Assistant Director of Web Development, UX and Content
San Jose State University
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Posted: 18-Jul-24
Location: San Jose, California
Employment Type:
Full-time
Organization Type:
Higher Education Institution
Internal Number: 540939
The Assistant Director of Web Development, UX and Content plays a critical role in the University Marketing and Communications (UMC) department. Under limited supervision of the Director of Digital Marketing and Communications, the incumbent will ensure that the SJSU website and its top-level subdomains offer website visitors a modern and engaging experience. This will be achieved by collaborating closely with UMC staff and other communications staff/stakeholders throughout SJSU. The incumbent will create web content strategy, develop/write web content, and build webpages as well as analyze website analytics and educate website content authors about our standards, guidelines, and best practices for the web. This role will also be instrumental in conducting user interface and user design assessment, recommendations and implementation; identifying and resolving website bugs; executing the website content strategy; working with stakeholders and vendors to plan and develop new website features; developing and assessing potential avenues for usage of AI for SJSU webpages; and developing the long-term vision for the institute's web presence – in collaboration with UMC team members, SJSU IT and other campus stakeholders.
The Assistant Director will oversee the planning, maintenance, and accessibility of SJSU-owned and generated website content and content-related services; Own process improvement across the department in collaboration with SJSU IT and other campus communications staff/stakeholders; Ensure the layout, positioning, navigation, and look and feel of content is consistent across the university.
SJSU is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
It is the policy of SJSU to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.
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