Crave Locally

Crave Locally is building a digital agri-tourism discovery and booking platform. With support from a Loudoun County tourism grant, we’re onboarding 135 wineries, farms, and lodging destinations to create a transparent, inclusive, and easy-to-use platform for exploration and booking. From family outings and pet-friendly escapes to corporate retreats and wellness getaways, Crave Locally makes it simple to discover and book the perfect local experience. Join us in shaping the region’s most trusted digital hub for agri-tourism and unlock the best of Loudoun.

We are looking for a Junior UI/UX Developer who can help bring our platform to life. You’ll collaborate closely with our design-minded co-founder (who has a sharp eye for aesthetics), and work mostly on  front-end with some middle-to-back-end tweaks that make the user journey seamless. This is a contract (1099) opportunity with potential for ongoing work and growth.

• Implement intuitive, attractive UI/UX for our WordPress-based platform (Spectra + ACF Pro).
• Assist with front-end design: page layouts, mobile responsiveness, and ensuring consistency with brand guidelines.
• Support plugin integration tasks like Jet Smart Filters for detailed vendor search, or tweaks to our custom Crave Locally plugin.
• Collaborate on user flows for event booking, vendor pages, and membership experiences.
• Work with existing plugins (LatePoint, SureCart, Gravity Forms, Yoast, etc.) to refine functionality and enhance usability.
• Assist in light QA and troubleshooting (browser quirks, plugin conflicts, etc.).
  

• WordPress on VPS (ScalaHosting, PHP 8.4, MariaDB).
• Core Plugins: ACF Pro, Jet Smart Filters, SureCart, Gravity Forms, Blog2Social, Spectra, and a custom Crave Locally plugin.
• Git/Bitbucket for version control.
• Cloudflare + Wordfence for security, MailerLite for email, and Zapier for light integrations.
  

• Basic experience in front-end web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP).
• Experience with WordPress theme development, page builders, and custom fields.
• Experience with relational databases, PHP/Python to develop websites (class projects count).
• Motivated to learn by doing and comfortable in a startup environment where things move fast and sometimes break.
• Design eye and endeavor to deliver a smooth UX both functionally and aesthetically
  

• Familiarity with plugin customization (ACF, Gravity Forms, Jet Smart Filters).
• Comfort with version control (Bitbucket/Git).
• Interest in agritourism, local experiences, or data-driven marketplaces.
  

• Contract role, paid via 1099.
• Rate based on experience.
• Initial workload project-based; may expand with company growth.
• Flexible schedule – work can be done on weekdays or weekends based on mutual availability.
  

• A chance to build a product from zero to scale with real impact
• Be part of a growing mission-driven startup focused on inclusive, sustainable tourism
• Flexible hours, remote-friendly collaboration, and lots of creative freedom
• Visibility as a founding team member with potential for equity/ownership
• An inspiring mission—making agri-tourism more inclusive, transparent, and easy to explore
  

This role is project-based and offered as an independent contractor (1099) opportunity. Crave Locally is an equal opportunity collaborator and supports flexible work arrangements.