Web Production Specialist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OVPR seeks a Web Production Specialist to maintain and enhance public-facing websites and intranet using Drupal. You will manage content, accessibility, forms, search, and access restrictions; stage, publish, and validate updates; coordinate with communications staff and subject-matter experts; and oversee projects with external vendors.

The role also involves handling outages, contributing to redesigns, advising on architecture and best practices,

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining and updating complex websites with CMS systems.
• Ability to ensure accessibility, SEO, and user experience best practices.
• Strong project management and coordination with internal teams and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance MIT OVPR public websites and intranet using Drupal.
• Stage, publish, validate website updates and coordinate changes with communications staff.
• Manage vendor relationships, scope work, and monitor deliverables and issues.
• Serve as first responder for outages and time-sensitive issues.
• Advise on web architecture, accessibility, SEO, UX, and best practices.
• Proofread and edit web content; collaborate across MIT to ensure accuracy and usability.

Skills

Content mgmt

Accessibility

SEO

UX

Project mgmt

Vendor mgmt

Proofreading

Tools

Drupal

Job description

WEB PRODUCTION SPECIALIST, Vice President for Research (OVPR), to maintain and enhance OVPR’s public-facing websites and intranet using Drupal; manage website content, functionality, accessibility, links, forms, search, and access restrictions; stage, publish, and validate website updates; coordinate website changes with communications staff and subject-matter experts; manage projects with external web development vendors, including scoping work, prioritizing deliverables, monitoring progress, troubleshooting, testing, and resolving issues; serve as the first responder for website outages and other time-sensitive issues; contribute to new website development and major redesign and redevelopment projects; advise on web architecture, design, accessibility, security, SEO/AEO, user experience, and other web best practices; identify opportunities to improve OVPR websites and digital communications; proofread and edit web content; and collaborate with Communications colleagues and stakeholders across MIT to ensure websites are accurate, accessible, user-friendly, and aligned with OVPR priorities.

The full job description is available, here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SmHRVLOnNSg73rtaYbstgrag7xYC5LOJ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110716311861814000406&rtpof=true&sd=true