WordPress Developer for Online High School Website

Bring a bold, fully envisioned online high school website to life and help shape the digital future of a growing education brand. We have already created detailed ChatGPT website mockups to communicate our content, structure, branding, and user-experience vision; now we need an expert WordPress developer or agency to elevate that vision and build it into a polished, high-performing production website. This is a completely new website development project, not the repair, rescue, or completion of an existing website. The ChatGPT mockups are a creative and strategic blueprint that expresses our vision; they are not finished production code or a rigid technical specification. The selected developer will be expected to interpret the mockups thoughtfully, recommend improvements, and use professional judgment to strengthen the design, usability, functionality, accessibility, performance, security, and long-term maintainability of the final website. Deliverables • Download and compile website content into a editable PDF • Ensure the PDF is visually appealing and professional • Key Responsibilities 1. Interpret and enhance the vision. Study the ChatGPT mockups, content, brand direction, audiences, and goals; recommend the most logical placement and sequence for each section, message, image, form, and call-to-action (CTA) button to create an intuitive viewer journey and stronger interaction. 2. Lead technical discovery and architecture. Recommend the most appropriate WordPress architecture, theme or custom-development approach, plugin stack, reusable component system, hosting requirements, and launch workflow. 3. Develop the new WordPress website. Build the website from the ground up using clean, stable, maintainable WordPress practices and a consistent visual design system. 4. Transform the mockups into production pages. Use the ChatGPT-generated mockups as the visual and content blueprint, refining them into responsive, accessible, production-ready pages and reusable components. 5. Implement SEO-focused content. Review and refine website content so priority search keywords are incorporated naturally into page titles, headings, body copy, URLs, metadata, image alt text, internal links, and schema where appropriate - without keyword stuffing. 6. Integrate content, CTAs, and forms. Format all approved content with strong hierarchy and connect every website form to the designated official website email addresses. Configure SMTP, confirmations, autoresponders, spam protection, and end-to-end submission testing to verify reliable delivery. 7. Deliver responsive UX across platforms. Optimize the site for desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile screen sizes, current major browsers, and common operating systems so the experience remains consistent and fully functional. 8. Optimize performance and security. Improve speed, image delivery, caching, code quality, and Core Web Vitals while configuring updates, backups, SSL, permissions, spam protection, and recovery procedures. 9. Conduct launch QA. Test links, forms, menus, dropdowns, responsive behavior, visual consistency, accessibility basics, analytics readiness, and production configuration. 10. Deploy and hand off. Launch the completed site within the 21-day deadline, provide a verified backup/rollback path, and deliver concise administrator documentation. 11. Support the site after launch. Be available for an ongoing maintenance, security, update, and performance engagement under a separately agreed retainer.