Website Manager - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Website Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This pivotal role involves overseeing the corporate website's daily management, ensuring it meets business objectives and enhances user experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with enterprise CMS platforms, particularly Optimizely, and a strong analytical background to drive improvements. The company promotes flexible working arrangements and values diversity, making it an exciting opportunity for those eager to innovate and make a societal impact.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Charity work opportunities

Secondments to support entrepreneurs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing corporate websites, ideally B2B.
• Experience with senior stakeholders and large-scale website projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the corporate website.
• Lead reviews of the website and user experience.
• Ensure web accessibility and compliance.

Skills

Enterprise CMS platforms

Analytical skills

Website personalization

Clear communication

Line management

Education

University degree

Relevant qualification

Tools

Optimizely (EPiServer)

Adobe Creative Cloud

Analytics tools

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26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description

Website Manager - 12 month fixed term contract

Location flexible

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Our website is our key digital asset. It allows our clients to know how we can help them, it lets industry leaders read our latest thinking, and it lets great people find out about our careers.

It sits alongside social, content, and e-commerce as one of the key channels in our digital estate. This role is to lead its ongoing development.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a Website Manager within our marketing team, you will:

1. Be responsible for the day-to-day management of grantthorton.co.uk website to meet business objectives and lead generation goals.
2. Lead regular reviews of the website and user experience across our digital channels.
3. Contribute to the strategic direction of UX for the UK corporate website of Grant Thornton.
4. Own the website development roadmap, working with GTIL and development partners for incremental improvements.
5. Ensure web accessibility and compliance.
6. Manage third-party relationships and toolsets.
7. Help produce training materials and deliver training on our web platform and templates.
8. Make strategic recommendations and provide advisory services across teams.
9. Understand business challenges and opportunities, using technology to drive value.
10. Review and report on search term progress.
11. Report on website performance to key stakeholders.

Knowing you’re right for us

The minimum criteria include a university degree, relevant qualification, or substantial experience managing a corporate website, ideally B2B.

1. Extensive experience with enterprise CMS platforms, ideally Optimizely (EPiServer).
2. Experience working with senior stakeholders and managing large-scale website projects.
3. Strong analytical skills to interpret data and implement changes.
4. Experience with website personalization, UX, and information architecture.
5. Clear communication, presentation skills, and the ability to influence decisions.
6. Experience managing third-party suppliers and contracts.
7. Line management experience to lead and develop teams.

Additional skills that are a plus but not mandatory include basic HTML/CSS, analytics tools, UX visualization tools, content management platforms, and Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

Knowing we’re right for you

We value diversity and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. Our culture is open and accessible, with interactions across all levels focused on respect and growth.

Beyond the job

We support flexible working to help balance work and life. Your contributions can make a broader societal impact through secondments, charity work, and supporting entrepreneurs globally. Our values—purposefully driven, actively curious, and candid but kind—guide us.

We seek individuals eager to contribute, innovate, and uphold integrity for the benefit of clients, colleagues, and themselves. That’s how it should be.

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