About Wunderman Thompson

Address

7 Federal Ave, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196

Company Size

201-500
Summary

What we do

WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION

We are technology specialists that partner with agencies and brands to create: Websites, Mobile Applications and marketing experiences that connect our client to their customers in meaningful ways.

This means using DATA, ANALYTICS & INSIGHTS to CREATIVE, COMMUNICATIONS & EXPERIENCES that is supported by TECHNOLOGY - ENABLED MARKETING - to put it in a nutshell.

Learn more about the clients and projects we've worked on here

Why Work For Us

Wunderman Thompson is not for everyone, but it's perfect for some people:

People that are inspired and motivated by the opportunity to do the best work of their lives;
People that want to learn new things;
People that have side projects and hobbies that are basically the same as their jobs because there's so much to learn;
People who's hobbies are completely different from their jobs, because most of life doesn't happen on the internet;
Musical people;
Detail people;
Idea people.

We believe that if you love your job it's easy to be great at it, so we're creating an environment where the right people will love their jobs, and do work that they and we are proud of.

Our Culture

We're a group of young, talented, responsible people working together in an environment that's more about trust and collaboration than rules and standards. We're creating an environment where team members come to the office because they want to, not because they have to, and get their work done because they want to, not because they're told to.

We're always learning and growing and improving in the process, both personally and as a business.

Our Engineering Processes

We work in small, multi-disciplinary teams headed up by a Tech Lead and a Project Manager, as much as possible, we like to work in an agile methodology, working closely together with: Designers, Usability and our Clients.

Where possible (and relevant) we employ all the good things: Responsive Design, Continuous Integration, Automated Testing and Solid Analytics implementations.

Our Hiring Process

Once you've applied online we'll give you a call to talk through any open positions we think you might be suited to.

If we're both excited at the prospect of working together we'll set up an interview at our offices where you can get a sense of the office vibe, and we get to talk through some technical scenarios.

Lastly, we have a practical technical assessment which covers the nuts are bolts of the specific technologies you'll be working with.

We normally know very quickly who the right people are, and don't need to drag our feet ;)

Perks
Training and learning opportunities, more than you can shake a stick at
20 (+1) days leave a year!
A really great bar and vibe in the office, especially on a Friday afternoon
We're not clock watchers, early/late - work your time so that you beat the traffic
Company Medical Aid and Life Insurance policies
Great kitchens and restaurants in and around the building
Extra day off on your birthday
Tech Stack

Application and Data

Amazon EC2
AngularJS
Ionic
Sass
Laravel
Apache Cordova
Javascript
Node.js
MySQL
PHP
Java
Spring Framework
React
jQuery
HTML5
CouchDB
C#
Bootstrap
Microsoft Azure
ASP.NET
MS SQL

DevOps

Bower
Grunt
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Maven
Gradle
Selenium
npm
Bitbucket
TeamCity

Utilities

Amazon SES
Google Analytics

Business Tools

Slack
MailChimp
JIRA
Hackathon Day
Some of the office...
Hackathon Demos
Hackathon Team 1 Brainstorm
The Jungle
mmm, coffee
Post-its, Post-its, Post-its
The writing is on the wall.
May the force be with you.