🌐 Technical Writer 📝

by Terrance Ellis | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized

(Remote – 1099 Contract)

🧾 About the Role
Friends From The City is seeking a Technical Writer to support the redesign and content migration of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation website. This is a 1099 contract role (approx. 75–80 hours total) running from July 15 to August 25, 2025. The work is fully remote and centers on crafting accessible, user-friendly documentation and training materials for a new Drupal-based platform. You’ll translate complex processes into clear content that empowers public servants to manage the new system with confidence.

✅ Position Highlights
• 💰 $75/hour (1099 contractor)
• 📅 July 15 – August 25, 2025
• 🏠 Fully remote
• 🕰 Estimated 75–80 total hours
• 🔁 Handoff-focused project for government site transition

📋 What You’ll Own
• Turn technical workflows and internal knowledge into clear documentation
• Develop training materials to help NYS Parks staff update Drupal content
• Create detailed handoff guides for operational continuity post-launch
• Collaborate with designers, developers, and leads to identify content gaps
• Support live or asynchronous training sessions and refine resources based on feedback

🎯 Must-Have Traits
• 5–7 years of experience in technical writing, documentation, or training content
• Ability to explain technical concepts clearly for non-technical audiences
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to organize and structure large amounts of content
• Self-motivated and deadline-driven

💻 Remote Requirements
• Reliable internet and home office setup
• Ability to manage your own schedule to meet project milestones
• Responsive to email and collaboration tools like Slack, Google Drive, etc.

💡 Why It’s a Win for Freelance Writers
• 👣 Make a direct impact on a high-visibility public service project
• 🧠 Use your skills to support accessibility, equity, and digital inclusion
• ✍️ Work with a mission-driven team at the intersection of tech and civic service
• 📚 Build documentation that actually gets read—and used

✨ Nice-to-Haves
• Familiarity with Drupal or other CMS platforms
• Experience in civic tech or government projects
• UX writing, content strategy, or training material design
• Ability to create basic visuals or process diagrams

🎓 Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5–7 years relevant technical writing or digital documentation work preferred

✍️ Call to Action
If you believe in writing that empowers and technology that serves the people, this is your next project. Help build the digital front door to New York State’s parks—and ensure those who follow can keep it open. Apply now and let’s make something meaningful together.

🖥️ Web Designer (Freelance – Remote, EST Hours)

by Terrance Ellis | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Contract | Remote OK (U.S. Only)
Client: Educational organization
Schedule: Must be available during standard 9–5 EST hours

🔍 The Gig

We’re seeking a top-tier freelance Web/UI/UX Designer to lead the creative charge on a brand-new educational website. You’ll take point on everything from strategy and structure to style and polish—working directly with our team and client via Zoom. If the project clicks, there’s plenty more where that came from.

💼 What You’ll Do

• Collaborate on design strategy and site goals
• Develop wireframes and user journey flows
• Craft beautiful, intuitive UI/visual design for desktop and mobile
• Create original templates tailored to the client’s needs
• Join client-facing meetings (must be available during EST business hours)
• Deliver clean, scalable design systems ready for dev handoff

🧠 What We’re Looking For

• Senior-level designer with extensive web/UI/UX experience
• A strong portfolio of clean, smart, and conversion-savvy web work
• Full-time freelancer or independent contractor (not moonlighting)
• Strong communicator, comfortable with client presentations via Zoom
• Experience designing for education, nonprofits, or mission-driven orgs a plus
• Bonus if you’re fluent in Figma, Webflow, or similar tools

🚨 Must-Haves

• Availability during 9–5 EST
• U.S.-based or eligible to work U.S. freelance hours
• Passion for purpose-driven design and clear user experience

📨 Sound Like You?

Submit your info and portfolio via the form linked in the original post. We’re building something thoughtful—and we want designers who are, too.

✨ Digital Designer, Email & Web

by Terrance Ellis | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Location: Remote, U.S. East Coast preferred
Type: Full-Time

🧾 About Cleo

Cleo isn’t just building a finance app—it’s reimagining how people relate to money. With over $200M in ARR and a mission to democratize financial wellness, Cleo is the rare unicorn that’s profitable, purposeful, and scaling fast. If you want to help shape a future where financial advice is as smart, accessible, and personal as your best friend—this might be your next big move.

🎨 About the Role

Cleo is looking for a digital designer who’s just as comfy in Figma as they are in HTML. You’ll bring Cleo’s bold brand voice to life across emails, web pages, and everything in between. Part creative. Part coder. Fully obsessed with flow, clarity, and conversion. You’ll sit at the intersection of growth, lifecycle, and creative—turning strategy into scroll-stopping digital experiences.

This role is ideal for a hybrid thinker who can design with intention and build with confidence—someone who gets just as excited about modular email components as they do about shaping a microsite that converts like a dream.

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and building branded landing pages, microsites, and digital assets using HTML/CSS, Webflow, Framer, or similar
• Creating responsive, high-performing emails and web components that are visually stunning and strategically smart
• Collaborating with copywriters, CRM leads, product marketers, and other creatives to bring campaigns to life
• Building reusable systems and design libraries for email and web
• Running A/B tests, reviewing performance metrics, and tweaking based on what the data tells you
• Supporting app store presence with branded screenshots and visual updates
• Driving visual consistency across digital touchpoints while pushing creative boundaries

🧠 What They’re Looking For

• 3–5 years designing and building for digital marketing (email/web), preferably in consumer tech or high-growth environments
• Killer portfolio showcasing branded email campaigns and web builds
• Fluent in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Solid HTML/CSS skills—bonus if you dabble in JavaScript
• Experience with tools like Webflow, Framer, HubSpot, or headless CMS platforms
• Familiar with email builders like Beefree or Customer.IO
• Deep understanding of UX/UI, conversion funnels, responsive/mobile-first design, and accessibility
• Strategic thinker who designs with clarity, impact, and brand voice
• Passionate about storytelling through design—tight space, big feeling
• A thoughtful collaborator who balances taste with speed, performance with polish

✨ Bonus Skills

• Animation chops
• CMS integrations
• CRO tool experience (e.g., heatmaps, A/B testing platforms)

💸 Perks & Compensation

• Competitive base + equity (transparent salary banding via Cleo’s Progression Framework)
• Bi-annual performance reviews
• 15 PTO days + holidays (and 1 extra day per year at Cleo)
• 401K match, medical/dental/vision
• Fully remote with an annual company-wide offsite in Europe (paid)
• 1-month paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Paid OpenAI subscription
• Mental health support (via Spill)
• Leadership coaching, parental leave, and regular team socials

🌐 Webflow Developer (Freelance)

by Terrance Ellis | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Location: Remote (U.S. only)
Type: Contract (10–40 hours/week)

🧾 About the Role

Lightboard is on the hunt for a freelance Webflow developer with a keen eye for design and clean, responsive builds. Whether you’re a designer diving into dev or a WordPress pro making the switch, we’re all in—as long as you bring smart solutions and pixel-perfect instincts. You’ll collaborate closely with our art directors and account managers to breathe life into crisp, user-friendly marketing websites, email templates, and more for top-tier B2B clients.

🔥 About Lightboard

We’re not a “full-service agency.” We’re something sharper. Lightboard delivers high-quality design at startup speed—trusted by names like Autodesk, GitHub, and Microsoft. We thrive on precision, speed, and craftsmanship, cutting the bloat of traditional agencies and focusing on what matters: getting great work out the door.

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Rebuilding and redesigning WordPress sites in Webflow, guided by mockups and creative direction
• Building B2B marketing websites: homepage, features, pricing, and content pages
• Creating responsive, on-brand email templates (Marketo, Hubspot, Mailchimp)
• Collaborating with art directors and account managers to solve problems fast and beautifully
• Handling minor tweaks, quick client changes, and “that wasn’t in the brief” surprises with ease
• Sometimes supporting conversion landing pages using Unbounce or InstaPage
• Testing your work in Litmus or across devices to ensure top performance

✅ Must-Haves

• Strong Webflow experience (show us your work!)
• Previous work with WordPress
• Solid grasp of HTML and CSS—you know what’s under the hood
• Email template experience (hand-coded + builder tools like Marketo/Hubspot)
• Fluent, responsive communicator with great time management skills
• Based in the United States and freelancing full-time (no side-giggers, please)

🚀 You’re a Great Fit If…

• You care about the details. That typo? You saw it. That off-kilter padding? You fixed it.
• You’re curious, coachable, and fast on the uptake
• You’re not afraid to color outside the lines when the client changes the picture
• You love creating structure, clarity, and elegance in code—and pushing your craft

🛠 How It Works

• Remote (U.S. only)
• 10–40 hours/week depending on project flow
• Account managers manage scope, clients, and chaos
• Art directors provide design guidance
• Senior developers are available for help with complex logic or integrations

💻 Web Developer

by Terrance Ellis | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Location: Remote (U.S. only)
Type: Full-Time
Team: Engineering

🧾 About the Role

Givzey is seeking a versatile, Python-fluent Web Developer to join our fast-growing, mission-driven team revolutionizing nonprofit fundraising. You’ll contribute to building and refining web applications that make giving easier, faster, and smarter—empowering fundraisers and transforming donor engagement.

🌱 About Givzey

We’re a Boston-based startup that created the first Gift Agreement Platform—designed by fundraisers, for fundraisers. Our platform helps nonprofits streamline pledges, secure giving, and boost year-round forecasting, all while delivering an elevated donor experience.

Our stack: Linux • Python • Flask • React • PostgreSQL • AWS

🔧 What You’ll Do

• Write clean, testable code across the stack (front-end + back-end)
• Design and implement intuitive user interfaces with HTML/CSS best practices
• Troubleshoot, debug, and maintain existing applications
• Integrate back-end services and streamline data flow
• Support feature development to meet customer needs
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, founders, and customers
• Stay up to date with industry trends and security practices
• Document code and systems for long-term support

🎯 Who You Are

• US Citizen with 2+ years of professional web development experience
• Proficient in Python, with experience in Flask or Django
• Confident with JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, and web design principles
• Detail-driven with strong communication and teamwork skills
• Self-motivated and agile in fast-paced environments
• Bonus: Experience supporting nonprofit tech or customer-facing development

🤝 Why Givzey?

• Direct impact: Help build tech that supports causes that matter
• Startup culture: Fast, flexible, and mission-aligned
• Collaboration-first: Work cross-functionally with a passionate team
• Innovation: We’re not just building tools—we’re changing how fundraising works