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Graduate Front-End Web Developer (AI & Product Innovation) – Today Digital

Today Digital is a fast-growing B2B technology media, research, and market intelligence business behind leading industry brands including UC Today, CX Today and Techtelligence.

We are entering a major new phase of growth and transformation as we modernise our business into an AI-powered media and market intelligence company.

Our mission is to become a market leader in how enterprise technology buyers and vendors discover, consume, and act on market intelligence, research, and trusted industry insight.

As AI continues to reshape search, discovery, content consumption, and digital experiences, we are investing heavily in the future of our digital products, websites, and web applications.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Graduate Front-End Web Developer to join our growing in-house product and technology team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to work at the intersection of:

  • Front-end development
  • Website design and UX
  • AI-powered product innovation
  • Data-driven user experience
  • Digital publishing and media technology

You will help us modernise our websites and web applications, improve user journeys, and build new AI-powered experiences that increase audience engagement, retention, and loyalty.

This role is ideal for someone who loves building digital experiences and is excited by how AI is changing the web.

What You’ll Be Doing

Front-End Development

  • Build and improve modern front-end experiences across Today Digital websites and web applications
  • Develop responsive, high-performance interfaces for desktop and mobile
  • Help modernise legacy user journeys and site functionality
  • Build reusable UI components and front-end modules

User Experience & Journey Optimisation

  • Improve website usability, navigation, and engagement flows
  • Help optimise information architecture across multiple brands
  • Analyse audience behaviour and identify friction points in user journeys
  • Support A/B testing and iterative UX improvements

AI-Powered Product Innovation

Help design and build AI-powered features that improve:

  • content discovery
  • search
  • personalisation
  • audience engagement
  • loyalty

Examples may include:

  • AI assistants
  • smarter search
  • personalised recommendations
  • interactive data tools
  • conversational UX

Web Application Development

You’ll work on modern web apps powering our news publications and other digital properties.

This includes:

  • CMS
  • Client portals
  • Workflow automation
  • Product interfaces

Data & Platform Support

Although front-end focused, this role will also support broader platform development.

You may assist with:

  • data migration
  • database integration
  • data enrichment workflows
  • API integrations
  • secure authentication and permissions

Collaboration

You’ll work closely with:

  • Data Engineers
  • Researchers
  • Designers
  • Marketing team
  • Product leaders
  • Senior management

This is a highly collaborative role where strong communication matters.

Technologies We Work With

You don’t need to know everything on day one, but experience or exposure in some of the following is valuable:

Front-End

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js

Platforms / CMS

  • WordPress
  • Headless CMS concepts

Data / Backend

  • SQL databases
  • APIs
  • Authentication / OAuth
  • Basic backend integration

AI-Assisted Development

We actively embrace AI-powered development tools such as:

  • Replit (or similar)
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT

We want candidates who are comfortable using AI to:

  • accelerate development
  • troubleshoot issues
  • prototype faster
  • improve productivity

What We’re Looking For

We’re less focused on years of experience and more interested in potential, attitude, and capability.

You may be a strong fit if you are:

  • A recent graduate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Web Development, Design, or similar
  • Passionate about front-end development and digital experiences
  • Curious about AI and modern web technology
  • Comfortable learning new tools quickly
  • Analytical and user-focused
  • Interested in product thinking, not just coding

Key Skills

We’re particularly interested in candidates with:

Technical

  • Strong front-end fundamentals
  • Good JavaScript knowledge
  • Understanding of responsive design
  • Familiarity with APIs
  • Basic SQL knowledge
  • Awareness of secure web development principles

Personal

  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Curiosity and initiative
  • Appetite to experiment
  • Good communication
  • Attention to detail

The Type of Person Who Will Thrive Here

This role suits someone with:

  • Hunger to learn
  • Energy to build
  • Curiosity about AIConfidence to experimentDesire to solve real business problems

We’re looking for someone with genuine appetite — someone who wants to push themselves, self-learn, and help drive projects forward.

You won’t be micromanaged.

You’ll be expected to:

  • take ownership
  • learn quickly
  • solve problems
  • ask smart questions
  • collaborate effectively

Why Join Today Digital?

You’ll join at one of the most exciting moments in our company’s journey.

You’ll gain hands-on experience helping transform an established media business into an AI-powered product and intelligence company.

This is not a typical graduate role.

You’ll have real responsibility from day one and the opportunity to shape products used by global enterprise technology audiences.

If you’re excited by the future of AI, web experiences, and digital products — we’d love to hear from you.

JOB DETAILS

Remuneration
£25,000 per year
4-Day Work Week
We’re a Monday-Thursday business!
Work Perks
Private Healthcare, Wellness Program, Rewards and Discounts + more
Location
In-Office (Ancoats, Manchester, UK) Fully On-Site
Contract Type
Full-Time
Start Date
Immediate

questions before applying?

We’re happy to clarify expectations.