Engineering software and services firm in Tampa, Florida seeks contract assistance with company’s website design and ongoing maintenance and improvement of the site. The job will involve developing a new look and feel for the company’s home page and supporting pages, creation of appropriate graphics, and implementation of new functionality for the site. The new website will serve as both our internal and external information hub.

We would like to develop a long-term relationship with a talented freelance developer who can assist us with creating and maintaining a high-performance, high-impact website. Our vision is to create a site that is highly functional and efficient, yet which also has a high aesthetic quality. The site must be high-performance and be as devoid as possible of unnecessary embellishments and bulk. It should be able to quickly and efficiently serve up pages for viewing and interacting by employees, clients, business prospects, and other interested parties on conventional PC displays as well as on mobile devices.

Stage I of this project will involve conceiving and implementing a new website architecture. The successful candidate will be able to lead this effort by translating our vision into the required site design. Subsequent stages of the project will involve adding functionality to the site, which includes user accounts, security, transaction processing, database connectivity, and video. The contractor may or may not be able to add these features himself. We will be prepared to seek and supplement with additional expertise as necessary to accomplish post-Stage I objectives. The contractor will assist us with coordinating the development and integration of future features into the site.

Candidate may operate remotely, but will need to interact with company staff via periodic face-to-face and/or web-based (e.g., GoToMeeting) meetings.