Blue Sky Sessionsweb design and development | online marketing | project management

Web Development Internship

Job Description:
Blue Sky Sessions, a small web development firm in Holland, Michigan, is seeking a paid web development intern to start work immediately. The qualified candidate will be internet savvy, self-motivated, willing to learn to work on websites, and committed to delivering quality results.

Qualifications:
At a minimum the candidate will be internet savvy and experienced with using web applications, photo editing software, and be all-around proficient with computers. We will provide some training, but any experience with HTML, CSS, or any of the web programming languages will be bonus. We do not work in Dreamweaver – our code is hand crafted for quality reasons. Good organizational and communication skills also required.

Responsibilities:
The intern will be responsible for conducting updates on websites, formatting web content, performing website maintenance operations, working with analytics data, and other tasks depending on ability. There will also be exposure to the day to day operations of running a small business.

The Details:

• Hours – 15-20+ hours per week, flexible, to be determined
• Pay – $10-12/hour depending on experience
• Term - The position will be open ended for both parties, but we are looking for a minimum 2 month commitment from date of hire.
• Flexibility – At least some of the work required for this position can be done remotely if desired.

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Park Township, on the north side of Holland, MI, has been a satisfied customer of our sister company Worksighted for a long time, so when it was time to redesign their website they trusted that we could do great things for them.

We helped Park Township bring the design of their site up to date, re-organize the content on the site for easy access, and implemented a great content management system to help them keep the site up to date.

Click here to read more about the services we provided to Park Township…

About The Project:

Park Township’s website had not had any professional help in a long time, and maintaining the site using an outdated WYSIWYG offline editor had left the site in a bad state of repair. It was time to make the Park Township site as beautiful as the scenery in the area.

We developed two redesign concepts which eventually resulted in the custom designed template seen on the Park Township site now. We integrated the custom design into an easy to use content management system, and then built out some custom features that let Park Township stay connected with its residents.

Key Features:

• Custom layout design
• Industry standard open source content management system (CMS)
• Custom content management area for information on board meetings
• Events calendar
• Site navigation and organization consulting

Visit Site:

http://parktownship.org

Blue Sky Sessions has worked with Lorence and VanderZwart in the past to build out their site, and they came to us wanting to upgrade their web presence.

We helped them build a dynamic site that will provide a valuable resource for their clients.

Click here to read more about how we worked with Lorence and VanderZwart to meet their goals…

About The Project:

We have been providing Lorence and VanderZwart Advisors with professional grade web services for a number of years. They wanted the Registered Investment Advisors section of their site to attract more return visits, to be a destination for their clients that is fresh and relevant.

Blue Sky Sessions developed a new design for their site bringing it up to date, and then implemented an industry standard content management system (CMS) which will allow them to easily keep the site up to date and relevant to their clients. Their site now is home to live market statistics and an economic outlook report from a respected local economist.

Key Features:

• Custom design
• Content Management with latest news and events integration
• Secure documents area
• Live feed of financial market data

Visit Site:

http://LVZadvisors.com
http://LVZadvisors.com (direct link to redesigned section)

We decided that our old website was not putting our best foot forwards – so we are launching a new site for the new year.

The new BlueSkySessions.com features a cutting edge content management system and is much more dynamic, so we should be able to better show you who we are and what we can do.

Just for fun and posterity, here are some screenshots of the old BlueSkySessions.com:

About The Project:

834 Designs & Marketing wanted to upgrade their website from basic to amazing. They wanted a site that could showcase their logo design work in a dynamic way, and help them stay in touch with their customers.

Blue Sky Sessions developed a blog-centric design featuring social media integration, allowing 834Designs and Marketing to show off some of their recommended marketing strategy on their own site.

Key Features:

• Content Management
• Dynamic Gallery
• Blog
• Social Media Integration (Twitter)
• Custom Design

Visit Site:

http://834design.com

About The Project:

Worksighted is right next door and we work with them on a regular basis to keep their website up-to-date and evolving. In the fall of 2007 we completely redesigned the website and haven’t looked back since. Built on the WordPress platform, the Worksighted website is proof that developing a web strategy and then implementing it can dramatically impact your business.
Our recent focus with Worksighted website has been lead generation. We have completely recoded their site utilizing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques and leveraged Google Adwords advertising to target specific regions and key phrases related to the business.

The results have been astounding; generating an increase in traffic and almost quadrupling leads year to date. The investments have quickly paid for themselves. Just ask us about the key phrases we’ve targeted and how Worksighted’s website ranks in Google searches.

Key Features:

• Custom Design
• Content Management
• Integrated Newsletter
• Organic Search Optimization (SEO)
• Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC)

Visit Site:

http://www.worksighted.com

About The Project:

The Jay Riemersma team wanted to follow the path of many great modern politicians by using The Internet and Social Media tools to connect with voters.

They had a great designer selected, but our content management capabilities and social media consulting expertise made us their choice for implementation. We took their design and made it into a great full featured site that was plugged into all of the greatest social networking and media sites out there.

Key Features

• Design Implementation
• Content Management
• Social Media Consulting
• Twitter Integration
• YouTube channel setup, training, and dynamic on-site video gallery
• Flickr gallery setup, training, and dynamic on-site photo gallery
• Complete Campaigns design integration
• Facebook page setup and training

About The Project:

Blue Sky Sessions has had a great relationship with Hudsonville Ice Cream over the years, so when it was time to give their site a facelift they came straight to us. We worked with their in-house designer to develop a new layout for their site that was consistent with their newest product packaging, and consulted about what kinds of web technology could enhance their web presence.

We developed the new site from the ground up, utilizing Ruby on Rails. The site enhances the customer experience by providing a geocoding store locator, easy navigation, and a ticketing type system for tracking and management of customer communications.

The new features been a hit – the analytics data shows it.

Key Features:

• Design Collaboration
• Custom Content Management
• Store Finder featuring Geolocation and Google Maps

Visit Site:

http://hudsonvilleicecream.com