Web Development Director for University Marketing and Communications at WSU. Leading strategic web initiatives and ensuring accessibility and brand integrity across digital platforms.
Responsibilities
Provide enterprise-level leadership for Washington State University’s web ecosystem.
Responsible for setting strategic direction, establishing institutional standards, and ensuring the university’s digital presence supports and advances accessibility, brand integrity, enrollment, and system-wide priorities.
Exercise significant independent judgment, lead cross-functional governance, manage teams directly and through counsel and guidance.
Serve as the university’s authority on web strategy, architecture, and accessibility for centrally hosted web platforms.
Translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Manage Washington State University’s web structure and hierarchy, define and clearly articulate web standards to WSU’s web community, and oversee web accessibility strategy for all centrally hosted websites.
Develop and implement the web operations budget, and supervise the web team and manage the team’s priorities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and six (6) years of progressively responsible relevant experience, which has included at least three (3) years of managerial experience.
Any combination of relevant education and professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year‐for‐year basis.
A Master’s degree in a related field may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required experience.
At least 5 years of professional web development experience.
Experience on the WordPress platform.
Experience with modern development workflows and software including, for example, Git and Vagrant.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with usability, accessibility and demonstrated knowledge of applicable laws, policies, standards, and best practices, including WCAG 2.2. and Section 508.
Proficient coding with CSS , PHP , and/or JavaScript.
Benefits
paid sick and vacation leave
paid holidays
medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
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