UX Web Designer & Developer - Student Affairs Creative and Digital Services

UIC is seeking a UX Web Designer & Developer to join our Student Affairs Creative and Digital Services team.  This role will work under general guidance from the Creative and Digital Services Creative Director, and is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing a division-wide web communications strategy that supports the objectives of all departments/units of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. This individual provides guidance and oversight for web staff across all Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs division units to ensure website content quality, consistency, accessibility, branding, impact, and relevance.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops and oversees website management content and design guidelines for all websites across the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
• Coordinates with an external consulting firm and with the UIC web content management systems team to optimize approaches, outcomes, and efficiency.
• Based on broad input, designs and manages improvements to the web content management system to improve the end-user experience and to improve the content manager's ability to update and repurpose content.
• Oversees the work of content managers and web staff across all units with the Office of the Vice Chancellor For Student Affairs.
• Provides web content management and website hosting technical support as needed.
• Collaborates closely with SaTech in order to closely align the sharing of data and content across the entirety of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
• Oversees day-to-day operations, maintenance, and content development on the website; coordinates technical development efforts in support of content and graphic requirements; interfaces with UIC and UI COM groups on marketing and information technology, along with outside vendors, to direct ongoing website development.
• Monitors, measures, and evaluates website effectiveness and makes recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of website pages and content in support of the Student Affairs mission to foster student success and affinity by creating experiences that engage students in programs and services that support their learning and personal development.
• Oversees governance structure and site access for content authors; oversees and provides quality control for site content across the Student Affairs division; assists with managing web staff across all areas of the Student Affairs to oversee content published.
• Ensures adherence to branding standards and guidelines across the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs websites. Assist/Coordinates the production of artwork for websites.
• Assists with marketing-related web communications initiatives, such as Google Analytics and search engine optimization.
• Evaluates competitor websites to evaluate best practices and to adopt new concepts and procedures to make the Student Affairs websites more helpful and impactful in meeting the targeted audience needs of prospective and current students, prospective and current faculty, staff, prospective and current patients, alumni, donors, and news media.
• Manage day-to-day office operations. Interview, hire, orient, lead, mentor and evaluate staff to meet departmental and organizational needs.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.