Web Developer Job at McHenry County College

McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL 60012

Work Week

This is an on-site position.

40 Hours | Flexible schedule to meet department needs to include possible evenings and weekends.

Position Summary

Produce, modify, and maintain the College web and social media presence, including user interface, responsive design, and content management.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

Makes decisions to improve and update responsive design for all devices as technology evolves

Ensure that the College website(s) meets AA (double A) standards as applied to web accessibility requirements, and that those sites display well on a variety of devices

Work with the Content Marketing Writer to produce new content and repurpose existing content, utilizing best practices in writing for the web and valid standards compliant code

Apply search engine optimization (SEO) knowledge to optimize web content to ensure search engine viability

Conduct regular usability testing to ensure a cohesive, functional, and dynamic website

Collaborate with internal clients to produce and edit appropriate content for posting, updating, or correcting online information as necessary

Maintain documentation and provide reports of website and social media activity, including analytics and tagging

Collaborate with College departments to ascertain the completeness, accuracy, relevance, timeliness of data, and information posted on the MCC website for audit and verification purposes

Assist other College departments with advertising, marketing, recruiting, retention, and fundraising through online strategy

Partner with Coordinator of Web Strategy to establish guidelines for MCC?s web and social presence

Support the Coordinator of Web Strategy and the Executive Director of Marketing and Creative Services on web initiatives and budgets

Work with Information Technology department on web-related security issues

Work with graphic design team to align look/feel of website and social media with other print communication channels

Manage content and administration of college Intranet for employees (in collaboration with IT)

Demonstrate an understanding of project management methodology and utilize project management concepts and resources in executing daily work

Demonstrate the ability to approach complex problems and deliver appropriate solutions

Support and assist in the College's academic mission, marketing, and promotional campaigns

Produce and edit content for social media, including some video, and monitor social media properties

Manage and monitor paid advertising campaigns on social media channels

Produce content for digital signage

Assist in developing and executing a comprehensive social media plan for the College

Plan and implement continuity/disaster recovery of web communications in crisis situations

Operate as administrator of Cascade content management system (CMS), including security (managing users, groups, and roles within the CMS), accessibility checking, managing workflow and publish triggers, and work as liaison with CMS website hosting company

Facilitate Cascade CMS user training and support

Create and configure Cascade CMS templates, including Velocity, a java-based template engine

Troubleshoot Cascade CMS applications and custom-developed tools

Collaborate with third party developers to create custom tools for internal MCC customers (liaison between client, MCC I, and developers)

Provide CSS maintenance and/or support for college partnered tools (e.g., Cascade CMS, Presto, CMS, Lumens, Career Coach, Acalog, PeopleAdmin, and myMCC)

Work collaboratively with others (e.g. colleagues, stakeholders, vendors) to accomplish functions and responsibilities

Assume additional duties as assigned by immediate supervisor

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in Graphic Design/Interactive Design, website development, or equivalent work-related experience. Associate's degree from a regionally accredited institution combined with 6+ years of work experience will be considered

Five years of professional experience in a similar position in a team environment

Extensive experience with web publishing/imaging applications: Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat

Proficient in HTML and CSS

Experience managing website content

Experience managing multiple social media platforms

Demonstrated background in successful teamwork

Extensive knowledge of Cascade server environment




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