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Skift

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51 - 200 employees

📱 Media

🤝 B2B

💰 $1.1M Seed Round - Skift on 2013-05

Media • Tourism • B2B

Skift is a media and intelligence company that covers the global travel industry, providing news, in-depth analysis, research, newsletters, podcasts, events, and advisory services for travel and hospitality professionals and executives. It publishes timely reporting across sectors such as airlines, hotels, online travel, cruises, and tourism, and offers membership research products, conferences, executive search, and custom content/marketing services for industry stakeholders.

📋 Description

• Build and maintain our suite of WordPress sites with a heavy focus on back-end architecture and peak performance. • Develop custom themes, custom post types, taxonomies, hooks, filters, and dynamic WordPress templates. • Model and flawlessly manage structured content using Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro. • Build and integrate RESTful APIs seamlessly within the WordPress ecosystem. • Develop and maintain custom Gutenberg blocks to empower our content creators. • Utilize modern development tooling, including wp-scripts, Webpack, Composer, and BEM CSS architecture using Sass. • Partner directly with our editorial and design teams to scope, create, and deploy new pages and features. • Uphold rigorous WordPress performance, security, and coding standards across all properties (including WPVIP environments). • Participate actively in collaborative code reviews and version control workflows using Git and GitHub, while supporting existing projects when external teams require assistance.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven WordPress Expertise: Deep experience building hybrid WordPress themes, custom Gutenberg blocks, and structured content modeling (ACF). • Back-End Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in PHP 8+, MySQL, REST APIs, and core WordPress architecture. • Front-End Competency: Strong working knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), jQuery, SCSS/PostCSS, and a comfort level with shipping for older browser baselines. • Agility and Organization: The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet strict deadlines, and thrive while working asynchronously across U.S. and European time zones. • Strong Communication Skills: You are friendly, highly organized, and can articulate technical choices clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Bonus: Experience with ReactJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, HubSpot, or a portfolio of public GitHub repositories we can review is a significant plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to grow within a respected and innovative media company. • Exposure to the intersection of media, events, and travel intelligence. • Collaborative, supportive, and remote-friendly work environment.