Web Content & Design Specialist; Temporary

Position: Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary)
Location: Northfield

## Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary)
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Carleton College Campus time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
R-01526
*
* Job Title:

** Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary)   
** Department:
** Communications   
** Classification:
** Non-Exempt   
** Grade:
** 10   
** FTE/Working

Schedule:

** 0.74 FTE estimated (40 hours/week)
** Duration:
** Through February 2027

Position Overview:

Carleton College is launching a new standard website theme to enhance consistency, accessibility, and user experience across all 600+ sites. This project is a crucial step in ensuring our academic departments, administrative offices, and student organizations have intuitive and on-brand web presences. The Web Content & Design Specialist (Temporary) will play a key bridge-building role in this effort, working closely with ITS, Communications, and site maintainers to transition and optimize sites for the new theme.

This is a temporary position working 40 hours/week through February 2027. This position is eligible for remote or hybrid work.

Compensation:

The expected starting hourly range for this position is between $28.75 and $29.70. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with site maintainers to
** audit and prepare
** their sites for the theme migration, focusing on content quality, organization, and visual appeal.
* ** Conduct technical and accessibility QA
** on new sites, addressing issues such as broken links, missing alt-text, and proper heading structure to ensure compliance with WCAG standards
* ** Partner with site owners
** to re-organize and simplify site navigation and content, leveraging the new web design blocks to improve user experience.
* In partnership with the web analytics and training strategist,
** contribute to training and support materials
** that empower site maintainers to manage their sites independently.
* ** Provide ad-hoc design and content support
** to site maintainers throughout the migration process

Education/Experience/

Skills:

* Required:

*
* ** Bachelor's degree
** or equivalent full-time professional experience, ideally with degree or coursework in computer science, design, and/or communications.
* Minimum of 6-12 months of web writing and editing and front-end website design experience.
* ** Proficiency with web design tools
** such as Figma for visualizing design changes.
* ** Practical experience
** with content management systems, specifically
** Word Press**, and a solid understanding of HTML.
* ** Demonstrated knowledge of UX/UI best practices
** and a strong user-first mindset.
* Understanding of web
** accessibility requirements**, including WCAG.
* ** Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills**, with the ability to build rapport and work collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders, from technical staff to non-technical site maintainers.
* ** Attention to detail.**
* ** Strong organizational and project management skills**, with the ability to track progress on multiple sites simultaneously and meet deadlines.
* ** Curiosity and empathy.
*** Ability to
** learn new technologies
** as needed.
* Preferred:
** Proficiency in
** Adobe Creative Cloud**, specifically Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, to be able to create visual assets for pages when needed.
* ** Experience working within a distributed web model
** or a large-scale web migration project is highly desirable.
* Must have the ability to understand and follow written and oral work instructions, operations, safety procedures, and hazardous labels.

* Note:

This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
** Review of applications
** begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete.
* We accept only online applications.
* Carleton College is an AA/EEO

Employer:

We are committed to developing our staff to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
** Carleton also offers a robust suite of benefits including:
** A generous 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% employer contribution and 2% employee contribution. Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Paid time-off, including 25 annual leave days, 8 paid holidays, and extra days at the end of the calendar year to make a continuous week off before New Year’s. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees. A dependent tuition program after six years of service.
* Founded in 1866,
* Carleton College
* is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of roughly 2,000 students located in the historic river town of
* Northfield, Minnesota.
* Carleton College occupies more than 1,000 scenic acres of campus, arboretum, over 100 campus buildings, and…