Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Meyers Creative is hiring a Web Development Lead to manage and maintain its client websites and lead its web department. The role develops WordPress sites from creative designs, oversees technical quality and compliance, and scopes projects, timelines, and budgets.
Responsibilities
- Manage client WordPress sites, including new builds, updates, maintenance, and launches
- Scope new sites and provide accurate timelines and budgets from creative specs
- Develop responsive websites from our creative team’s designs
- Manage hosting, environments, and deployments on Pantheon (dev / test / live workflow)
- Implement and maintain cookie consent and privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA/US state privacy laws) across 40+ sites
- Maintain ADA / WCAG accessibility standards
- Set up and test analytics and tracking (GA4, Google Tag Manager, consent mode)
- Work with our SEO/SEM partner on technical SEO, page speed, and Core Web Vitals
- Participate in creative and status meetings to discuss technical requirements, feasibility, and timelines
- Keep WordPress, front-end development, and security practices current, and recommend improvements
Skills
- 5+ years of web development
- Expert in custom WordPress theme development and modification
- Proficient in HTML5, CSS3/SASS, JavaScript, and PHP
- Ability to utilize AI to optimize your workflow and development
- Hands-on Pantheon experience (or comparable managed WordPress hosting with Git-based workflows)
- Experience implementing cookie consent / privacy compliance (OneTrust, Cookiebot, CookieYes, Termly, or similar)
- Git / version control and modern build tools
- Comfortable working from Figma or Adobe XD files
- Experience with page builders like Elementor
- Experience managing multiple websites and project deadlines
- A portfolio of live sites you can walk us through, including what you specifically built
- Agency experience strongly preferred
- Headless CMS or block-based (Gutenberg) development
- REST APIs and third-party integrations (HubSpot, CRMs, forms)
- Multilingual / translation plugin experience
- Experience leading or mentoring other developers or freelancers
Benefits
- Work directly with an experienced team and contribute to project decisions
- Fully remote, based out of Chicago, with team working hours on Central Time (CT)
- Opportunity to lead the web department as it grows
- Medical & dental coverage
- Retirement matching (Simple IRA)
- Paid holidays + PTO
- $1,000 education stipend after 6 months
- New business / referral bonus opportunities
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