Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 3 years of web design experience., Strong portfolio showcasing active websites., Experience with CMS platforms like WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, ExpressionEngine, Ghost, or Joomla., Knowledge of SEO, branding, and website maintenance..

Key responsibilities:

Design and develop websites for clients, including updates and new builds.

Create appealing visual designs and branding elements.

Set up domains, hosting, and optimize websites for search engines.

Implement lead magnets, contact forms, and social media sharing features.

A friendly place for authors to learn, create and market the best indie books: Reedsy is an award-winning community of over 1,000,000 authors and publishing professionals. Our mission is to help authors create high-quality books by connecting them with the world's best editors, designers, marketers or ghostwriters. Since our launch in 2014 we have been developing a number of resources for authors to learn about writing craft and publishing (blog.reedsy.com) and for professionals to develop their freelance career (blog.reedsy.com/freelancer). In 2019 we launched Reedsy Discovery (reedsy.com/discovery) to give the best indie books the exposure they deserve. Reedsy is a fully remote company with a diverse team of 40, coming from 15 different countries. ⛰ Read about our co-founder Matt spending 3 months living and working from the Alps: https://www.businessinsider.com/i-live-and-work-in-my-car-heres-how-2018-5

Job description

We are seeking first-class web designers to work directly with book authors to build the site that’s just right for them. You will need to understand your clients’ needs and be able to create high-converting, aesthetic websites.

Here are some of the tasks you might work on:

- Develop new websites or update existing ones.

- Create appealing design and branding.

- Acquire domains and set up website hosting.

- Improve SEO of the website.

- Create lead magnets, such as newsletter signup forms.

- Build contact forms and integrate social media sharing options.

- Enable your clients to maintain their website (or do periodic maintenance).

Requirements

- 3+ years of web design experience.

- Strong portfolio with great and active websites.

- Experience using at least one of these CMS platforms: Wordpress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, ExpressionEngine, Ghost, Joomla.

Previous experience in the publishing industry will be positively valued.

Benefits

Some of the perks of being a web designer on Reedsy are receiving project requests by clients, setting your own rates, managing your workload, working where and when you want, and enjoying Reedsy’s payment protection.

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