Web Development Support Specialist - 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.

This role is hands-on, student-facing, and outcomes-driven.

You will:

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

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

This is not just about building sites for students from scratch. It’s about helping students learn just enough, build correctly, and ship something real.

You might help a student:

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

Technical

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

Please note that this is a part-time hourly rate role and this role will be under independent contractor, and we don't sponsor any kind of visas for this role.