Chef.fe de projet communication en ligne​/Responsable site web hybride

Join ZHAW as Project Lead for Online Communication (80-100%, hybrid).

• Oversee a state-of-the-art website to enhance ZHAW's reputation.
• Manage website content, ensuring quality and effective communication.
• Lead digital accessibility projects and support online managers.

• Experience in online communication/marketing, ideally in education.
• Excellent knowledge of web design, SEO, and CMS (TYPO3).
• Strong project management, strategic thinking, and agile methods.

Project Manager Online Communication / Website Lead 80-100% (hybrid)

Help shape the digital business card of ZHAW with us!

Department:
Rectorate

Start date:

From July 1, 2026 or by arrangement

• You ensure a target group-appropriate and attractive "state-of-the-art" web presence of ZHAW and thus support the marketing of our offerings as well as reputation building
• You take on the professional responsibility for the website zhaw.ch as well as the cross-departmental management of communication and marketing content as well as web topics/applications and work closely with ICT
• You focus on the further development of the website (UX/UI, structured data, branding implementation) and work in the corresponding project teams
• You professionally lead the online managers in the departments ("train-the-trainer") and lead Web Komm, the exchange forum of the online managers
• Together with the online managers, you develop guidelines, training materials, and other documentation and ensure cross-departmental quality and success measurement
• You optimize website texts for the cross-departmental area of the website in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• You lead the project for the digital accessibility of the website
• You technically support the blog platform
• You act as deputy for the Internal Platform Lead
• You are a committed, humorous, and resilient personality with fresh ideas and a hands‑on mentality who wants to make a difference, possess diplomatic sensitivity, assertiveness, and a high service orientation, and are a team player
• You know what makes good (online) communication and are well versed in state-of-the-art web design, CMS (ideally TYPO3), structured data, accessibility, data protection, SEO, and statistics (Siteimprove and Matomo)
• You can inspire others with your ideas, have a quick grasp, and work independently
• You think and act strategically, have very good skills in conception and project management, and are familiar with agile working methods
• You bring several years of professional experience in a comparable role in a larger company, in the education sector, or in administration
• Your work is based on a solid education/training in (online) communication/marketing
• You have very good German and English skills

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

Corporate Communications formulates and conveys messages to internal and external stakeholders of ZHAW. Our goal is to promote acceptance, understanding, trust, and reputation in favor of ZHAW. The Projects and Services team has cross-departmental professional responsibility for website and intranet, branding, marketing, and CRM. We work closely with the Communication and Marketing team of the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department.

You can expect a collegial team with drive and enthusiasm and a varied range of tasks with many opportunities for design. Your workplace is directly at Winterthur train station.

ZHAW promotes personnel development, offers its employees a flexible annual working time model, and supports the compatibility of family and work.

ZHAW is committed to gender‑mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.

We offer university‑appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Alexandra Wolff

Head of Projects and Services Corporate Communications

Sabrina Leu

Recruiting Manager