What are the responsibilities and job description for the Freelance Web Developer position at Earthbound?
About Us
Earthbound is a leading product design, licensing and brand growth company that expands the reach of brands in the market on a global scale. With over 20 years of expertise in retail licensing, product development, and product design, Earthbound augments brand potential by offering unprecedented growth for powerhouse brands. Our seasoned, innovative, and agile capabilities deliver superior results while maintaining our uncompromising values which place people first, embrace change, and act with humility and integrity.
For more information, please visit www.earthboundbrands.com.
Note: We would consider a remote freelancer for this role if needed, but ability to come to the NYC office would be a plus.
About The Position
We recently completed a major overhaul of our company website and are now looking for a freelance web developer with strong interactive design experience to help elevate its visual appeal and functionality. The ideal candidate is consistently looking at other websites and isn't afraid to bring their ideas and inspiration to the table to share with our Creative Director. The site is built on WordPress, so expertise with it or similar platforms and the coding is essential. This is a freelance position that could be an ongoing opportunity for the right candidate. Hours will be varied throughout the project.
About You
Earthbound is a leading product design, licensing and brand growth company that expands the reach of brands in the market on a global scale. With over 20 years of expertise in retail licensing, product development, and product design, Earthbound augments brand potential by offering unprecedented growth for powerhouse brands. Our seasoned, innovative, and agile capabilities deliver superior results while maintaining our uncompromising values which place people first, embrace change, and act with humility and integrity.
For more information, please visit www.earthboundbrands.com.
Note: We would consider a remote freelancer for this role if needed, but ability to come to the NYC office would be a plus.
About The Position
We recently completed a major overhaul of our company website and are now looking for a freelance web developer with strong interactive design experience to help elevate its visual appeal and functionality. The ideal candidate is consistently looking at other websites and isn't afraid to bring their ideas and inspiration to the table to share with our Creative Director. The site is built on WordPress, so expertise with it or similar platforms and the coding is essential. This is a freelance position that could be an ongoing opportunity for the right candidate. Hours will be varied throughout the project.
About You
- Passionate about designing engaging, user-centric digital experiences.
- Skilled collaborator that will work with design and marketing teams to bring the brand vision to life.
- Skilled with UX/UI to implement a modern, high-touch customer journey.
- Ability to continuously refine and improve website speed, performance, and usability based on user feedback and analytics.
- Skilled troubleshooter that can debug issues in staging and production environment.
- Ability to write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
- Passionate about staying current with emerging backend technologies and best practices.
- Fluent in English, great communicator, proactive mindset.
- WordPress or a similar CMS
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP
- Familiarity with MySQL
- Familiarity with ecommerce best practices (especially in luxury or design-driven brands)