Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary)

Job Title: Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary)
Department: Communications
Classification: Non-Exempt
Grade: 10
FTE/Working Schedule: 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)

Duration: Through December 2026

Position Overview:

Carleton College is launching a new standard website theme to enhance consistency, accessibility, and user experience across all 600+ sites. This project is a crucial step in ensuring our academic departments, administrative offices, and student organizations have intuitive and on-brand web presences. The Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary) will play a key bridge-building role in this effort, working closely with ITS, Communications, and site maintainers to transition and optimize sites for the new theme. This is a one-year position, with the option for remote or hybrid work.

Compensation:

The expected starting hourly range for this position is between $28.15 and $29.10. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with site maintainers to audit and prepare their sites for the theme migration, focusing on content quality, organization, and visual appeal.

• Conduct technical and accessibility QA on new sites, addressing issues such as broken links, missing alt-text, and proper heading structure to ensure compliance with WCAG standards

• Partner with site owners to re-organize and simplify site navigation and content, leveraging the new web design blocks to improve user experience.

• In partnership with the web analytics and training strategist, contribute to training and support materials that empower site maintainers to manage their sites independently.

• Provide ad-hoc design and content support to site maintainers throughout the migration process

Education/Experience/Skills: 

Required: 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, ideally with degree or coursework in computer science, design, and/or communications.

• Minimum of 6-12 months of web writing and editing and front-end website design experience.

• Proficiency with web design tools such as Figma for visualizing design changes.

• Practical experience with content management systems, specifically WordPress, and a solid understanding of HTML.

• Demonstrated knowledge of UX/UI best practices and a strong user-first mindset.

• Understanding of web accessibility requirements, including WCAG.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and work collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders, from technical staff to non-technical site maintainers.

• Attention to detail.

• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to track progress on multiple sites simultaneously and meet deadlines.

• Curiosity and empathy.

• Ability to learn new technologies as needed.

Preferred: 

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, to be able to create visual assets for pages when needed.

• Experience working within a distributed web model or a large-scale web migration project is highly desirable.

Must have the ability to understand and follow written and oral work instructions, operations, safety procedures, and hazardous labels. 

Note: This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. 

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.

Carleton College is an AA/EEO Employer: We are committed to developing our staff to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Carleton also offers a robust suite of benefits including: A generous 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% employer contribution and 2% employee contribution. Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Paid time-off, including 15 vacation days, 8 paid holidays, 3, floating holidays, 2 weather days, and extra days at the end