Development Junior Associate 2026

Kickstart your career with the Academy. 

Always wanted a career in software development, but don’t have the experience?

Join our cutting-edge dentsu team where, as a Junior Associate in our Development team, you will be automatically enrolled into our unique and industry-leading Academy. We welcome new joiners from all backgrounds; you can be freshly graduated, straight out of college, fancying a career change or just looking for a new opportunity!

As part of our Academy, your skills and knowledge will be nurtured by some of the most experienced minds in the industry - equipping you with the fundamentals to succeed in your role! Following a comprehensive induction programme, our Development Junior Associates rapidly build a balanced portfolio of work that varies by size and industry, and from there you will begin to work on development responsibilities for internal and external projects.

The purpose of this role is to support the Development team across software development projects, quality assurance activities, research tasks and data analysis.

This role is designed as an entry route into software and digital solutions development, providing opportunities to build technical skills while contributing to both client and internal projects.

Have a look through some of the key accountabilities in the role and the type of person we’re looking for below.

Key accountabilities

• Project delivery: Support development teams with project delivery and coding activities across internal tools, client websites, and digital platforms.
• Quality assurance: Complete quality assurance testing against project requirements and document findings clearly and accurately.
• Error identification: Assist in identifying, reproducing, and recording issues, defects, and unexpected behaviour.
• Market research: Carry out desk research to support PR, SEO and campaigns.
• Performance analysis: Gather and analyse data from internal platforms and tools.
• Stakeholder reporting: Produce clear summaries and reports of research, testing, and data findings for project stakeholders.
• Documentation maintenance: Support the creation and maintenance of project documentation.
• Excellence communication & team working skills: Work collaboratively with developers, strategists, analysts, and client teams to deliver work to agreed deadlines.
• Process adherence: Follow established development, security and quality assurance processes.
• Coding: Working with various programming languages including HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

What are we looking for in you?

• Strong problem-solving, logical reasoning, and analytical skills, with the ability to review information critically and interpret data effectively.
• Naturally curious and interested in understanding how systems, technology, and processes work.
• High attention to detail with a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality, error-free work.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and follow established processes.
• High level of numeracy and literacy, with confidence working with structured information, spreadsheets, and data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and clients.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, building positive working relationships.
• High level of personal responsibility, accountability, and professionalism in all aspects of work.
• Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure and when tackling unfamiliar challenges.
• Proactive approach to learning, self-development, and acquiring new skills and technologies.
• A strong sense of professionalism, commercialism, and a deep respect for others.
• Experience with Excel would be advantageous, but not essential.
• Interest in technology, digital products, marketing, data analytics, and emerging technologies, including AI and automation, with a curiosity for how they can be applied to deliver business value.

What does life at dentsu look like?

• Training: From your first day you will embark on our extensive training programme. You will quickly be introduced to Development through in-person and virtual classroom sessions, online training, and various workshops. You will be assigned a buddy who is dedicated to your learning and, alongside your manager and the Academy Team, will assist you with any questions you may have.
• Data: You’ll be working with large sets of data from the beginning of your dentsu career! From the outset you will be spending time in Excel to learn how to analyse your data.
• Consultative work: You’ll foster strong, professional relationships with your stakeholders, keeping in regular contact with them through a variety of mediums, whether this is through consistent email communication, weekly phone calls or sometimes regular face-to-face meetings. You will utilise your skills to understand your stakeholder’s goals and objectives.
• Tools and platforms: As a Development Junior Associate, you will need to become extremely familiar and confident working with numerous internal platforms built by our teams, alongside using external platforms and tools such as GitHub and BrowserStack. Through our training programme, you will also have the opportunity to take several courses to improve and enhance your skills on a variety of other platforms.
• Happiness: It’s hard to overstate the importance we place on employee happiness. We want all our employees to enjoy coming to work and to work in a super-friendly and supportive team.