Freelance Front-End Web Developer (WordPress)

G&S Business Communications; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 55,104 - 96,432; Part time

Job summary

G&S Business Communications is seeking a Front-End Web Developer to support a range of client website projects. You will build responsive, high-performance websites across WordPress and other platforms, translating designs from Figma or Adobe XD into production-ready sites.

In a fast-paced agency environment, you will collaborate with designers, account managers, and strategists, maintain clean code, optimize for speed, ensure accessibility, and handle ongoing site maintenance and migrations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of front-end and WordPress development experience within an agency or client services environment.
• Strong portfolio of live client websites showing custom templates, themes, or components.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Git version control experience (branches, PRs, workflows).
• Experience with ACF and custom WordPress implementations.
• Accessibility knowledge (WCAG) and SEO best practices.
• Familiarity with design tools like Figma or Adobe XD.
• Ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven agency setting.

Responsibilities

• Build, customize, and maintain responsive website templates, themes, and reusable UI components.
• Work within WordPress architecture, including The Loop, hooks (actions/filters), and custom post types.
• Design and implement modular content schemas and custom fields for client editing.
• Integrate and customize third-party modules, e-commerce solutions, web forms, and APIs.
• Build and manage site pages using visual editors, page builders, and block systems with clean code.
• Develop responsive, accessible experiences using HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid), and JavaScript (vanilla + jQuery).
• Translate designs from Figma or Adobe XD into production-ready websites.
• Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
• Maintain consistency with brand guidelines and design systems.
• Optimize websites for speed and performance (Core Web Vitals, caching).
• Troubleshoot plugin conflicts, broken layouts, or outages; perform QA and maintenance.
• Support website migrations (staging to production, host transfers).
• Implement and maintain site security best practices (SSL, updates, monitoring).
• Work with MySQL/phpMyAdmin for basic database management; manage hosting (WP Engine, SiteGround, cPanel).
• Handle DNS updates and domain configurations; use version control (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
• Write clean, well-documented code for collaboration and handoffs.
• Communicate timelines, blockers, and technical recommendations clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Front-end development

WordPress development

Responsive design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket)

ACF (Advanced Custom Fields)

MySQL/phpMyAdmin

WordPress architecture (The Loop, hooks)

Job description

G&S Business Communications is seeking a Front-End Web Developer to support a range of client website projects. You will build responsive, high-performance websites across WordPress and other platforms, translating designs from Figma or Adobe XD into production-ready sites.

In a fast-paced agency environment, you will collaborate with designers, account managers, and strategists, maintain clean code, optimize for speed, ensure accessibility, and handle ongoing site maintenance and migrations.