Wordpress Development Team Lead - Indianapolis, United States - FERGUSON

    FERGUSON
    FERGUSON Indianapolis, United States

    1 month ago

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    Description

    Ferguson Digital, with offices in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana, is a custom software development organization that is expanding its team to meet the needs of existing and new clients.

    From websites, mobile apps, e-commerce applications, enterprise software, data warehouses and pipelines, to AI-powered solutions, we deliver on the needs of our clients, to support their business goals.

    We are searching for a Wordpress Development Team Lead that has a wide breadth of technical experience and knowledge in the Wordpress environment, to support existing products, and to develop new sites for clients. In addition, this is a combined role wherein people and project management skills are as equally important as Wordpress skills.

    The ideal candidate for this position would work three days a week from the Fort Wayne office. However, working from the Indianapolis office is also an option.

    Job Responsibilities:

    • Through a mix of personnel- and project-management, as well as hands-on coding/development, a successful team lead will deliver value to clients while also driving profitable revenue for the agency.
    • Understanding of how you and your teams activities impact client- and agency-growth, and managing those metrics, will determine success in the role.

    Regarding Management responsibilities:

    • Work with little oversight to deliver solutions for clients
    • Support team members career goals by assigning interesting projects, and promoting continuing education
    • Perform one-on-ones with a small team of three to five Wordpress Developers
    • Ensure project estimates and SOWs are completed properly, and on time
    • Manage a teams work using JIRA Epics and issues (tickets)
    • Work with Account Executives to organize and deliver projects on time, with superb quality
    • Work in a mixed Agile and Waterfall environment to estimate tickets, plan sprints, and organize project deliverables

    Regarding Wordpress Development Responsibilities:

    • Use designs and user stories to develop websites using agreed-upon tech stacks
    • Partner with creative personnel to stay aligned on deliverables
    • Track time spent on tickets and projects for billing purposes
    • Mentor less experienced Wordpress Developers

    Required Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
    • Minimum 3 years of experience building Wordpress websites
    • Proficient with:
    • Git/Github
    • Wordpress
    • CSS
    • Elementor

    About Ferguson Digital

    Ferguson Digital is a division of The Ferguson Agencyone of the largest and fastest-growing full-service marketing agencies in Indiana. Weve achieved this by taking care of our clients, taking care of our people, doing good work and having fun.

    We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages with a casual and flexible work environment - including work from home options - because we take business seriously, but we dont take ourselves too seriously.