[Hiring] dotCMS Content Manager and Front-end Developer @Hunt St

Role Description

We’re looking for a dotCMS Content Manager & Front-End Developer to manage and build pages within our existing headless CMS environment. This role is primarily focused on content and page creation using existing components, with the opportunity to contribute to the improvement and augmentation of existing components and develop entirely new components and front-end user experience once your capability has been confidently established. You’ll play a key role in improving customer journeys, optimising conversions, and supporting campaign and landing page builds in conjunction with the marketing, design and content team and our developer dotCMS and Google full stack partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage pages within dotCMS using existing components
• Create and update content pages aligned with brand and campaign goals
• Develop and optimise landing pages for campaigns and conversions
• Collaborate with marketing and design teams on page structure and user flow
• Support customer journey improvements and conversion optimization initiatives
• Work within a headless CMS setup integrated with Next.js
• Contribute to front-end development where needed (Once capability has been established)

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with dotCMS (page building and content management)
• Experience working in a headless CMS environment
• Working knowledge of React and Next.js
• Ability to understand component-based architecture
• Familiarity with Tailwind or modern CSS frameworks
• Confidence working with props-driven components from an API data source
• Experience with headless CMS design patterns (API-driven content, structured content)
• Awareness of how CMS content maps to frontend components
• Basic debugging skills (reading console errors, understanding when something is a CMS vs frontend issue)
• Strong understanding of UX, customer flows, and conversion optimization
• High attention to detail and ability to follow structured components

Requirements

• Experience with Git version control (branching, commits, pull requests)
• Basic understanding of PR reviews and UAT flow
• Environment awareness — difference between staging and production flows, push publishing
• Understanding of how environments connect to the CMS

Nice to Have

• Experience working with campaign or landing page builds
• Exposure to performance marketing environments

What Success Looks Like

• High-quality, accurate page builds delivered efficiently
• Improved user experience and conversion performance
• Strong collaboration with marketing and design teams
• Well-managed and organized CMS content

Work Arrangement & Expectations

This is a remote role that will be set up as an independent contractor engagement. To ensure alignment and transparency, successful candidates will be expected to:

• Disclose any existing ongoing roles or client work
• Reflect this engagement on their LinkedIn profile (clearly marked as “Independent Contractor”)