Web and Graphic Web Developer
STOPSO · Charlottesville, VA · 5 days ago
EngineeringFull-time
Core Responsibilities
- Design and develop responsive web pages, custom templates, and digital assets using modern frontend frameworks and design tools, ensuring strict adherence to WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.
- Produce high-fidelity graphics, UI layouts, and interactive multimedia assets that support instructional design, training programs, and organization communication campaigns.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, subject matter experts (SMEs), and the site manager to translate complex requirements into intuitive user journeys and rapid wireframes/prototypes.
- Debug, optimize, and maintain web properties to ensure cross-browser compatibility, rapid page-load speeds, and flawless user experiences.
- Lead front-end customization within CMS (DNN) and LMS (Moodle) environments, integrating dynamic content and APIs where necessary.
- Act as the brand guardian across all digital touchpoints, ensuring consistent visual identity, typography, and image standards across websites, LMS, and portals.
- Monitor and analyze web traffic and user behavior using tools like Google Analytics, translating data into actionable design and performance optimizations.
- Manage the end-to-end publishing pipeline for multiple podcast shows, including uploading audio files, configuring metadata, generating custom episode artwork, and integrating player widgets/links across the DNN CMS and LMS platforms.
Required Skills And Experience
- Experience managing content, configuring modules, and implementing UI layouts within enterprise CMS environments (DNN/DotNetNuke experience highly preferred).
- 3+ years of professional experience bridging digital design and front-end development, with a strong track record of collaborating with backend engineering teams.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating modern UI/UX design capabilities, user journey mapping, and a "mobile-first" responsive design philosophy.
- Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to build engaging, responsive content blocks and interactive elements that integrate seamlessly into existing CMS themes.
- High proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator) and modern UI/UX prototyping tools (such as Figma or Adobe XD).
- Bachelor's degree in web design, graphic design, communications, or a related field (equivalent professional experience will be considered).
Key Attributes
- Cross-Functional Translator: Ability to work autonomously while seamlessly bridging the gap between technical teams (like your backend developer) and non-technical stakeholders to turn ideas into digital realities.
- Articulate Communicator: Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to clearly explain design decisions, technical constraints, and UI/UX best practices to stakeholders of all technical levels.
- Detailed Project Owner: Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the proven ability to prioritize a diverse queue of design and development requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Proactive Problem Solver: A self-starter who doesn't just identify website or layout issues, but actively designs and proposes creative, user-friendly solutions.
- Efficient Remote Professional: Proven ability to maintain peak productivity and meet project deadlines in a fully virtual environment, leveraging asynchronous communication and collaborative tools (like MS Teams) to stay seamlessly aligned with the team.