Junior Front-End WordPress Developer

John Guilfoil Public Relations (JGPR) is looking for a flexible, full or part-time, Junior Front-End WordPress Developer to support JGPR’s growing Digital Division. The Junior Front-End WordPress Developer will report to the company’s Digital Division to assist the company and its account teams in the timely delivery of new websites and daily website edit requests.

The Junior Front-End WordPress Developer will work with JGPR’s clients, including but not limited to, school superintendents and staff, city/town leaders, public health directors, and police and fire department chiefs, to develop and modify websites in WordPress. The ideal candidate will be comfortable multi-tasking, be familiar with the WordPress platform, have the ability to troubleshoot basic WordPress and plugin issues, have familiarity with WordPress block editor such as forms, tables, and image sliders, have basic knowledge and understanding of CSS and HTML, and have basic knowledge and understanding of Adobe Suite, specifically manipulating PDFs and creating and editing images in Photoshop.

The Junior Front-End WordPress Developer will work with JGPR’s Digital Marketing Project Manager to set timelines for upcoming website projects and keep track of the various stages of a project, using Monday.com, as well as ensure that daily website maintenance requests are completed within 24 hours.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with clients, Digital Marketing Project Manager and Director of Digital Marketing
• Build out WordPress websites, using certain WordPress themes, from the bottom up
• Maintain and modifying existing client websites, as needed
• Update Monday.com with website project status information
• Troubleshoot basic WordPress website and plug-in issues as they arise
• Modify CSS as needing using WordPress Customizer
• Perform website quality control, including review, proofread, check links on websites before publishing

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• Observant, with strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of CSS and HTML
• Knowledge of Gravity Forms, Paid Memberships Pro and other WordPress plugins
• Knowledge of WordPress block editor
• Knowledge of Excel or Google Spreadsheets a plus
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite a plus
• Understanding of design principles
• Willingness to learn