Earthbound is hiring: Freelance Web Developer in New York

About Us
Earthbound is a leading product design, licensing and brand growth company that expands the reach of brands in the market on a global scale. With over 20 years of expertise in retail licensing, product development, and product design, Earthbound augments brand potential by offering unprecedented growth for powerhouse brands. Our seasoned, innovative, and agile capabilities deliver superior results while maintaining our uncompromising values which place people first, embrace change, and act with humility and integrity. For more information, please visit www.earthboundbrands.com. Note: We would consider a remote freelancer for this role if needed, but ability to come to the NYC office would be a plus.

About The Position
We recently completed a major overhaul of our company website and are now looking for a freelance web developer with strong interactive design experience to help elevate its visual appeal and functionality. The ideal candidate is consistently looking at other websites and isn't afraid to bring their ideas and inspiration to the table to share with our Creative Director. The site is built on WordPress, so expertise with it or similar platforms and the coding is essential. This is a freelance position that could be an ongoing opportunity for the right candidate. Hours will be varied throughout the project.

We are looking for a web developer who specializes in creating compelling, motion-driven web experiences, with a strong focus on interactive and visually engaging design. Please include links to live websites you’ve previously built or contributed to as part of your portfolio. We’re specifically interested in reviewing finished, user-facing work rather than code samples, so we can evaluate design quality, performance, and overall user experience.

About You

Passionate about designing engaging, user-centric digital experiences.

Skilled collaborator that will work with design and marketing teams to bring the brand vision to life.

Skilled with UX/UI to implement a modern, high-touch customer journey.

Ability to continuously refine and improve website speed, performance, and usability based on user feedback and analytics.

Skilled troubleshooter that can debug issues in staging and production environment.

Ability to write clean, well-documented, and testable code.

Passionate about staying current with emerging backend technologies and best practices.

Fluent in English, great communicator, proactive mindset.

Must Have Experience With

WordPress or a similar CMS

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP

Familiarity with MySQL

Familiarity with ecommerce best practices (especially in luxury or design-driven brands)

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In Summary: Earthbound is a leading product design, licensing and brand growth company that expands the reach of brands in the market on a global scale . The ideal candidate is consistently looking at other websites and isn't afraid to bring their ideas to the table to share with our Creative Director . The site is built on WordPress, so expertise with it or similar platforms and the coding is essential .

En Español: About Us Earthbound es una empresa líder en diseño de productos, licencias y crecimiento de marca que amplía el alcance de las marcas en el mercado a escala global. Con más de 20 años de experiencia en licencia al por menor, desarrollo de productos y diseño del producto, Earthbound aumenta el potencial de la marca ofreciendo un crecimiento sin precedentes para las grandes marcas. Nuestras capacidades experimentadas, innovadoras y ágiles brindan resultados superiores mientras mantenemos nuestros valores intransigentes que ponen a la gente primero, abrazan el cambio y actúan con humildad e integridad. Para obtener más información, visite www.earthboundbrands.com. Nota: consideraríamos un candidato independiente remoto para este papel si fuera necesario, pero la capacidad de venir a la oficina de NYC sería una ventaja. Las horas serán variadas a lo largo del proyecto. Buscamos un desarrollador web que se especialice en crear experiencias web atractivas y basadas en movimiento, con un fuerte enfoque en el diseño interactivo y visualmente atractivo. Por favor incluya enlaces a sitios web en vivo que haya construido o contribuido previamente como parte de su cartera. Estamos específicamente interesados en revisar trabajo terminado dirigido al usuario en lugar de muestras de código, para poder evaluar la calidad de diseño, rendimiento y experiencia general del usuario.