Your agency has the strategy and the client relationship. I can help with the development work that turns the plan into a working website.
I’m Paul Kragthorpe. I have been developing websites since 2001 and have experience working with marketing agencies and small businesses on full builds, technical improvements, and the smaller tasks that keep client work moving.
Development support for your client projects
- WordPress theme and template development
- Landing pages built from an approved design and copy
- Technical SEO implementation: headings, metadata, redirects, and internal links
- Page speed investigation and improvements
- Mobile layout, browser, and form repairs
- Content updates and ongoing development task lists
Bring a defined brief or a problem that needs investigation. We can scope a contained first task before deciding how a continuing arrangement should work.
A process that fits your agency
For each project, we agree on the deliverables, estimate, deadline, access, and review process. Availability is confirmed before a delivery date is committed.
If you need a developer behind the scenes, we can discuss that arrangement. If a direct technical conversation with your team or client would help, we can agree on communication and approval responsibilities up front.
You get a clear explanation of what changed and what needs review. Consolidated feedback and a named person who can approve the work help keep the project moving.
Hourly development without hiring a full-time employee
The standard rate is $120 per hour in USD, billed in 15-minute increments. There is no required monthly retainer. For a larger task list or recurring work, we can discuss the scope and capacity you need before starting.
That gives your agency a way to bring in development help for actual work, whether it is one client issue or a planned project. See the pricing and scoping details.
A brief your account manager can use
Start with one contained task to see how we work together. Here is an illustrative brief for a landing-page change:
Website / page: [the URL] Desired result: Replace the hero with the approved design and copy. Materials: [design link], [approved copy], [supplied images] Acceptance checks: Layout at phone and desktop widths; CTA reaches the agreed destination. Deadline: [date and reason] Reviewer: [one named person who consolidates feedback] Budget: Confirm an estimate or an investigation limit before starting. Communication: Through the agency; direct client contact only if agreed.
What comes back to your team
- A review link or the agreed live change, with the work clearly identified.
- A summary of relevant layout, navigation, form, or integration checks performed.
- Time used, anything outside the scope, and the next approval needed.
See the sample Website Repair Receipt. It gives an account manager something concrete to review and pass along.
Agree on the working arrangement
We define whether work stays behind the scenes, who can approve changes, and whether a direct client conversation is useful. Your agency keeps the strategy and client relationship. Development capacity and delivery dates are confirmed for the task; recurring work can have its own agreed cadence.
Send the first task
The most useful first message includes the website, requested outcome, relevant design or audit, platform, and real deadline. Please leave credentials out of the initial inquiry; access can be arranged after the work is assessed.
For a practical guide to the relationship, read how agencies can work with a freelance developer without the bottlenecks.
Send your first development task, and let’s talk about what your team needs.
WordPress and Sanity implementation
Choose WordPress development for theme and template work, WordPress updates for an existing client site, or Sanity CMS development for structured content and a separate frontend. The brief determines the right scope.
Put your SEO recommendations into practice
Keep the strategy and client relationship with your agency while I handle the defined development work. See technical SEO implementation for agency and business websites for the kinds of changes we can scope.