Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

The Senior Web Developer/Designer and Digital Strategist will help lead the creation, expansion and enhancement of the School of Public Health’s online presence through website development and design, and web content development. As Digital Strategist, this person will help strategize, develop and shepherd digital projects, including school communication and the school’s overall digital strategy.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, designing and maintaining websites for the School of Public Health. Website development involves creating new and maintaining and improving existing CMS-based websites using modern web standards and best practices, including front-end and back-end web programming, database design and development, and maintenance.
• Responsible for building and maintaining key school websites, as well as secondary sites, web templates and related sites as directed.
• Develop and maintain responsive web applications using modern technologies/frameworks; and collaborate with content creators to translate UI/UX designs into functional web pages.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the communications director and team as part of the web development, design and maintenance process.
• Design, program, test, and document web applications used by and for the school.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing applications.
• Work with the communications director to discover needs and establish workflows for school email communications
• Act as project manager for technical solutions; assist in managing software vendors and external service providers; assist in monitoring schedules and taking corrective actions to stay on schedule; cultivate and foster customer service relationships.
• Ensure adherence to university and school standards and act as a source of direction, training and guidance for less experienced staff.
• Provide technical support, user training and documentation for the technical aspects of projects.
• Ensure that all website content is uploaded to the site on a timely basis, refreshed, and updated according to the content schedule, and that information and its design flow adhere to department and brand specifications and is conducive to a user-friendly find/view pattern.
• Maintain cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility so that the website is accessible from a variety of different environments.
• Evaluate all content for its value in search engine optimization (SEO) according to key word frequency, key word density, formatting, etc.
• Produce site traffic analysis and monthly senior management reports and aid in interpreting results and potential impact.
• Implement and adhere to best practices for web development, including SEO, security, and accessibility standards.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Act as liaison to obtain clearance on copyrighted material ensuring all issues are resolved and no personal health information is available or collected on any portion of the site.
• Identify opportunities for professional development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or a table

Equipment

• Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree

Certifications:

No specific certification is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Web Development (3 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

The successful candidate should possess:

• Knowledge of current web standards, design standards and web best practices.
• Experience employing standard practices with regard to the application development life cycle.
• Experience in working with development, test, staging and production environments.
• Demonstrated aptitude for application development using object-oriented, web-based languages.
• Ability to think l