Junior WordPress & Digital Design Specialist
Junior WordPress & Digital Design Specialist
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Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities
ENVIRONMENT:
With a portfolio of over 20 unique sites under management our client delivers reliable secure and highperformance web experiences. They are seeking a Junior WordPress Maintenance Developer to support their WordPress portfolio by managing updates troubleshooting issues handling staging deployments and performing light customizations. In this role you will collaborate with senior developers to apply best practices and maintain roundtheclock site reliability. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 1 year of WordPress experience and at least 2 years of graphic design experience.
DUTIES:
- Perform routine WordPress core theme and plugin updates safely across multiple environments.
- Create graphical designs focused on ads and Hero section images.
- Create and manage staging environments deploying changes to production with zero downtime.
- Implement and maintain backup security and performance optimization measures.
- Troubleshoot and resolve frontend and backend issues including PHP errors and database queries.
- Collaborate on theming tasks such as CSS tweaks script enqueueing and template adjustments.
- Utilize WPCLI Git and DirectAdmin for efficient workflow and automation.
- Assist with SSL certificate issuance and renewal in DirectAdmin.
- Document processes maintain runbooks and communicate status updates.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 1 year of handson WordPress maintenance experience.
- 2 years of handson graphical designing.
- Familiarity with Adobe Suite and Figma.
- Familiarity with DirectAdmin hosting panel: subdomain setup DNS SSL via Lets Encrypt.
- Proficiency with WPCLI Git and commandline operations.
- Basic theming knowledge: CSS child themes and enqueueing scripts.
- Experience with staging workflows and zerodowntime deployments.
- Understanding of backup strategies database export/import and security best practices.
- Strong troubleshooting skills for PHP SQL and frontend asset issues.
- Good communication and documentation skills.
- Demonstrable graphic design skills and portfolio (Photoshop Illustrator Figma etc.).
Preferred Skills:
- Graphical skills at an intermediate level.
- Performance optimization (caching critical CSS Core Web Vitals).
- Security hardening and malware remediation experience.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions.
- Multisite WordPress setup knowledge.
- Basic PHP and JavaScript customization skills.
While we would really like to respond to every application should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
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Desired Experience & Qualification
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
