Wordpress Designer - Internship
Design · Internship · Port Washington, United States
HUNTER (www.gethunter.com), a boutique NYC digital marketing agency, is seeking its first hires. Work hand-in-hand with our founder and true digital marketing pioneer. We are looking for a passionate Web Designer who will partner with our customers and ensure their long-term success.
Developer will deliver high quality, modern WordPress content and landing pages to showcase our dynamic, fast-growing field service management platform. This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the color and font choices).
As a top candidate for this role, you will have a passion for building effective, forward thinking, creative website experiences that engage service professionals and showcase our brand. You should have a strong understanding of conversion techniques, industry trends, content management systems, tag management systems and optimization tools. You will work with a team of marketers and designers to bring the best web experience to life. You should have extensive experience with end-to-end website creation, from creating visual designs to developing modern websites, always with responsive in mind.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with marketing and design to develop best-in-class websites, using WordPress and other leading CMS tools
- Use latest web development techniques and standards, to create for all types of devices
- Optimize existing online content for design best practices, SEO best practices, and performance
- Help formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme
- Design and implement new designs, landing pages, features and functionality
- Establish and guide the website and blog’s architecture
- Ensure high performance and availability, and manage all technical aspects of the CMS, website and landing pages
- Publish effective forms to capture and convert web traffic into sales opportunities
Skills and Qualifications
- 2+ years of professional experience in web design and development
- A hunger for web design and development that sparks creative problem solving
- An understanding of WordPress theme creation, including taxonomies, page templates and best practices
- An appreciation for modern development techniques
- Experience with responsive and mobile design techniques
- Experience working with marketing and design staff
- A passion for UI/UX and streamlined ecommerce websites
- Experience with Adobe Suite
- A desire to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers**