Director, Digital Experience Group

Overview

Working Title Director, Digital Experience Group

Department Office of University Communication-0852

Description Of Work

The Director, Digital Experience Group leads the overall direction and strategy of the university’s owned digital media, including:

• Coordination with University Communications and Marketing (UComm) and other marketing staff to support the overall communication priorities of the university;
• Development of accessible content-authoring and publishing applications to support all university units;
• Oversight of design of the university’s brand in digital environments;
• Facilitation of communication, collaboration and governance within the university web community.

As leader of the Digital Experience Group ( DXG ), this position cultivates and grows the central digital communications team and the overall web community at UNL, defines the priorities and strategies for the institution’s ‘digital campus’ , and helps align the efforts of the content creators and strategists, as well as frontend and backend developers across the University.

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• Bachelor’s degree in communication, computer science, business or related field plus five years experience building user-centered websites required; additional years of relevant experience or completed relevant education may substitute for required education/experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Management experience organizing and facilitating efforts of teams with varying skill sets
• Knowledge of current technologies used in web and new media communication, including hosting platforms, file types, and coding and markup languages such as HTML, CSS
• Knowledge of issues affecting higher ed digital environments, including accessibility, analytics and usability, audience research methods and reporting, and quality considerations such as optimization, stability and performance.

• Knowledge of Content Management Systems (Drupal preferred)
• Knowledge of JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.
• Experience managing larger teams (ex; 7 employees)
• Previous experience managing a developer team.
• Previous experience in digital governance.
• Broad knowledge of communications and marketing in a higher ed environment.

Posted Salary $90,000/yr. minimum