Senior Web Experience Architect

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18+ PTO days per year

Health benefits start when you start

Flexible work options

$6000+ annual tuition and training

403(b) plan

Mental health and wellness programs

Free and discounted commuter transport

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking a content/editorial specialist to coordinate planning, maintenance, and accessibility of Stanford-owned website content. You will work with clients to ensure consistent layout, navigation, and look across departments.

The role involves QA, CMS provisioning, and collaboration with designers and developers to build usable web interfaces while maintaining branding and usability standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant work experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Clear understanding of web standards and usability methods.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Familiarity with web publishing tools.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, XML, and related web site development technologies and software.
• Knowledge of user experience and information architecture.
• Understanding of software architecture and relational database technology.
• General knowledge of office applications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee editorial and quality assurance processes.
• Identify and communicate issues to content creators based on editorial standards.
• Ensure new pages are user friendly and link properly across the site.
• Analyze results from process reviews and ensure consistency with branding and accessibility standards.
• Provide CMS provisioning and manage access/workflows for new and migrating sites.
• Diagnose content problems, fix broken links and formatting issues.
• Collaborate with developers, designers and users to create usable web interfaces.
• Monitor system health, security services, and notify stakeholders of incidents.

Skills

Editorial process

Web standards

Usability methods

Business-friendly language

Web publishing tools

HTML

CSS

XML

Information architecture

Relational database knowledge

Office applications

Education

Bachelor's degree + 3 years experience

Job description

Stanford University is seeking a content/editorial specialist to coordinate planning, maintenance, and accessibility of Stanford-owned website content. You will work with clients to ensure consistent layout, navigation, and look across departments.

The role involves QA, CMS provisioning, and collaboration with designers and developers to build usable web interfaces while maintaining branding and usability standards.