Job Description
Cassia a nonprofit senior living organization is hiring a WordPress Web Developer to join our growing team ! Based at our Edina MN homeoffice you will enjoy a welcoming environment with supportive leadership and a friendly WordPress Web Developer will be a key member of Cassias in-house marketing team responsible for building maintaining and optimizing our WordPress websites to support brand awareness lead generation and stakeholder engagement.
This role blends hands-on web development with an eye for design UX and performance. The ideal candidate is comfortable translating marketing goals into user-friendly web experiences and collaborating closely with designers content creators and leadership. Please submit
3-5 WordPress sites or projects that you have worked on highlighting your role in development design optimizations etc.
Position Type: Full-Time hybrid benefits eligible position that requires 3 days in office in Edina MN. We do not cover relocation costs.
Wage Range : $70000 - $80000 Annually depending on experience
Web Developer Responsibilities: Website Development & Maintenance - Build update and maintain Cassia websites and landing pages using WordPress (including themes child themes and plugins).
- Implement responsive mobile-first designs that function smoothly across modern browsers and devices.
- Create custom page templates blocks or components as needed to support marketing campaigns and content strategies.
- Ensure websites are secure backed up and functioning properly by managing core theme and plugin updates.
UX Design and Content Implementation - Collaborate with the marketing team to translate wireframes mockups and content plans into high-quality web pages.
- Ensure brand consistency in typography color imagery and layout across all sites.
- Improve site structure navigation and internal linking to make content easy to find and understand.
- Support content publishing including formatting blog posts updating copy and adding multimedia elements.
Performance SEO and Analytics - Optimize site speed and performance (e.g. caching image optimization code clean-up hosting configurations).
- Implement on-page SEO best practices in collaboration with the marketing team (meta tags schema markup headings alt text internal links URL structure).
- Set up and maintain analytics and tracking (e.g. Google Analytics 4 Google Tag Manager conversion tracking).
- Monitor site performance user behavior and key metrics to identify improvement opportunities and report insights to stakeholders.
Technical Support & Quality Assurance - Troubleshoot and resolve website issues bugs and errors in a timely manner.
- Conduct regular QA checks prior to major launches and after updates (forms links pages responsive views accessibility).
- Coordinate with hosting providers or IT resources on server SSL and domain-related issues as needed.
Collaboration & Process - Work closely with marketing design and content teammates to support campaigns events and ongoing initiatives.
- Provide web development input during campaign planning recommending best technical approaches.
- Help document processes standards and best practices for web updates and content publishing.
Web Developer Qualifications: - 3 years of professional experience developing and maintaining WordPress websites.
- Strong proficiency with WordPress (custom themes child themes and plugins).
- Solid understanding of HTML5 CSS3 and basic JavaScript/jQuery.
- Experience with modern page builders and/or block-based editing (e.g. Gutenberg).
- Experience working with multisite WordPress environments.
- Familiarity with PHP and ability to make light-to-moderate back-end customizations.
- Experience with responsive design cross-browser compatibility and mobile-first development.
- Working knowledge of SEO best practices and tools (e.g. Yoast).
- Experience integrating analytics and tracking (Google Analytics 4 Google Tag Manager basic event/goal setup).
- Comfortable working with version control and staging environments.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Ability to translate non-technical requirements into technical solutions.
- Clear proactive communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills; able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Experience working on marketing or communications teams (in-house or agency) preferred.
- Background in nonprofit healthcare senior living or mission-driven organizations preferred.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and how to implement them in WordPresspreferred.
- Experience with marketing automation or CRM integrations (e.g. HubSpot)preferred.
- Basic design skills and familiarity with tools like Figma or Adobe XDpreferred.
Cassia Benefits: - Competitive Pay with experience-based raises
- Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Forgiveness (site-specific)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & 403(b)/401(k) with Employer Match
- Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical Dental Vision Disability Life Insurance) for Full-Time Employees
- Employee Assistance Program with free confidential counseling/coaching for self and family members
About Us: Cassia is a nonprofit mission-driven senior care organization with over 200 years of experience. Located in Edina MN our home office supports a network of senior living communities and services across Minnesota North Dakota Iowa Colorado and Florida.
At
Cassia we are dedicated to fostering fullness of life for older adults by providing compassionate high-quality care.
Our Service Standards of Respect Excellence Integrity Stewardship Compassion Collaboration Unity and Innovation are the bedrock of all that we do. We value inclusivity collaboration and professional growth ensuring our employees feel supported in their careers. To learn more visit our website:
us and become part of a nonprofit organization that truly makes a difference! Cassia is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action & veteran friendly employer.
Required Experience:
Manager
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