Web Designer & Developer

Job Summary

The Advancement Web Designer and Developer reports to the senior director of communications on the donor relations marketing and communications team. This position will be the point person for updating and evolving advancement's giving site, a newly launched website designed to drive donor support for programs, scholarships, and additional funds across the University of Utah and University of Utah Health.

The Advancement Web Designer and Developer will work with advancement colleagues representing the university's various schools, colleges, departments, and programs to ensure that each area's giving page is operating efficiently. Additionally, this role harnesses web design and development experience to build new pages to support philanthropic outreach and awareness for new giving campaigns as they arise—applying user experience and giving best practices for web to create an engaging journey across webpages to secure gifts made in support of the university.

This position will closely collaborate with the Annual Giving web specialist to maintain and develop web functionality, design processes, and data collection with University Advancement's content management system (CMS ), Wordpress. The web developer ensures all web design and development meet brand and industry standards.

To inquire about this posting, email: mailto:employment@utah.edu or call 801-581-2300. Reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation or for further information about University AA/EO policies, please contact the Office of Equal Opportunity

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Annual Giving web specialist to assess and manage project requests

• Determine project timelines and requirements while balancing stakeholder needs, best practices, and marketing strategies

• Ideate and deliver new webpage designs and functionality based on project requirements, wireframes, and prototypes (does this position create the wireframe and prototype?)

• Investigate and resolve issues in website functionality, design, and data collection

• Follow user-centered design principles

• Maintain a consistent, branded look and feel across the website

• Edit photos and graphics for web use, and create responsive image size sets

• Maintain documentation of code and processes to create sustainability and consistency across web projects

• Collaborate with DR MarComm team to curate content as needed for designing new webpages and updating existing pages

• Update news pages with content culled from University of Utah and U of U Health

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring all web content, design, and development meet accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), PCI, and HIPAA requirements.

• Building new CMS components and page templates using HTML and CSS

• Orchestrating site-wide CSS changes that are responsive and accessible

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience). 2-4 years of experience in web design or a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a the web design field.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS Bootstrap framework.

• Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design principles

• Ability to design within the constraints of comprehensive brand guidelines

• Ability to develop and design webpages within the constraints of a CMS

• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA or AAA web accessibility requirements

• Experience editing images for responsiveness

• Willingness to proactively expand skillset to deliver appropriate web solutions

• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills

• Ability to manage workload independently and in alignment with strategic priorities

• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite

Other Preferences:

• Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS Bootstrap framework

• Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design principles

• Ability to design within the constraints of comprehensive brand guidelines

• Ability to develop and design webpages within the constraints of a CMS

• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA or AAA web accessibility requirements

• Experience editing images for responsiveness

• Willingness to proactively expand skillset to deliver appropriate web solutions

• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills

• Ability to manage workload independently and in alignment with strategic priorities

• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite

• Experience working within an agile team

• Experience working in a higher education environment

• Experience managing analytic tools and implementing user-behavior tracking

• Experience with project and team management using Asana, SharePoint, or Teams

Preferences

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN37966B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary:

Department: 00289 - Development

Location: Campus

Pay Rate Range: $60,000 – $70,000

Close Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

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