WordPress Developer/Designer
We are in search of a part-time WordPress Developer to design and maintain various websites
Are you a freelance developer who excels at both web design and development, particularly in WordPress and front-end design and development?
Apex Production is a growing and entrepreneurial website design and development company headquartered in the Central Massachusetts, but with team members working remotely across the US. We are currently seeking a talented and experienced WordPress and front-end designer and developer who would be able to help take on occasional project work as our workload grows. This work can be done remotely and part time, according to a schedule of your choosing, provided development milestones are met.
For this role, Apex is searching for an independent contractor who can spearhead the design and development of functional, elegant, and easy-to-use WordPress websites. Apex Production develops marketing and e-commerce websites for small to mid-sized businesses, using existing WordPress templates or page builders (e.g. Oxygen, Divi, etc.) and customizing them using appropriate built-in customization tools, custom HTML and CSS, plugins and related tools.
Requirements include:
-Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
-Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
-Experience developing responsive design websites from a PSD file
-Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
-Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
-Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT
-Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
Responsibilities include:
-Creating custom WordPress themes from scratch, not from templates
-Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
-Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugins
-Maintaining and updating existing client websites
Hourly wage will be based on experience
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