General Responsibilities:
- Expected to collaborate and contribute effectively within a team environment.
- Able to solve complex problems and understand interrelated processes within the job role scope.
- Able to work towards achieving business goals without a predefined solution, showcasing adaptability and critical thinking skills.
- Implements product, process, automation and/or streamlines work using industry best practices or incremental ideas to improve experience, efficiency or quality.
- Demonstrates the ability to create team-level processes and optimize existing processes.
- Actively mentors junior team members, contributes to the hiring and performance management process, and provides valuable insights.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain custom WordPress sites, themes, and plugins in PHP.
- Troubleshoot and resolve layout bugs, plugin conflicts, and performance issues.
- Ensure Q/A practices are implemented and met across all work and projects.
- Apply current best practices for performance, security, and SEO.
Skills & Experience:
- Basic Written/Spoken English skills.
- 2-3 years of WordPress experience.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
- Ability to work collaboratively on a team.
- Experience working with TWIG Template Engine.
- Good PHP knowledge, understanding, and development skills (outside of WordPress).
- CSS & Styling (Sass/SCSS, Bootstrap)
Top Skills
What We Do
Insomniac Design is an award-winning digital creative agency founded in 1999, based in D.C.’s historic Blagden Alley. We’re an agile, nimble and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. With offices in the U.S. and Europe, we’re a global team with diverse experience and cultural backgrounds who consistently strive for excellence. We specialize in human-centered design — with projects and work that includes complex web and mobile builds, digital transformation, branding, visual design, content, video and creative services.
We’ve worked in the areas of policy, advocacy, government, foundations, commercial brands, and more — with clients like Brand USA, UNICEF, The World Bank, World Health Organization, Amnesty International, BBC Worldwide, National Endowment for the Arts, Lufthansa Airlines, Adobe, and Google. Insomniac Design’s work has won numerous awards such as W3 Awards, Communicator Awards, and the AIB awards. Beyond the U.S., our work in Asia and Africa has been featured in news and media around the world.
