Web Developer & Digital Applications Specialist

Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 44,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

403b retirement plan with match

Flexible scheduling

Museum discounts

Hybrid work options

Vacation, holidays, personal days

Sick days

Job summary

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is seeking a part-time Web Developer & Digital Applications Specialist to maintain the public website and online collections. This role focuses on WordPress stability, updates, and enhancements across landing pages, donation forms, and campaigns.

You’ll collaborate with IT, Collections, Advancement, and vendors, using PHP, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript to ensure accessible, reliable web experiences that reflect the museum’s mission and digital strategy.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of professional WordPress experience.
• Strong PHP, WordPress themes/plugins, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience maintaining content-rich sites in production.
• Independent troubleshooting of app-level issues.
• Familiarity with analytics, tracking tools, and tag management.
• Excellent communication and organization in a part-time role.
• Experience with integrations and structured data sources.
• Experience with CRMs, DAM, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with Google Tag Manager and GA/Pixel.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the museum website and online collections displays.
• Develop enhancements, landing pages, and donation forms.
• Monitor performance, accessibility, and security.
• Coordinate with IT, Collections, and vendors on integrations.
• Ensure stable WordPress updates and cache management.
• Document configurations and workflows for future maintenance.
• Collaborate with teams on campaigns and fundraising web experiences.
• Apply WCAG accessibility standards across pages.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

HTML/CSS

JavaScript

Analytics

Content management

Tools

CRM

DAM

Cloud hosting

Job description

The BMA is seeking a part-time Web Developer & Digital Applications Specialist to support and maintain the museum's public website and online collections. This is a part-time position for 20-25 hours per week.

Recently ranked by the Washington Post as one of the top 20 museums in the United States, the Baltimore Museum of Art is an internationally renowned museum with the world's largest public collection of works by Henri Matisse. The BMA embodies a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting to the composition of the Board of Trustees, staff, and volunteers-creating a museum welcoming to all. Serving nearly 250,000 visitors annually, the BMA is the largest art museum in Maryland and is a vibrant institution embraced as an indispensable element of community life, a vital educational resource for a broad and diverse audience, and a leader in the revitalization of the city that surrounds it. In the upcoming years, the work of the BMA will be guided and shaped by four strategic priorities: (1) Interweaving global and local histories; (2) Building a more artist-centered institution; (3) Deepening our commitment to education in all its forms; and (4) Developing greater community partnerships.

The Web Developer & Digital Applications Specialist serves as the primary owner of the website application, online collections experience, and related data integrations, ensuring that WordPress, custom functionality, and the online display of collection data remain stable, secure, and reliable over time. In addition to ongoing maintenance, this position supports select enhancements and digital experiences such as landing pages, campaign pages, donation forms, and tracking tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Website Maintenance & Stability
• Maintain and support the museum's WordPress website, including core updates, plugins, themes, and custom functionality.
• Monitor website health and troubleshoot issues such as errors, broken features, accessibility concerns, and performance issues.
• Test, deploy, and validate website updates to ensure a consistent and reliable user experience.
• Maintain documentation for website configurations, workflows, and application-level processes.
• Recommend enhancements that improve reliability, maintainability, security, accessibility, and usability.
• Support BMA's Online Collections experience, allowing the public to browse and search artworks and related collections content.
• Coordinate with IT, Collections, and external vendors when synchronization failures or integration issues occur.
• Work collaboratively with IT on initiatives that require changes to both infrastructure and application layers.
• Apply WordPress, plugins, and theme updates in a timely manner.
• Monitor and maintain application-level caching, performance, and website responsiveness.
• This part-time, exempt position reports to the Chief Marketing Officer and works closely with IT, Collections, Advancement, and other stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3-5+ years of professional experience developing and supporting WordPress websites.
• Strong working knowledge of: PHP; WordPress themes and plugins; HTML/CSS, JavaScript and front-end integrations
• Experience maintaining content-rich websites in a production environment.
• Experience troubleshooting application-level issues independently.
• Understanding website analytics, tracking tools, and tag management.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a part-time role.
• Experience supporting website integrations and structured data sources.
• Experience working with collection management systems, digital asset management systems, CRMs, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or similar tracking platforms.
• Experience building campaigns, fundraising, or marketing-focused web experiences.
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Experience in museums, cultural institutions, higher education, or nonprofit organizations a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud-hosted web environments and modern web development practices.

BENEFITS

The BMA is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive

consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to building a culturally diverse staff and strongly encourage all qualified professionals to apply.

For this part-time exempt position we offer 403b retirement plan with match,

flexible and condensed scheduling, museum and restaurant discounts, and reduced fee gym membership. We also offer accrued vacation, holidays, personal days, floating holidays, and sick days and hybrid work options.

This is a bargaining unit position.

SALARY

$38.98 per hour

Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that an applicant meets 100% of the qualifications for a given role. Therefore, if much of this posting describes you, then you are highly encouraged to apply for this role.

Position will be posted until filled.

All employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The museum does not sponsor work visas.