Word Press Web Developer / Contractor

BACKGROUND:

The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. The Society uses advocacy, education, and applied research to defend invertebrates. Over the past three decades, we have protected endangered species and their habitats, produced ground-breaking publications on insect conservation, trained thousands of farmers and land managers to protect and manage habitat, and raised awareness about the invertebrates of forests, prairies, deserts, and oceans.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Support The Xerces Society with organizing and streamlining content, updating the navigation architecture, and creating and developing new pages and libraries while keeping with the current look and feel of the website. Some specific examples of our immediate needs are: updating and possibly redesigning our online store and publication pages, updating the design of our sidebars, creating a resource center for our aquatics program (similar to the pollinator conservation resource center), developing a photo information center and archive, creating an article library for Xerces publications with PDFs available for download, obfuscate all email addresses on website, and setting up a Google Analytics account. This project will begin with addressing some of our initial needs and become an ongoing relationship where the web developer is available on an on-call, hourly basis.