WordPress Designer with UX and SEO Focus

Sabitha S Karanavar -WordPress Designer

516-***-**** *****************@*****.*** Stamford, Connecticut, United States https://linkedin.com/in/sabithask-webdeveloper

SUMMARY

Creative and detail-oriented WordPress Designer with 5+ years of professional and volunteer experience designing, developing, and maintaining WordPress websites that enhance user engagement and align with organizational goals. Skilled in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, with a strong background in graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite) and website optimization. Adept at improving performance, accessibility, and SEO compliance for academic and non-profit organizations. Passionate about creating digital experiences that reflect brand identity and support institutional priorities. SKILLS

Web Technologies : WordPress, HTML5, CSS3, JS, PHP, JQuery, ReactJS Design Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Canva, Figma Database : MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server

Other Skills : MailChimp, Visual Studio Code, Github, Bootstrap, Marketing, Domain Management, Web Hosting, Version Control Systems, Web Design, Web Accessibility Standards, SEO Soft Skills Collaboration, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Management WORK EXPERIENCE

WORDPRESS DESIGNER - MASCONN May '19 — Present

United States

Masconn is a non-profit cultural organization serving the Connecticut area. Lead the redesign and ongoing maintenance of a non-profit organization’s WordPress website, ensuring compliance with accessibility and responsive design standards. Collaborate with leadership to align web content and visual design with organizational mission and branding. Manage hosting relationships, troubleshoot performance and security issues, and maintain CMS updates, plugins, and version control.

Designed and implemented user-friendly front-end features using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, improving engagement and reducing bounce rate.

Diagnosed and resolved SEO indexing issues that resulted in a 30% increase in organic traffic within three months. Created graphics and promotional web banners using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to support community campaigns and digital communications.

ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - RESORT ROUTE Feb '12 — Apr '13 India

Resort Route was a Bangalore based travel agency affiliated service based website for tourism content and bookings. Developed and maintained responsive web applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL for a tourism service platform.

Designed new landing pages, optimized UX/UI, and improved load time performance by 30%. Managed and enhanced multiple WordPress websites, implementing content updates, metadata, and plugin integrations.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure design consistency and SEO best practices. Provided mentorship and technical guidance to junior developers to improve code quality and efficiency. EDUCATION

Master's in Computer Science, Kerala University, India Jan '08 — Dec '11 Bachelor in Science, M.G University, India Jan '05 — Dec '08 PROJECTS

WordPress CMS Customization & Maintenance, MASCONN ( https://masconn.org/ ) Present Customized and maintained WordPress CMS, ensuring optimal performance, user experience and SEO best practices. Responsive Web Application Development and Optimization Developed a fully responsive web application and managed content updates and design improvements for an service website, optimizing accessibility and performance. CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS

PHP For WordPress Certification (2021)

Office Readiness Series Training(2021)

Swift Fundamentals Training(2023)

Frontend Web Development Training (2024)

Currently, Cybersecurity (2025)

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