About This Role
Designing and building websites for building trades and workplace organizations is the core of this role, creating the public face of unions, training institutes, and apprenticeship programs. This position suits a Web Designer who can create clear, modern, mobile-first sites and be a trusted teammate within a full-service marketing and communications agency.
Responsibilities
- Design and build client websites, from wireframe through launch, for union Locals, JATCs, and related organizations
- Hold the quality bar for every site, meeting BMA's standards for accessibility, speed, security, SEO, and cross-browser performance before going live
- Deliver on time and communicate early, hitting agreed milestones and flagging risks promptly
- Maintain, update, and improve live sites using analytics and client feedback
- Strengthen the team and the system by documenting processes, building reusable templates and components, and helping BMA improve with every project
- Turn discovery notes and client conversations into sitemaps, wireframes, mockups, and working builds
- Build and maintain sites in WordPress, and design the look and feel of member portals and apps, partnering with developers where custom code is needed
- Apply BMA's brand and each client's brand consistently across every design
- Work with the Digital & Print Manager, Client Services, and Projects and Operations on scope, timelines, and revisions
- Connect sites to forms, email platforms, event registration, analytics, and member systems
- Train client staff to update their sites, and answer support requests promptly
- Present designs to clients with a clear reason behind each decision
- Complete quarterly Rocks: one to three priorities set each quarter and tied directly to performance reviews, compensation, and bonuses
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Deep knowledge of WordPress, including themes, plugins, and ongoing maintenance
- Portfolio of web design and build work that shows strong visual design, usability, and attention to detail
- Working familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite
- Working knowledge of responsive design, web accessibility, site speed, and on-page SEO
- Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort presenting work to clients
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines and to ask for help early
Nice to have:
- Experience with page builders such as Divi, Elementor, or WP Bakery
- Agency or client-services experience
- Experience with forms, email marketing, analytics, and event registration tools
- Familiarity with member management or union systems and with building trades, union, or nonprofit audiences
- Basic video, motion, or photo-editing skills
- Interest in using AI tools responsibly to work faster without lowering quality
Benefits
- Health coverage: medical, dental, and vision through the IUPAT (100% employer paid - a value of $18.5k) + an HRA card to cover all plan covered out-of-pocket expenses up to the plan limit ($5k for individual, $10k per family)
- Retirement: Annuity plan through IUPAT District Council 6 (50/50 split employer/employee at 100% match - another $3,328.00 in value)
- Waiting period: benefits begin after 90 days of employment
- Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve. A holiday on a Saturday is observed the Friday before, and one on a Sunday the Monday after.
- Vacation and personal/sick time: 2 weeks of vacation, 1 week of sick/personal time
- Work from home: one day per week after one year of service with good performance reviews. Otherwise, approved on a case-by-case basis as needed.
Important Details
- Locations: BMA office in Hudson, OH (temporarily in Downtown Willoughby, OH until an estimated Q3 2027)
- Work format: hybrid work agreement can be arranged until Q3 2027
Application Process
- Send your resume, a link to your portfolio, and a short note telling us about a project you are proud of and why
- Tell us what kind of leader you want to be
- Portfolio review (no interview)
- Two conversations about Core Values, Character, and Seat
- Group lunch with the team to assess team fit
- Final interview over dinner with the ownership of BMA Media
About the Company
BMA Media Group is a full-service marketing and communications agency specializing in content for building trades and workplace organizations. Their clients include international unions, training institutes, local unions, and apprenticeship programs, with work spanning brand, web, video, print, events, and campaigns.
