Web Specialist II

Texas A&M University Health Science Center; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas A&M University Health Science Center is seeking a Web Specialist II to manage website architectures, CMS, and support staff in integrating business processes for web delivery. The role includes content creation, SEO, and multimedia publishing.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of professional web design/development experience, with proficiency in WordPress, Cascade, and UI/UX tooling. Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two (2) years of professional web design and development experience.
• Preferred: Writing for the web and web content creation.

Responsibilities

• Administers and coordinates digital platform administration for the college’s websites and digital assets.
• Creates electronic forms and content updates; ensures accessibility and SEO alignment.
• Maintains SiteImprove for quality assurance and accessibility compliance.
• Reviews and edits web content for readability and editorial standards.
• Produces web pages per templates and guides; aligns content with university campaigns.

Skills

Web design

Web development

SEO

Content editing

UX awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

WordPress

Cascade

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

UI/UX prototyping

Job description

Job TitleWeb Specialist II Agency Texas A&M University Health Science Center Department Com Marketing and Communications Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationBryan, Texas Job TypeStaff Job Description

Our Commitment Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

Who we are

As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.

What we want

The Web Communications Specialist II, under direction, manages architectures of websites, including content management system (CMS) and advising/supporting Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine staff to integrate business processes through web delivery (designing web forms, etc.). Writes web content with working knowledge of search engine optimization (SEO). Publishes a variety of graphical imagery, animations and other multimedia-rich applications.

What you need to know

Travel: This position may require occasional travel.

Schedule: This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Digital Platform Administration: Coordinates the maintenance, efficiency, and functionality of the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine’s digital architecture (website, digital signage, calendar, email marketing and intranet)
• Administers and/or completes digital-technology-related work requests submitted by departments, centers, and programs
• Coordinates and administers user access control
• Creates electronic forms that serve the various needs of the college
• Maintains those forms and helps to collect necessary information to be relayed to various digital integrations
• Maintains the SiteImprove account to ensure repair and enforcement of broken links, misspellings, accessibility, issues, and content policies
• Provides “real time” resolution of “bugs” and user problems based on user requests - reports and communicates the resolution to impacted parties
• Monitors, assesses, and reports on website analytics
• Content Proofreading, Editing and Maintenance: Reviews and edits existing and new web content for readability, accessibility and adherence to editorial style standards
• Utilizing SEO data, makes recommendations on content updates
• Assists with making web content updates and corrections
• Works in SiteImprove to make improvements such as correcting broken links and spelling mistakes and improving readability, accessibility, and search engine optimization
• Assists with reviewing and editing digital signage, calendar, email marketing and intranet content for readability, cohesiveness, accessibility and adherence to editorial style standards
• Content Creation: Writes new digital content to fill content gaps and meet business needs for the college
• Creates content for existing and new websites and intranets
• Also assists with creating content for digital signage, email and other digital content delivery methods as needed
• Aligns digital content closely with the school’s campaigns
• Content Strategy: Assists with content strategy, which ensures that each piece of content supports the university’s mission and strategic plan and is high quality, useful and effective
• Audits web content to identify content gaps and changes needed to improve accuracy, readability, usefulness for readers, accessibility, adherence to style, search engine optimization and overall cohesiveness
• Assists with maintaining a schedule that identifies key dates to update specific webpages
• Ensures the best placement of digital content for readability
• Utilizes SEO tools and services to provide reports and trends as requested by key stakeholders
• Produces web pages according to guidelines based on example pages and templates
• Create website development plans in consultation with the department with measurable goals, objectives, and priorities, execute plans, and report results
• Provides supervision to student workers as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Required Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two (2) years of professional web design and development experience
• Required Licenses and Certifications: None
• Preferred Qualifications: Writing for the web and web content creation
• Web content strategy and planning
• Marketing and campaign coordination
• Paid web advertising and campaign tracking
• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and UI/UX prototyping tools
• Familiarity with A/B testing and implementation
• User experience (UX) awareness
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Understanding of technical SEO (Search Engine Optimization), web analytics, reporting and implementation
• Knowledge and experience as a web developer, including a strong understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Experience with content management systems such as WordPress and Cascade
• Developing accessible websites following current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Experience with web security best practices, quality assurance, and browser testing

Why Texas A&M University?

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration.

Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you.

Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums 12-15 days of annual paid holidays

Up to eight hours of paid sick leaveand at leasteight hours of paid vacationeach month

Automatic enrollment in theTeacher Retirement System of Texas

Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time

Professional Development: All employees have access to freeLinkedIn Learningtraining, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more

Educational release time and tuition assistancefor completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee

Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer. The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS. The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee. Each member institution provides equal opportunity and access to all students, employees and prospective employees. External Applicants - Applicants not currently employed by a Texas A&M System member may Search Postings and apply for positions within one or more A&M System members by selecting the job posting. Internal Applicants - This site lists job postings throughout The Texas A&M University System. It is intended for applicants not currently employed by a member of the system. Current employees should apply for jobs on the Internal Career site. The Texas A&M System is an Equal Opportunity/ Veterans/ Disability Employer.