Function as a developer for Commercial brand and Milk Marketing WordPress public-facing websites, including building new sites and maintaining older sites while following DFA standards. Cover the full range of front and back-end development needs for each of our websites. Utilize a deep understanding of web development best practices, including documentation, site architecture, multi-site management, security, and other critical functions. Provide guidance around search engine optimization (SEO), campaign, and marketing related reports to business units and recommendations for change to improve SEO ranking. Work to enable Google Tags, Google Tracking, and other methods to allow business to understand traffic on sites.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design and develop new responsive WordPress websites (Divi, Advanced Custom Fields, Elementor, WooCommerce)
- Manage development, enhancements, and maintenance for a large number of websites
- Work as technical lead for DFA WordPress projects
- Create WordPress design/development strategies based on research
- Design and implement responsive, mobile-first WordPress design concepts
- Implement and assess SEO best practices
- Standardize themes and plugins across a large number of websites
- Coordinate web host migrations for acquisition websites as per DFA guidelines
- Monitor security vulnerabilities for WordPress websites and mitigate
- Troubleshoot issues/bugs and document fixes/implementation plans
- Collaborate with team members, including business analysts, content editors, QA, business stakeholders, managers, and outside vendors for WordPress design/development projects
- Manage and deploy changes related to Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Google Tracking
- Define site objectives by analyzing user requirements; envision system features and functionality
- Support and mentor web developers and content editors by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
- Stay up to date on emerging technologies
- Create documentation for work including processes and procedures and implementation plans
- Present staged websites and prototypes to IT and business stakeholders
- The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required
