Web Designer – HigherEdJobs
Job Description
Salary: See Position Description
Location: St. George 84770, UT
Job Type: Full-Time Staff
Job Number: 25PRO929-1
Division: Administrative Affairs
Department: Information Technology Services
Opening Date: 12/10/2024
Closing Date
Continuous
Position Announcement
Responsible for supporting the Director of Web Services and general campus community with web design, functionality, and maintenance of the public utahtech.edu website. Assist with the overall maintenance, functionality, and design of the main campus website and associated web pages. Information about the Web Services team is online at https://webservices.utahtech.edu/.
Responsibilities
- Help provide overall design support and functionality for the University’s website. Assist in total quality management of the site, including evaluation of links and usability.
- Process day-to-day updates on the Utah Tech website.
- Work with campus committees and the Director/Web team to ensure the University’s website reflects the University’s vision, mission and goals.
- Promote proper use of web standards and stay abreast of developing standards so University webpages are visually appealing and employ the latest formatting techniques.
- Design, build, implement, and maintain websites using a variety of graphic software applications and programming languages.
- Implement and create plugins, hooks and custom code for WordPress, the University’s Content Management System (CMS).
- Present a consistent visual image on the University’s website by promoting uniform fonts, formatting, icons, images, layout techniques, and modularization, including maintenance of HTML template and image archives.
- Determine appropriate compression techniques, resolutions, sizes, color maps, and depths to ensure that images – photographs and synthesized graphics – are delivered at sufficiently high speed and quality for intended output media.
- Help create an easy, smooth, and functional user experience by using creating and implementing User Experience (UX) Design.
- Train campus web liaisons on CMS use.
- Respond to campus users’ help requests.
- Hire, train, and assist student web designers with assigned tasks as needed; work with the web team and web interns to be innovative and work within a team environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; college coursework in communications, marketing, web design, and/or UX/UI design preferred. A combination of education and experience totaling four years may be considered.
- Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript (including AJAX and jQuery), PHP, XML, CSS, RSS feeds, Podcasts, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
- Experience with and knowledge of WordPress custom development; ability to create WordPress plugins, hooks, and other custom code and implement different APIs into WordPress.
- Knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite; excellent design skills and abilities.
- Ability to produce quality content and adapt language and style to reflect audience-specific voice and tone, with good editorial/writing skills.
- Knowledge of User Experience Design techniques including wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction design ideas.
- Knowledge and ability to work with Mac, PC, and UNIX environments, integrate Google applications and social media outlets, and manage the University’s website from a client as well as a server perspective.
- Capable of the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of customer websites.
- Familiar with development and debugging tools for cross-browser issues.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, faculty and staff.
Supplemental Information
POSITION DETAILS, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Full-time overtime-exempt staff position. Annual salary of $52,000+ depending on qualifications and experience. Desired start date of February 2025. Excellent benefits package included that begins on start date; includes medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, employee assistance and wellness programs, retirement plan contributions, and undergraduate tuition waivers for employees and eligible dependents, as well as paid holidays in addition to sick and vacation leave accruals. See https://humanresources.utahtech.edu/employee-benefits/ under “Benefits Summary” for more details.
ELECTRONIC APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Application review begins January 15, 2025; position open until filled. Submit application materials (including resume contents and contact information for three professional references) and upload cover letter electronically. If, because of a disability, you need special services or facilities in order to apply for this opening, please call the Human Resources Office at (435) 652-7520.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: Utah Tech University is an open, comprehensive, polytechnic institution, committed to exceptional student learning and success that has adopted an instructional approach of “active learning. active life” and a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. We seek faculty and staff committed to creating an active, applied and career-oriented learning environment that is student-centered. Established in 1911 as a community college and in 2013 as a state university, our University is located in picturesque southwestern Utah, approximately 120 miles north of Las Vegas. The area is renowned for its red rocks, desert climate, over 300 days of sunshine annually, and featuring easy access to world-class outdoor recreational opportunities. Click here to learn more about the University.
Utah Tech University is a fast-growing Utah public institution of higher education, with more than 13,000 students. We offer over 250 programs, including masters, bachelors, associates, certificates, endorsements, minors, and/or emphases. We seek to recruit and retain diverse and ambitious faculty and staff who bring new ideas, possess values and career aspirations aligned with the mission and vision, and are inspired to build a premier open, comprehensive, polytechnic university. Utah Tech University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer; the President and employees of the University are fully committed to Affirmative Action within its employment programs and activities. Utah Tech does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state or local law.
The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or the University’s non-discrimination policies:
For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://titleix.utahtech.edu/ or contact:
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, ocr@ed.gov, 800-421-3481.
- U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, ocr.denver@ed.gov, 303-844-5695.
The University provides key institutional information regarding Academics, Campus Safety, Student Services, Employment Laws, and other requirements per the Higher Education Act and other consumer information requirements to prospective students, students, UT employees, and prospective employees online at https://utahtech.edu/right-to-know/ and https://police.utahtech.edu/clery-act/.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification.
Benefits
Highlights from Utah Tech’s benefits package include:
- 14.2% retirement contribution, paid 100% by the employer (no match required), vested on day 1 of full-time employment;
- Regular undergraduate tuition waiver (paid at 100%) for employee, spouse, and unmarried dependent children to take courses at Utah Tech;
- Full medical, dental, and vision plans, with low employee-paid premiums, that begins on day 1 of full-time employment;
- Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts available;
- Employer-paid basic life insurance & disability insurance coverage from day 1 of full-time employment;
- Generous staff leave accruals, plus 12 paid holidays per calendar year.