Role: Web Developer Location: Frederick, MD Duration: 12+ Months Rate: DOE
US Citizens and Green cards are Preferred.
Job Description: The Weinberg Center aims to redesign the current website to deliver intuitive navigation and user interface with two distinct venues, Weinberg Center for the Arts and New Spire Arts; make it easy for patrons to view a performance calendar for both venues and buy tickets from anywhere within the site; provide easily digestible interpretive historical content for both venues and better engage our membership. Staff must be able to manage and maintain backend content easily. Site responsiveness and a streamlined mobile experience are of the upmost importance. The redesigned site must effectively integrate with Spektrix ticketing/CRM solution, which controls all functionalities The ideal website will pull content directly from the Spektrix system and will provide a portal for members and patrons to access and interact with their patron data, history, and benefits. The website vendor is expected to communicate with Spektrix at all stages to successfully complete this project.
To be effective, the new website must: •Provide intuitive, clear ticket purchase and donation paths throughout the site. •Create clear paths to information surrounding events, donation/membership options, venue rentals, and historical content for both venues. •Integrate the newspirearts.org site content into the current Weinberg site. •Create a modern design with branding that includes both venue logos. •Provide patrons with a clear understanding that programming is occurring at two different venues and provide a seamless experience navigating between programing for both spaces. •Update Spektrix functionality with the latest capabilities the platform offers. •Provide easy creation and manipulation of landing pages for marketing campaigns. •Provide a visually appealing, responsive design created for a mobile first experience. •Continue to integrate with the existing Google Analytics account. •Utilize best SEO industry practices.