Hybrid Web Development Director

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About the role

  • 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
  • retirement
  • deferred compensation
  • optional supplemental retirement accounts
  • training and development
  • employee tuition waiver

Job title

Web Development Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$8,000 - $10,000 per month

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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