Web Accessibility & Content Intern

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Utah is seeking a Digital Content & Web Accessibility Intern to support its Marketing & Communications team with website maintenance, accessibility, and content production. The role helps keep the College of Education and departmental sites accurate, accessible, and aligned with standards.

You will gain hands-on experience in web content management, WCAG practices, digital communication, and marketing while collaborating with faculty and staff.

Qualifications

• Current University of Utah student.
• Strong written communication and proofreading skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple requests, meet deadlines, and work independently.
• Comfortable learning web content-management systems and digital tools.
• Basic understanding of web accessibility or willingness to learn accessibility best practices.
• Professional communication with faculty, staff, and students.
• Availability to work 12–20 hours per week during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.).

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain content across the College of Education’s main website and departmental websites, including program information, news stories, events, and other priority pages.
• Publish College news stories in the website’s news section, including headlines, images, links, and accessibility elements.
• Support the College’s ongoing effort to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards by identifying and remediating common accessibility issues in web content.
• Create/update image alternative text, heading structures, descriptive links, accessible tables, captions, transcripts, and accessible PDFs.
• Conduct regular audits for broken links, outdated content, missing images, inaccurate information, and accessibility concerns. Maintain a clear tracking system for needed updates.
• Receive, organize, and complete web-update requests from faculty, staff, and department partners. Inform leadership about requests that require technical or policy guidance.
• Apply College web standards for plain language, editorial style, brand voice, search engine optimization, page titles, meta descriptions, and calls to action.
• Resize, crop, and organize web images and other digital assets. Help maintain an organized asset library.
• Assist with additional Marketing and Communications projects, including proofreading, email newsletter production support, and content organization as needed.
• Document routine web procedures and help create simple guidance for College content contributors.

Skills

Web accessibility

CMS familiarity

HTML & CSS basics

Content proofreading

Digital content workflows

Team collaboration

Tools

Adobe CC

Canva

Job description

The University of Utah is seeking a Digital Content & Web Accessibility Intern to support its Marketing & Communications team with website maintenance, accessibility, and content production. The role helps keep the College of Education and departmental sites accurate, accessible, and aligned with standards.

You will gain hands-on experience in web content management, WCAG practices, digital communication, and marketing while collaborating with faculty and staff.