Freelance Jobs – March 8, 2011
WordPress Premium Plugin Dev
DESCRIPTION:
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a talented WordPress developer with extensive plugin experience to join our crew on a handful of upcoming projects. This is a freelance position – we’re game for people located anywhere in North America.
Are you clued into the latest wordpress happenings and developments? Have a hankering to extend WordPress in new directions?
We want people that are able to develop code that can withstand high profile sites and intense loads. You should be comfortable working as part of a team – your code will have to integrate into an existing architecture. If the tightly optimized code get’s you excited – you’re probably a good fit.
The Company
Shane & Peter Inc. is a small, rapidly growing software & design company located in Santa Cruz, California. At S&P, we develop products and custom solutions for some of the world’s largest companies, government institutions and smaller growing organizations. We pride ourselves on our ability to bridge people and technology and to bring the passion and dedication of an entrepreneur to every project.
REQUIREMENTS:
Team Requirements
We love working with each other because we have built a culture that suits us well. We work exclusively with freelancers and coordinate their talents for large projects. To be on our team, you must be:
Helpful: Always looking for ways that you can help others.
Happy : Where there is a will, there is a way. Having a positive disposition allows us to achieve great things and to support each other.
Curious : It is essential that you have a passion for learning. Technology changes daily, and life has a way of constantly raising the bar.
Accountable: Our clients expect us to get the right thing done on budget and on time. Communicating expectations and meeting them is the cornerstone of success.
Location: Work from anywhere in the US or Canada.
Responsibilities
- Architect and document plugin solutions using best practices
- Integrate code into existing plugin architecture
- Produce code solutions that scale to large loads
- Be apart of QA Team and optimize other team members code
- Handle technical support questions and bugs
- Full Time Freelancers Only
- Manage SVN and code releases
- Personal Competencies
- Strong communication and/or experience working as part of a remote team
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, strong organizational skills, with a methodical approach to all tasks
- Ability to prioritize own workload and work to exacting deadlines
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Desire to constantly learn about the industry
- Fluent English speaker
Required Knowledge and Experience
- WordPress structure, themes, and plugins
- PHP
- Javascript
- SVN
- Proficiency at local environment development
- Additional Experience a Plus
- Examples of plugins that you’ve released to the open source community
- Advanced WordPress debug skills
- LAMP server admin skills
- Compensation
Pay range is between $30-55 per hour commensurate with background, qualifications and experience. This is a one time contract position, though we are always seeking long standing relationships with kick-ass people.
Job Perks: We are experts on independent contracting and are all about helping you run your business to live your dream.
*** INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ONLY ***
Apply here: http://shaneandpeter.com/join-our-team/
* Send links to some of your work.
* Send a code sample of a plugin that you built or some WordPress code that you worked on.
* Send a little information about yourself and your freelance business.
Thanks!
Company Information: Shane & Peter, Inc.
Contact Information: Apply Online
URL: http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/7779
Managing Editor
DESCRIPTION:
MoneyShow, the world’s leading producer of financial tradeshows live and online, seeks an energetic, hands-on managing editor to lead our web site’s growing editorial team. Must be knowledgeable about investing and the financial markets, know how to turn a dull headline into a click magnet and be able to transform lackluster copy into editorial gold. Seeking a creative editor with excellent news judgment and lots of ideas for articles and site improvements. Must have experience with current SEO and social media tactics and be passionate about using data to understand and influence user behavior.
REQUIREMENTS:
Experience:
Minimum of five years’ experience in credible journalistic role with major on- or offline publication required.
How To Apply:
Send resume to the email address below.
Web site: http://www.moneyshow.com/
Location: Flexible
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Duration of Position: Permanent
Work Schedule: Full Time
Company Information: MoneyShow.com
Contact Information: Email
URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=6095
Lead User Interface Designer / Front End Developer
DESCRIPTION:
Seeking an awesome career in User Interface Design?
Our Lead UI position may make you feel like a kid in a candy store… if you’ve got the skills and you’re the right fit:
Net Profit Services, Inc. is a growing web solutions company that offers a complete package of services to small/medium businesses around the USA. Our clients/partners generate millions using apps and websites that we create and evolve. To date, we’ve been far stronger in dev than design. However, for 2011 and beyond, we’re committed to raising the bar and exploding our UI quality in all projects.
Are you looking to hit the ground running in a company that wants what you have, and has what you want?
YOU WANT
- to be a part of a team with a work environment offering freedom and fun
- to see your work appreciated; to expand your skills
- diverse projects, always challenged, never bored
- to grow into a leadership role, escape from the cubicle (both figuratively and literally)
REQUIREMENTS:
YOU HAVE
- a degree in SLS (sweet looking sites). we’ll provide the diploma if you can show us several wow sites
- examples of beautiful hand coded semantic html/css
- never considered launching a site that wasn’t cross browser compliant
- ninja swiftness when creating multiple creative design iterations
- worked with jquery and advanced javascript, having several examples
- out of this world time management skills, using them every day
- a design portfolio showing a range of skills/styles
- experience integrating your front end UI with PHP back end
YOU ARE
- a religious practitioner of web standards
- a junkie for progressive enhancement, html5, Ajax
- familiar with CMS platforms
- a critical thinker who collaborates with team and clients
- a Mac user/fanatic. if not, we’ll still talk to you (probably)
- accepting of criticism and outside ideas
- able to professionally argue your point when it counts
- never caught missing a spec or browser issue
- used to delivering ready to go coded prototypes to PHP developers
- looking forward to many diverse projects, several at the same time
YOU WILL
- lead the mission of revamping many key sites (including our own)
- play a key role in planning/creating a suite of modern web apps
- invent/expand/advance/explore/motivate – within our company
- earn a great living while delivering great results for our clients
- be rewarded for going the extra mile- every time!
Other bonus experience includes:
- comfortable with emerging html5 / css3
- Usability, Accessibility, Marketing, SEO, Copywriting
- creating quality logos and have branding experience
- Multivariate Testing, Versioning (SVN)
- excellent listening and communication skills
- Understanding of business priorities and objectives
Ever wanted to telecommute?
If you’re in Kansas City, you can work at our Corporate Woods office. However, normal at our co is telecommuting. Our distributed team (5 people in 4 different states) uses its time management skills and personal responsibility mindset to save hours/gas driving to work each week. If you’re worthy/ready, why not keep the miles off your car, save gas for the weekend, and take back an hour (or two) of your life every single day!
Job Perks:
- freedom to set your own schedule. work around what’s important in your life.
- paid vacation
- paid personal development- get paid to get better, weekly!
- we’ve continued to grow even during the weak economy
- positive, professional work environment
- quarterly bonuses based upon attitude+performance
- did we mention?- the pay is great
To be considered for this position, please email your LinkedIn profile and/or portfolio URLs to the address below.
Please include CV or resume with cover letter.
Company Information: Net Profit Services, Inc.
Contact Information: Email
URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=6094
Freelancing is my life. It's what I know, it's what I'm good at, and I can't imagine doing anything else. You can call me "Freddie the Freelancer"… because I'd prefer not to use my real name for reasons that I'll tell you about in a moment.





2 Comments
If we are looking for wordpress developer for this we need technical details to develop it. when we are creating resume this information should be mentioned.
If I am understanding your comment correctly, this would be information you would need to get from the company offering the position. This is why we provide contact information in all the job posts. Use the email address or web form under “Contact Information” to contact the company and get further information. They should be able to give you all the technical specifications you need!