Clockwork

02/17/2024

The 2nd Annual Black Entrepreneurs Day at The Minnesota State Capitol.

Clockwork and Tempo were thrilled to support ’s work to bring resources and visibility to Black entrepreneurs across the state.

08/18/2023

Clockworkers 💛

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03/03/2023

Sometimes AI gets it wrong. Or…is this so, so right?

Favorite slide from our Lunch and Learn this week where folks from Clockwork and our in-house studio, Tempo, gathered to chat about AI for content, design, and code. We heard how teams are incorporating AI into their workflow (and it’s limitations) to create efficient solutions for clients.

12/06/2022

It’s (already??) December which means our Q4 newsletter will be headed to inboxes soon. Sign up for our quarterly email to receive insights on technology, customer experience, and culture. Plus, get updates on our latest work and other news from Clockwork.

Sign up for our quarterly newsletter to receive insights on technology, customer experience, and culture. Plus, get updates on our latest work and other news from Clockwork.

10/16/2022

"Drag is MAGIC"

09/15/2022

Full house! Our hybrid team is usually spread across the country but this week we’re all gathered together at Clockwork headquarters in NE Minneapolis to celebrate our 20th anniversary 💛🖤

06/22/2022

Clockwork is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who has deep experience in front-end development.
Are you looking for a place where you can bring your expertise to challenging and meaningful work? Is a remote-first environment, flexible workweek, and healthy work/life balance important to you? Read on.

Do Great Work, Have Great Lives — Clockwork has built its culture, its teams and its client base around this motto.
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A Senior Software Engineer with a specialty in front-end development at Clockwork should have extensive experience writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on a variety of front-end frameworks and content management systems.

We expect someone in this role to:

•Write high-quality HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that needs no rework

• Build the presentation layer of a content management system like WordPress or Drupal, a monolithic web application, or a mobile application

• Cultivate relationships with clients, develop empathy around their pains and gains, and understand their desired outcomes

•Provide technical leadership and guide discussions on approach, architecture, and implementation

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and strategists in an Agile environment

• Deliver solutions that are right-sized and that use best practices in front-end code building, accessibility, OWASP, browser compatibility, and SEO

• Explain complex concepts in ways that are easily understandable to technical and non-technical audiences

• Work with 4-8 clients at any given time logging a minimum of 28 client billable hours per week

• Elevate risks on projects that would impact budget, schedule, scope, or fidelity

• Coach, mentor, and unblock other engineers

Our tech stack
• Languages: HTML, Sass, CSS, TypeScript
• Frameworks: Vue, React, Angular, Foundation, Bootstrap, Tailwind
• Design systems: Material design libraries, Atomic design
• Mobile: Flutter
• Content management systems: WordPress, Drupal, Craft, Contentful, HubSpot
• eCommerce: Shopify, WooCommerce, Big Commerce
• Version control: git, Bitbucket, GitHub
• Hosting and infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Pantheon, Acquia, Netlify
• Bonus points for experience in NPM, Webpack, .NET, Java, static site generators, and testing (unit tests, BackstopJS, end-to-end testing)

Candidates who have experience with our tech stack are in an ideal position to deliver value to our clients. We also want to hear from you if you are passionate about learning and have experience building front-ends using similar technologies.

About Clockwork
For more than 20 years, Clockwork has delivered human-centered experiences and right-sized solutions to clients across a variety of industries. We are a values-driven organization: we tell the truth and keep our promises; we’re helpful, adaptable, curious, and fueled by challenge.

We aim to create an inclusive and respectful workplace for diverse humans. We know that diversity of identities, experiences, and ways of thinking results in better solutions for our clients, and the people they serve. And with each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective that can add to our company culture. Underrepresented communities such as people of color, women, LGBTQ, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for this job.

Our benefits
In addition to our award-winning company culture, we also offer great benefits like:

• A hybrid work environmentWork remotely or at our iconic headquarters in Northeast Minneapolis - where ever you feel most productive

• 401k and employer matching program
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage

• Remote working perks:

• Annual home office equipment budget

• Monthly connectivity stipend

• Family-friendly policies like flexible working schedules, babies-at-work

• Professional development time and budget

• A leadership team focused on implementing a race-equity vision

• A flexible work schedule that encourages ample PTO and a sustainable working pace

06/15/2022

You either didn't realize Internet Explorer was even still a thing or you're celebrating its retirement with the rest of us 🎉

Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer. And our teams are ecstatic. Rest in peace Internet Explorer!

03/31/2022

Have you tried honey roasting your coworkers?

We like our teams honey roasted (not ham!). Honey roasts are the kinder version of a regular roast. They build stronger, happier teams and promote empathy within company culture.

02/10/2022

Know someone looking for their next move? Is it you? We have three remote-friendly openings:
- Senior Software Engineer (front-end)
- Senior User Interface Designer
- Director, Business Development

Come work with us!

A technology agency that puts people first — in the solutions we build and in our business strategy. Come work with us.

02/01/2022

We're looking for a Director of Business Development! Is that you or someone you know?

Develop and implement strategies to expand new business opportunities aligned with our vision and values. And, do it from your home, the beach, or our offices.

This role is responsible for our outreach and engagement strategy, prospecting, market research, reviewing incoming project requests, and supporting existing client relationships. For more information, review the post: https://clockwork.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=35

12/21/2021

We lost a dear friend, colleague, and leader yesterday. Matt Gray was a brilliant software architect and engineer. Matt had many roles in his time at Clockwork: engineer, Director, VP, Chief Innovation Officer, scientist. Matt was a born leader and an actual genius. He was a photographer. A pizza maker. An outdoorsman. A tinkerer. A fixer. A scholar. An inventor. A teacher. A father. A husband. Matt was our friend.

Matt worked at Clockwork for 13 or so years. In that time he built product for clients, contributed significantly to our SaaS business, architected visionary solutions for clients in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, agriculture, the arts, and non-profits, to name a few. He pitched business, mentored engineers and project managers and designers, keynoted conferences, coached his coworkers, embraced and encouraged interns, pulled all-nighters, fixed massive network failures, put out fires, and calmed nerves. He traveled all over the country and even the globe for work - leading and building solutions in New Zealand, Germany, Shanghai, and the UK.

In collaboration with the late Rebecca Schatz he founded Coder Dojo in Minnesota. He spent countless hours - 1000's really - collecting laptops, coordinating space, wrangling volunteers, and, most importantly, teaching young people how to code. He found and shared tremendous joy in opening up whole worlds of possibility for children who might never have seen themselves with a future in technology. The joy and excitement in their eyes when they actually made lines of code come together to do something was only matched by the joy and excitement Matt expressed for those achievements. Hundreds of young people, all over the state and region, have new and different destinies because they met this man.

There is so much more to write. And the memories will continue to be shared in the days and months ahead. If you knew Matt, if you worked with him or were a friend to him - please share your stories on social media or in an email. At the request of his wife, Carrie, we are collecting memories to assemble into a book for his sweet daughter, Mabel. Send your stories to [email protected] or post them with the hashtag .

Matt was and will always be a bright shining soul. It's somehow appropriate that he left us so close to the solstice and the shortest day. He needs that night sky to find his place among the stars. The word 'solstice' means - the sun stands still. Certainly, the sun is standing still for Matt. Certainly, so many of us are. Standing still and looking up into the enormous sky and remembering our friend, our teacher, our colleague, Matt. Wherever he is - it's absolutely a more beautiful, more interesting, and much smarter place now.

Please stay tuned for information about where to donate to a memorial scholarship for coding students. When the details are available we will share them here.

Hug your people.

-Nancy

photo credits: Sharyn Morrow Chuck Olsen