Optimizing Squarespace Photo Site's PageSpeed

Squarespace Photography pagespeed Optimization Project

Objective:
I’m looking for an experienced Squarespace pagespeed expert to significantly improve the performance and speed of a photography website without breaking functionality or reducing image quality.

Project Requirements

Platform: Squarespace

Site Type: Photography portfolio site

Scope: All pages (Homepage + all subpages)

Main Tasks:

Optimize website performance and loading speed across all pages.

Maintain existing site design, functionality, and image quality.

Implement best practices for lazy loading, compression, and caching where possible.

Ensure responsive and mobile friendly performance remains intact.

Performance Goals:

Achieve high PageSpeed Insights scores (desktop & mobile).

Achieve high GTmetrix scores (A grade).

Additional Requirement:

Must use a German VPN during the project to test real world performance from Germany (target audience location).

Timeline

Project must be completed within 5 days of acceptance.

Ideal Freelancer

Strong experience with Squarespace performance optimization.

Knowledge of image optimization without quality loss.

Familiar with core web vitals, PageSpeed Insights, and GTmetrix best practices.

Communicative and detail oriented.

Deliverables

Fully optimized Squarespace site with improved core web vitals

Before/after performance reports (PageSpeed & GTmetrix)

List of implemented optimizations

If this sounds like a project you can confidently handle, please include:

Relevant past Squarespace performance projects

Estimated time and approach

Confirmation that you can use a German VPN