Wix Website Specialist – Independent Contractor

PLEASE NOTE:
This position requires Wisconsin residency with a strong preference for residents in southeastern Wisconsin.

Position Type:Independent Contractor

Compensation:$100 per hour

Estimated

Hours:

Approximately 1–2 hours per week, on average

Primary

Location:

Remote (However, onsite workspace is available during regular business hours.)

COA Youth & Family Centers nurtures children, supports families, and builds strong and resilient communities – one child, one family, one community at a time.

COA Youth & Family Centers seeks a skilled, creative, and detail-oriented Wix Website Specialist to provide ongoing maintenance, updates, and technical support for the organization’s website. This is an independent contractor engagement requiring approximately 1–2 hours per week at a rate of $100 per hour.

The Wix Specialist will collaborate with designated COA staff to ensure the website remains accurate, engaging, accessible, user-friendly, and reflective of COA’s mission, programs, and community impact.

The ideal contractor is highly proficient in the Wix platform, responsive to requests, proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement, and capable of working independently while managing time efficiently and meeting agreed-upon deadlines.

• Website Maintenance:Maintain and update COA’s Wix website, ensuring content, images, links, forms, and other website elements remain accurate, current, and functional.
• Content Management:Add, edit, and publish website content, including program descriptions, announcements, events, news, and other organizational information as requested.
• Website Design and User
  
  Experience:
  
  Implement minor design and layout improvements to enhance visual appeal, navigation, mobile responsiveness, and consistency with COA’s branding.
• Technical Support:Troubleshoot and resolve website issues, including broken links, formatting inconsistencies, and functionality concerns.
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO):Apply basic SEO best practices to improve website visibility and help community members, prospective participants, and supporters find COA online.
• Website Accessibility:Support accessibility best practices to ensure website content is usable by individuals with varying abilities and across multiple devices.
• Website Functionality:Create, update, and maintain online forms, donation links, registration links, buttons, and other interactive website features.
• Website Performance:Periodically review website functionality, performance, and analytics, recommending practical improvements when appropriate.
• Collaboration and Communication:Coordinate with designated COA staff to prioritize requests, provide timely updates, and complete projects within agreed-upon timelines.
• Security and Platform Updates:Monitor relevant Wix platform updates and recommend improvements to maintain website functionality, reliability, and security.
• Continuous Improvement:Proactively identify and recommend cost-effective enhancements that strengthen COA’s online presence and support its mission.
• Additional Services:Perform other website-related services as mutually agreed upon within the contracted scope of work.

• Must have all technology/equipment required to be successful.
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience with the Wix website platform required.
• Must reside in the State of Wisconsin. (Southeast Wisconsin, preferred.)
• Experience with website design, content management, and basic SEO practices preferred.
• Familiarity with website accessibility and mobile-responsive design preferred.
• Ability to independently manage assignments and meet agreed-upon deadlines.
• Experience supporting nonprofit organizations is a plus.

• Commitment to COA’s mission and core…