WordPress Designer/Developer

Our agency client is seeking a Website Designer/WordPress Developer. The ideal candidate is someone who is a strategic website professional who can bridge both design and development. You’ve successfully redesigned websites with complex content structures, enjoy creating intuitive user experiences, and are comfortable building modern WordPress sites from planning through launch. This is an opportunity to lead the transformation of an outdated website into a modern, user-friendly experience that is easy for internal teams to manage and maintain.

High-level details:

• This is a fully remote, project-based engagement expected to run through the end of the year.
• You will need to use your own computer
• Start:  as soon as week of Labor Day
• Duration: Through year-end
• Estimated Hours: Approximately 80-90 hours minimum, with potential for additional project work

Project Overview: The organization is currently operating without a content management system, making website updates difficult and inefficient. The goal is to modernize the site, improve content organization, and implement a CMS that enables easier ongoing site management.

The website serves primarily as a marketing and informational resource, featuring:

• Company information
• Product and service pages
• Manufacturing capabilities
• Photography and visual storytelling
• Potential integration of short-form video content
• Approximately 30 pages or fewer

The overall user experience and site structure will be refreshed while leveraging much of the existing content.

Project Timeline:

Phase 1: Discovery & Strategy (September)

• Participate in discovery sessions
• Evaluate existing website architecture
• Recommend site organization and user experience improvements
• Collaborate with stakeholders on overall website strategy

Phase 2: Content & Wireframing (September to Early October)

• Create wireframes and page layouts
• Refine site structure and navigation
• Work alongside content stakeholders as copy is developed and finalized

Phase 3: Development & Build (Mid to Late October)

• Begin WordPress development
• Build responsive page templates
• Configure CMS and content structure
• Support implementation and testing

Project Completion

• Launch and finalize the website by year-end

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze and improve existing website architecture
• Design wireframes and page layouts
• Build and launch a modern WordPress website
• Configure and customize CMS functionality
• Develop responsive, mobile-friendly experiences
• Implement best practices for UX, accessibility, and performance
• Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Support testing, QA, and launch activities
• Organize and migrate existing content into the new site structure

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of website design and development experience
• Strong WordPress design and development expertise
• Experience creating wireframes, sitemaps, and user journeys
• Proficiency in responsive web design principles
• Experience managing website redesign projects from concept through launch
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with remote teams
• Strong portfolio showcasing both website design and development work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Webflow

• Background working with manufacturing, industrial, B2B, or technical organizations

• Familiarity with photography and video-forward website experiences

• Experience improving information architecture and content organization for large websites

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.

Benefits

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Laura Stevens - Recruitment Strategist

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located…