Digital Designer & WordPress Developer

Cavendish Advocacy; Southampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working

Mentorship opportunities

Industry leading benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Regular social and teambuilding events

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Cavendish is seeking a Digital Designer & WordPress Developer in Southampton for a permanent, full‑time role. You will design, build and maintain WordPress websites, balancing strong visual design with solid technical execution.

The role requires expertise in HTML, CSS, PHP, responsive design, accessibility, and experience with plugins and custom themes. You will work across multiple projects in a hybrid setup, collaborating with designers, content teams and SEO.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and developing WordPress websites.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS and working knowledge of PHP.
• Experience building custom themes and using page builders.
• Solid understanding of responsive design, web performance and accessibility fundamentals.
• Experience collaborating within multi‑disciplinary teams
• The ability to work across multiple projects and priorities.
• Experience using AI to support workflow efficiency, layout exploration and code refinement.
• Understanding of the limitations, security and quality considerations when using AI‑assisted outputs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build WordPress websites from concept through to deployment.
• Translate wireframes, designs and content into responsive, accessible web pages.
• Develop and customise WordPress themes using best‑practice HTML, CSS and PHP.
• Implement and configure plugins to meet functional requirements without over‑engineering.
• Ensure websites are responsive, performant and accessible across devices and browsers.
• Maintain and update existing WordPress sites, resolving bugs and issues efficiently.
• Collaborate with designers, content creators, SEO and account teams.
• Use AI tools to support layout, component development, code optimisation and testing where appropriate.
• Manage multiple web tasks and deadlines concurrently.
• Maintain clean, well‑structured code and documentation.

Skills

WordPress

HTML

CSS

PHP

Responsive design

Accessibility

AI tools

Team collaboration

Tools

WordPress plugins

WordPress themes

Page builders

Job description

Digital Designer & WordPress Developer

Digital Designer & WordPress Developer. Southampton.

Permanent.

Full time 37.5 hours.

Hampshire.

What we’re all about

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised at PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year.

Across our 12 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

What you will get from us

£competitive Industry leading benefits and flexible, hybrid working

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
• Private Medical Insurance
• Regular social and teambuilding events
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity

What we are looking for

• Proven experience designing and developing WordPress websites.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS and working knowledge of PHP.
• Experience building custom themes and using page builders.
• Solid understanding of responsive design, web performance and accessibility fundamentals.
• Experience collaborating within multi‑disciplinary teams
• The ability to work across multiple projects and priorities.
• Experience using AI to support workflow efficiency, layout exploration and code refinement.
• Understanding of the limitations, security and quality considerations when using AI‑assisted outputs.

What you’ll need to do

In this role you’ll design, build and maintain high quality WordPress websites that balance strong visual design with solid technical execution. This role operates confidently between design and development, translating briefs into well crafted, scalable digital experiences.

• Design and build WordPress websites from concept through to deployment.
• Translate wireframes, designs and content into responsive, accessible web pages.
• Develop and customise WordPress themes using best‑practice HTML, CSS and PHP.
• Implement and configure plugins to meet functional requirements without over‑engineering.
• Ensure websites are responsive, performant and accessible across devices and browsers.
• Maintain and update existing WordPress sites, resolving bugs and issues efficiently.
• Collaborate with designers, content creators, SEO and account teams.
• Use AI tools to support layout, component development, code optimisation and testing where appropriate.
• Manage multiple web tasks and deadlines concurrently.
• Maintain clean, well‑structured code and documentation.

Equal Opportunities

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email [e-mail].