Web Developer

The Strategic Enrollment Communications and Marketing unit is seeking a dynamic Web Developer to manage and maintain all Enrollment Management division websites, liaison with university partners providing or creating content, and effectively track communication campaigns and website traffic. 

Reporting to the Director of Strategic Enrollment Communications and Marketing, the Web Developer is responsible for maintaining all Enrollment Management websites and making timely updates and necessary changes to the sites’ content including the majors lists, event calendars, agendas, photos, videos, related news, and important information.  The Web Developer collaborates with Enrollment Management communicators and the Slate Administrator to develop Slate hosted web pages, forms, and email templates to effectively gather information and communicate with prospective students, families, and other targets.  The Web Developer creates UTM codes to track the success of email marketing efforts and runs regular Google Analytics reports to update the SECM unit on website and email performance.  Other duties include assisting with the development of multimedia projects for use on Enrollment Management websites and social media platforms.   

Demonstrated experience using Content Management Systems (CMS) and web technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript. Proficiency using jQuery and Bootstrap. Demonstrated experience in creating and testing secure and responsive web-design and web-accessible technologies and associated best-practices. Experience as webmaster to include site optimization, analytics, and content management. Demonstrated experience in software such as Adobe Creative Suite. Experience working within strict branding guidelines. Experience in planning and decision making at a complex level. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working effectively with colleagues in Enrollment Management and its member units along with other university departments, student workers, and vendors. Ability to communicate effectively with the public. Must be able to safely move and handle up to 40 lbs.|

Degree or certificate in computer science, programming or development. Experience in using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Experience using Adobe Lightroom, Premier Pro/Rush, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Demonstrated or working understanding of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), web-marketing campaigning, Google Analytics 4/Adwords, Google Tag Manager including UTM tracking, and Google Data Studio. Working knowledge of PHP, Apache and SQL-based databases. Working knowledge of GIT. Experience in enterprise-level social media best-practices and aggregators such as Falcon. Experience in admissions and/or other customer-focused higher education environments.

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Regular

Review Date

11/30/2022

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

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