Job Title: WordPress / Website Guru (Contractor)

Department: Corporate Education & Brand

Location: Remote US

Our Mission: 

To build a viable long-lasting health care organization that assumes full responsibility for designing, developing, trial enrollment, regulatory approval and commercializing patient, physician, caregiver, payor, and societal friendly medicinal therapy intended to improve quality of life, increase potential duration of life and resolve serious medical healthcare needs. We will accomplish this by building a team of world class scientists and business administrators tWorhat apply themselves to this mission. 

Summit Activities: 

We have in-licensed ivonescimab (SMT-112), which is a novel, potential first-in-class investigational bispecific antibody combining the effects of immunotherapy via a blockade of PD-1 with the anti-angiogenesis effects associated with blocking VEGF into a single molecule taking advantage of cooperative binding between the two. We initiated multiple phase-III clinical studies in the following Lung cancer indications: 

• Ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated, locally advanced, or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed after treatment with a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) (“HARMONi”) 

• Ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy in first-line metastatic squamous NSCLC patients (“HARMONi-3”) 
  Ivonescimab is an investigational therapy that is not approved by any regulatory authority. It is currently being investigated in Phase III clinical studies. 

Overview: The WordPress / Website Guru oversees the management, maintenance, and optimization of our SMMTTX.com WordPress-based website. Their responsibilities typically include: 

Key Responsibilities Overview: 

1. Website Development: Leading or overseeing the functionality of our WordPress website, ensuring it meets with the functionality requirements. 

1. Content Management: Managing content updates, including publishing new content, editing existing content, and ensuring consistency in style and formatting. 

1. Plugin and Theme Management: Selecting, installing, updating, and managing plugins and themes to ensure security, performance, and functionality. 

1. Performance Optimization: Monitoring website performance metrics, such as speed and responsiveness, and implementing optimizations to improve user experience and search engine rankings. 

1. Security Management: Working with IT to ensure there are security measures to protect the website from threats such as malware, hacking, and data breaches. This may involve regular security audits, updates, and backups. 

1. SEO (Search Engine Optimization): Implementing SEO best practices to improve the website’s visibility and ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs). 

1. Analytics and Reporting: Analyzing website traffic, user behavior, and other relevant metrics using tools like Google Analytics, and providing regular reports to stakeholders. 

1. Collaboration: Working closely with designers, developers, content creators, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals and objectives. 

1. Stay Updated: Keeping up-to-date with the latest WordPress developments, trends, and best practices to continuously improve website performance and functionality. 

Qualifications: 

1. Proficiency in WordPress: Deep understanding of WordPress CMS (Content Management System), including its core functionalities, themes, plugins, and customization options. 

1. Web Development Skills: Strong proficiency in web development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, which are commonly used in WordPress theme and plugin development. 

1. Theme Development: Experience in creating custom WordPress themes from scratch or modifying existing themes to meet specific design and functionality requirements. 

1. Plugin Development: Ability to develop custom WordPress plugins to extend functionality or address specific needs not met by existing plugins. 

1. WordPress Customization: Expertise in customizing WordPress websites using themes, plugins, custom code, and other tools to achieve desired design and functionality. 

1. Responsive Design: Knowledge of responsive web design principles and techniques to ensure websites display optimally across various devices and screen sizes. 

1. SEO (Search Engine Optimization): Understanding of SEO best practices and techniques to optimize WordPress websites for better visibility and ranking in search engine results. 

1. Security Best Practices: Familiarity with WordPress security best practices, including securing login credentials, implementing security plugins, and keeping WordPress core, themes, and plugins up-to-date. 

1. Performance Optimization: Ability to optimize WordPress websites for speed and performance, including minimizing page load times, optimizing images, and implementing caching techniques. 

1. Troubleshooting Skills: Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving technical issues, such as plugin conflicts, database errors, and compatibility issues, to ensure smooth operation of WordPress websites. 

1. Communication and Collaboration: Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with clients, team members, and stakeholders to understand requirements, provide updates, and address feedback. 

1. Continuous Learning: Willingness to stay updated with the latest WordPress developments, trends, and best practices through self-learning, online resources, and professional development opportunities. 

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