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Crimson Education
Web Development Support Specialist - Capstone
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Crimson Education is hiring a Web Development Support Specialist - Capstone to help high-achieving students build and launch professional, admissions-credible websites tied to their Capstone projects. This is a part-time, remote contractor role supporting students hands-on with frontend implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Highlights
- Guide students through site structure, UX, frontend implementation, and deployment
- Troubleshoot bugs, layout issues, and deployment problems
- Recommend appropriate tools and stacks based on student skill level (e.g. Webflow vs React)
- Requires strong HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals plus experience with a modern framework
- Bachelor degree from a Top 30 U.S. university strongly preferred
- Collaborate with Capstone mentors and ops to align web deliverables with project milestones
- Independent contractor role with no visa sponsorship
Web Development Support Specialist - Capstone Full Description
Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers.
About Crimson Capstone
Crimson Capstone helps high-achieving students design, build, and launch real-world projects that demonstrate leadership, initiative, and impact for top university admissions. Many Capstone projects culminate in a public-facing website—whether that’s a startup landing page, nonprofit site, portfolio, campaign hub, or app frontend.
We’re hiring a Web Development Support Specialist to help students execute professionally, without turning Capstone into a coding bootcamp or overburdening mentors whose expertise is strategic rather than technical.
What You’ll Do
This role is hands-on, student-facing, and outcomes-driven.
- Support Capstone students in building, polishing, and launching websites tied to their projects
- Help students translate a project concept into a clean, admissions-credible web presence
- Provide guidance on site structure & UX, frontend implementation, deployment & hosting, and best practices for performance, accessibility, and professionalism
- Troubleshoot bugs, layout issues, and deployment problems efficiently
- Recommend appropriate tools and stacks based on student skill level (e.g. Webflow vs React)
- Collaborate with Capstone mentors and ops to ensure web deliverables align with project milestones
- Step in during Classic & Elite packages where web/marketing support hours are included
Typical Student Use Cases
- Build a landing page for a nonprofit or social impact initiative
- Launch a basic MVP site for a student startup
- Create a portfolio site (research, art, media, CS projects)
- Deploy a simple web app frontend
- Improve the design and credibility of an existing site before public launch or press
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong frontend fundamentals: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Experience with at least one modern framework or tool (e.g. React, Next.js, Vue, Webflow)
- Comfort with no-code / low-code tools when appropriate (e.g Wix)
- Experience deploying sites (Vercel, Netlify, basic hosting setups)
- Bachelor degree from a Top 30 U.S. university (strongly preferred)
- Ability to debug quickly and explain clearly
- Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical users
- Patient, structured, and student-centered communication style
- Ability to guide without taking over execution
Nice to Have
- UX/UI sensibility (especially for landing pages)
- Familiarity with student projects, startups, nonprofits, or portfolios
- Experience mentoring or tutoring students
- Understanding of what makes a site “admissions-credible” vs. amateur
This is a part-time hourly rate role under independent contractor status. No visa sponsorship is available for this role.
Department: Enrichment | Locations: United States, Remote - USA | Remote status: Fully Remote | Employment type: Contract
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