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WordPress Front-end Specialist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Software Engineering
Remote
Posted on Dec 6, 2024
Job Summary
Job Description
Are you passionate about web development, crafting seamless user experiences, and refining CSS? Join our Creative Services Department as a Front-End Specialist and bring your expertise to our WordPress development team.
While this isn’t a client-facing position, it’s perfect for a collaborative, hands-on professional who thrives on debugging, fine-tuning, and delivering polished web solutions. As a key contributor, you'll help build and maintain websites, optimize them for mobile use, and uphold high standards of user experience and design. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team where innovation, collaboration, and user-focused design are at the core. If you're looking for a position that combines technical expertise with creativity, we’d love to hear from you!
This part-time, casual, non-exempt role offers up to 19 hours per week and eligibility for part-time benefits.
Additional Job Requirements
Essential Functions & Duties
Build and maintain WordPress sites using block/module-based tools
Translate design and architecture plans into functional, user-friendly web pages
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve CSS-related issues to ensure compatibility across various platforms and devices
Conduct routine site maintenance, including addressing SEMrush-reported issues (e.g., fixing dead links, updating heading tags)
Apply a basic understanding of WordPress systems, including taxonomies, custom post types, and facet filtering, to improve site functionality
Ensure adherence to established web design and development standards, including accessibility and performance best practices
Required Experience & Education
Proven proficiency in WordPress, including custom post types and taxonomy management
Strong understanding of CSS and responsive design principles to create seamless, mobile-first user interfaces
Basic knowledge of UX principles, ensuring a strong user experience throughout the site lifecycle
Experience troubleshooting and resolving front-end web-related issues, including CSS and browser compatibility challenges
Familiarity with SEO tools (e.g., SEMRush) and their application for site improvement
Ability to work independently while maintaining clear communication with leadership, as well as within cross-departmental working groups
Detail-orientation, with strong organizational and time management skills
Learning mindset, adaptable and open to new tools and processes
Preferred Experience & Education
Familiarity with block-based site-building tools in WordPress
Knowledge of debugging tools for front-end issues
Affirmative Action/EEO Statement
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.