and techniques.

What we are looking for
The necessary skills and expertise for this role are:
  • Proven experience in website quality assurance or a similar role.
  • Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Familiarity with web development processes and the ability to work closely with developers and designers.
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge of web standards, accessibility guidelines (WCAG and APCA), and SEO principles.
  • A good understanding of Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager.
  • Experience with responsive and cross-browser testing.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Benefits
Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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