Web Designer

The Web Designer is responsible for the visual design, content production, and day-to-day maintenance of the M-Files website. Reporting to the Web Manager, this role designs and builds responsive, on-brand WordPress pages; publishes and optimizes content; and maintains page templates and design components.

The Web Designer also supports localized content and ensures that page layouts remain polished, functional, and visually consistent across languages. This role collaborates closely with SEO, Product Marketing, content, localization, and development teams to launch new pages and campaigns, improve website performance and accessibility, and deliver a consistent, high-quality user experience across global markets.

What You Will Be Doing / Responsibilities and Duties

• Design and lay out visually engaging, on-brand web pages that are intuitive and easy to navigate.
• Build and update WordPress pages using Beaver Builder and block-based page-building tools.
• Create and maintain page templates, landing pages, banners, graphics, and other website assets.
• Publish, update, and format website content, including text, images, videos, and campaign pages.
• Work closely with SEO and Product Marketing teams to update content, launch new pages, and support campaigns and product initiatives.
• Use WP Engine staging environments to develop, review, test, and deploy website updates.
• Ensure all pages follow M-Files brand guidelines for typography, color, imagery, and layout.
• Optimize CSS, page layouts, and images to improve site performance, accessibility, and mobile responsiveness.
• Apply on-page SEO best practices, including proper heading structures, alt text, internal linking, and metadata.
• Proofread and quality-check pages for formatting, content accuracy, broken links, performance, and display issues across browsers and devices.
• Maintain consistency in design components and content structure throughout the website.
• Troubleshoot minor layout, styling, and display issues, escalating more complex technical problems to development teams as needed.
• Stay current with web design, usability, accessibility, and performance trends, and recommend improvements to the website experience.
• Coordinate the publishing and maintenance of localized website content, ensuring page layouts remain polished, readable, responsive, and visually consistent across languages.

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining websites in WordPress or a comparable CMS.
• Hands-on experience with Beaver Builder and WordPress block-based page-building tools.
• Experience working with WP Engine, including staging, testing, and production environments.
• Strong visual design skills and a solid understanding of layout, typography, color, and brand consistency.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma and Sketch; familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is a plus.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, including CSS troubleshooting and optimization; basic JavaScript knowledge is a plus.
• Familiarity with responsive, mobile-first, accessible, and performance-focused web design principles.
• Understanding of on-page SEO fundamentals and experience collaborating with SEO, Product Marketing, content, and web teams.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple website updates and deadlines.

Requirements

What We Are Looking For

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining websites in WordPress or a comparable CMS.
• Hands-on experience with Beaver Builder and WordPress block-based page-building tools.
• Experience working with WP Engine, including staging, testing, and production environments.
• Strong visual design skills and a solid understanding of layout, typography, color, and brand consistency.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma and Sketch; familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is a plus.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS, including CSS troubleshooting and optimization; basic JavaScript knowledge is a plus.
• Familiarity with responsive, mobile-first, accessible, and performance-focused web design principles.
• Understanding of on-page SEO fundamentals and experience collaborating with SEO, Product Marketing, content, and web teams.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple website updates and deadlines.

Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 80-80 Hourly Entry level Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 80-80 Hourly Entry level Designs, builds, publishes, and maintains responsive WordPress pages and website assets. Creates templates, landing pages, banners, and localized content while applying brand, accessibility, performance, and SEO standards. Uses WP Engine staging environments to test and deploy updates, troubleshoots layout issues, quality-checks pages across browsers and devices, and collaborates with SEO, Product Marketing, content, localization, and development teams. The summary above was generated by AI, This is a part-time, one-year contract opportunity, averaging approximately 20 hours per week. Compensation is up to $80/hour based on experience. This contract engagement is not eligible for M-Files employee benefits., * Engagement Duration: Approximately one year

• Expected Commitment: Approximately 20 hours per week
• Hourly Rate: Up to $80/hour, based on experience
• Benefits: This contract engagement is not eligible for M-Files employee benefits.

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M-Files is redefining how work gets done. Our context-first document management system offers purpose-built business use cases-spanning universal and industry-specific workflows-to enable secure collaboration, automate processes, and ensure governance.

Unlike traditional systems, M-Files organizes content around the context of your business, connecting documents to related people, projects, and transactions. With our unique metadata-driven architecture, organizations can model content in line with their business processes, unify information across silos, and apply AI at scale. The result is greater productivity, reduced risk, and smarter, faster decisions for over 6,000 customers in 100+ countries.

At M-Files, our Guiding Principles unite us across diverse cultures and personalities:

1. Make It Happen - We set bold goals, take ownership, learn from mistakes, and relentlessly pursue results.
2. Help Others - We lead with kindness, assume good intentions, hold one another accountable, and celebrate wins together.
3. Love Customers - We put customers and partners at the heart of everything, delivering value with respect, fairness, and speed., Why M-Files?

We are a global company with Finnish roots and a product we’re proud of. This engagement offers the opportunity to contribute directly to the digital experience of a global B2B technology company while collaborating with teams across Marketing, Product Marketing, SEO, Localization, and Web Development.

Our guiding principles of “Make It Happen,” “Help Others,” and “Love Customers” are reflected in how our teams work together, and we value transparent communication, collaboration, and ownership.