Web Manager, McCourt School of Public Policy

georgetown; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgetown University’s McCourt School seeks a Web Manager to develop and maintain its online presence, ensuring accessibility, UX, and performance across main sites. You’ll collaborate with the Web Services team, IST, UIS, and stakeholders to meet objectives and uphold brand standards.

Responsibilities include content production, site governance, analytics reporting with GA4, Siteimprove, and 508 compliance, plus leading front-end developments in WordPress and maintaining core CMS standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in website content management, front-end programming, or digital marketing.
• Experience with at least one enterprise web CMS, preferably WordPress.
• Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS in WordPress environments.
• Experience ensuring and maintaining Section 508 accessibility per WCAG 2.2.
• Experience in responsive web design and mobile-first methodologies.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with design software (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Figma).
• Strong organizational, project and time-management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the online presence for Georgetown’s McCourt School.
• Manage content production, maintenance, and governance of the McCourt website.
• Ensure accessibility, UX, SEO and site speed performance.
• Collaborate with UIS, IST and stakeholders to meet business objectives.
• Track metrics with GA4 and Siteimprove and provide ongoing reporting.
• Serve as primary point of contact for content updates to the site.

Skills

Content management

Front-end programming

Digital marketing

WCAG 2.2 accessibility

Responsive web design

Written and verbal communication

Project management

Team collaboration

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

WordPress

Google Analytics

SiteImprove

Photoshop

Illustrator

Dreamweaver

Figma

PHP

Job description

Requirements

Job Overview

The Web Manager develops and maintains the online presence for Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy (McCourt). They are responsible for ongoing web development, content production, maintenance, meeting the university's accessibility policy, user experience design, and search engine and site speed performance optimizations for the primary web properties of McCourt. This position will work with stakeholders across McCourt and Georgetown University as a member of the McCourt Strategic Communications team to ensure that primary business objectives tied to online properties are successfully met and essential platform standards are maintained. The Web Manager will also track metrics and analytics and provide ongoing reporting and analysis and context on the main site’s performance. This position will be the primary point of contact for all content updates to and governance of the McCourt website.

The Web Manager will work closely with the Web Services team in University Information Services (UIS) and Information Systems Technology (IST) to ensure McCourt’s website functionality and design adhere to the University’s central WordPress codebase. Any front-end development in the central CMS (WordPress) will follow all Web Services code standards and processes. The candidate will monitor Google Analytics (GA4), Siteimprove, and other server and site performance tools to maintain Section 508 compliance and core website performance standards.

The McCourt School website and other web properties represent cornerstones of our brand and act as the hub for all earned, owned and paid media efforts, prospective student engagement, current student and faculty communications, and alumni community engagement. The Web Manager will be a nimble, creative web professional with a passion for advancing the mission of a nonprofit university in the digital space.

Work Interactions

The Web Manager reports to the McCourt Director of Communications and works closely and collaboratively with the central McCourt Strategic Communications team, the McCourt Dean’s Office and other stakeholders across McCourt and Georgetown University, including academic and research faculty and staff. The Web Manager will also interact with members of the MarTech team (a central team at Georgetown whose work focuses on the intersection of marketing and technology) on web updates related to search engine optimization (SEO) and McCourt’s paid marketing activities.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimumof5years of relevantprofessionalworkexperience in website content management, front-end programming, and/ordigitalmarketing
• Strong experience with at least one enterprise web content management system, preferably WordPress
• Intermediate knowledge of HTML and CSS and their application within a centrally-managed WordPress environment
• Experience ensuring and maintaining Section 508 web accessibility in compliance with WCAG 2.2
• Experience in responsive web design and mobile-first methodologies
• Excellentwrittenandoralcommunicationskills
• Fluency in the use of design software for web development, such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Experience Designer and/or Figma
• Strongorganizational,projectandtimemanagementskills
• Ability to workboth collaborativelyinateamenvironmentand independently with minimal supervision
• ProficiencyinMicrosoft Office and Google Workspace and using Google Analytics as a diagnostic tool for site performance and SEO

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of JavaScript programming language, particularly jQuery
• Familiarity with PHP programming
• Familiarity with SiteImprove as a diagnostic tool for site performance

Work Mode Designation

This position has been designated as Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate changing a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s work mode designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.

Pay Range

The projectedsalary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is:

$47,586.00 - $87,558.13

Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University’s business needs and external factors.

EEO Statement

GU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, race, religion, personal appearance, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.