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[full-time] Marketing Communications Web Developer at Waubonsee Community College

2012-02-09 13:43:26

Location: Sugar Grove, Illinois
URL: http://www.waubonsee.edu/employment/index.php

Description:

Located in the far western suburbs of Chicago, Ill., Waubonsee Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning, which has provided educational programs and services to more than 250,000 students since its founding in 1966. At Waubonsee, we are dedicated to helping students succeed beyond their expectations.

The Marketing Communication Web Developer serves as the technical lead for the college\‘s website. This role also provides professional support in other aspects of online/electronic marketing communications.

Responsibilities include:

Coordinate the overall design, planning, development, graphic image, information architecture and content for the college\‘s website.

Administer the college\‘s content management system (Cascade Server).

Maintain and coordinate regular revisions to existing website content and develop website services and features that will generate student enrollment in college programs.

Provide assistance to other college staff in the development of additional website pages, information and services.

Work cooperatively with other departments/staff throughout the college to plan, organize and implement online marketing communications projects and/or events.

Utilize all appropriate databases and manual/electronic means to manage and measure progress on tasks, projects and goals, including tracking and analyzing Web traffic. Maintain appropriate archives and records as needed.

Implement Brand Standards on the Waubonsee website.

Maintain expertise in technology trends and Web-related innovation.

Write and implement scripts to support forms and database connections.

Bachelor\‘s degree in Computer Science or related field required.

Minimum of two years professional Web design and development experience required.

Experience with Web scripting or programming, including PHP and JavaScript libraries (jQuery, jQueryUI, jQuery Mobile), and website search engine optimization and usability.

Experience with relational databases, robust database design principles, and the integration of databases with Web Application Servers, including Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, MySQL or Oracle.

Knowledge of X/HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XSLT and content management systems. Experience with Cascade Server preferred.

Hands-on experience in a multi-platform environment including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and UNIX. Working knowledge of Web server administration including performance analysis and optimization, sandboxing, remote access and basic hardware requirements.

Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, blogging software, and audio and video editing software.

Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of college staff in an efficient, responsible and confidential manner required.

Must have excellent organizational skills, with the capacity to prioritize work, meet strict deadlines and pay attention to detail.

Knowledge of Internet and website design best practices, standards, protocol, security methods, and content management systems.

Knowledge of or experience with social media/Web 2.0.

To learn more and to apply for this position, please visit our employment website: http://www.waubonsee.edu/employment/index.php.

Waubonsee Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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[full-time] Web Designer at Seattle Pacific University

2012-02-07 18:10:27

Location: Seattle
URL: http://spu.edu/

Description:

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, the leading urban center in the Pacific Northwest, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission.

Job Description:

Focuses on the design and development of Seattle Pacific University’s website as a public communications interface.
In consultation with the UC director, art director, web communications manager, and senior web designer, helps to implement the overall look and feel for the SPU website in priority areas of the site, and provide guidelines and templates for ensuring appropriate levels of visual branding consistency across remaining areas of the site.
Assists the UC web communications manager in overseeing the design, development, and maintenance of priority areas of the SPU website based on templates designed in a CMS. Among others, these priority areas include: Home page of the SPU site; Integrated micro-sites for external audiences, including prospective students, parents and families, alumni, and donors and prospective donors; Academic microsites; and Strategic events microsites.
Works with the UC director, art director, UC web communications manager, senior web designer, and CIS to establish design and technical quality standards for the SPU website, and administer those standards.
Collaborates with UC print designers and writers to ensure continuity of design and content for client marketing pieces and websites, and share creative ideas.
Acts as a point of collaboration between UC and CIS on web programming issues, when needed. Collaborates with CIS employees in order to share ideas, information, and tools for proper web maintenance and server processes.
Work is done in a fast-paced, creative office committed to excellent customer service.

For a full job description, and to apply, please submit the SPU online application found at: http://spu.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=27055.

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[full-time] Photographer at The Culinary Institute of America

2012-02-06 09:51:35

Location: New York
URL: http://www.ciachef.edu

Description:

The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY is looking for an experienced, energetic and creative full-time staff Photographer.

Please submit résumé and cover letter, including salary requirements, indicating reference number 2000-HEE to personnel@culinary.edu.

Position summary:
The Photographer is responsible for performing a range of photographic services to the Hyde Park, NY campus. This position is expected to work under the direction of the Director – Creative Services to coordinate and shoot on-campus, and off-campus photos at other campuses when needed, in a variety of settings and styles (candid to formal, individual portraits to group photos, photojournalistic to studio setting); provide art direction, lighting, and color correcting duties; produce image output in a variety of formats; and work on other projects as assigned.

Reporting Relationship
Reports to: Director – Creative Services

Responsibilities:
• Photograph, color-correct, and prepare high-quality output for:
• Marketing publications, web and video (viewbooks, catalogs and brochures, professional and consumer cookbooks)
• Media-related activities such as photos to accompany press releases and photos for magazine articles
• Continuing Education class groups (every week) and CIA Consulting corporate clients
• CIA faculty, staff, and student portraits
• AOS and BPS graduation ceremonies (every 3 weeks)
• Shoot updates to stock photo library
• Upload and assist with digital asset library maintenance
• File and archive to help maintain organized photo database
• Track and maintain individual expenses, office supplies, and chargeback records for processing
• Coordinate travel arrangements and logistics to shoot at branch campuses and various events when needed
• Assist with coordinating the workflow of the Digital Asset Specialist
• Collaborate with student workers and freelance photographers to complete workflow tasks

Required Qualifications:
• Three years of previous photography employment
• Experience coordinating and organizing assignments
• Experience in photographing a wide range of subjects, including: food ingredients, plated food, people, events, exterior landscapes, and buildings.
• Command of digital camera equipment and related photography equipment and programs
• Command of photo composition and lighting techniques (both indoor and outdoor)
• Ability to creatively compose shots
• Ability to effectively provide art direction to subjects, customers, and freelance photographers
• Current command of relevant creative technologies, including Adobe PhotoShop, Bridge, LightRoom, and cross-platform (Mac and PC) dynamics
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organization skills, with the ability to successfully juggle multiple assignments simultaneously
• Weekend and evening availability

Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of video, desktop publishing, and web.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Photography

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[full-time] Freelance Web Writer and Content Strategist at The College of New Rochelle

2012-02-02 14:45:58

Location: New York
URL: http://www.cnr.edu

Description:

General Description

The College of New Rochelle Office of College Relations seeks an experienced web writer on a freelance basis for a short term project revitalizing the College website. In this role, you will work closely with the Manager of Web Communications to develop sitemaps and create and edit copy for the site.

Responsibilities

The Web Writer and Content Strategist will proactively produce original content sitewide. The content will accomplish the greater marketing goals of the College and successfully impact our Analytics data through increased online engagement. S/he must be able to complete multiple projects under multiple deadlines while working with internal clients across six campuses in the greater New York City area. S/he must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain relationships with a wide variety of College students and employees.

Duties will include:
• Write and edit web content, with a focus on compelling, accurate copy
• Optimize copy for search engines
• Ensure that copy is compatible with accessibility standards
• Proactively work with College departments to update department-specific copy
• Assist in the reorganization of site navigation

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a strong writer/editor with a minimum of three years experience in web writing and with a solid background in web content best practices, including knowledge of industry standards for web architecture and design, and familiarity with web usability, accessibility, and search engine optimization techniques. The web writer must have a strong news sense, excellent storytelling skills, and mastery of AP style.

Required education/experience/skills:
• A bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field.
• 3-5 years experience in a non-profit organization or education; the ideal candidate will have experience in higher education, and in higher education recruiting.
• Experience producing a variety of content for print, web, social media, etc.
• Thorough knowledge of grammar and style, and meticulous copyediting skills.
• Experience utilizing a content management system, creating SEO-friendly content and metadata, and basic knowledge of HTML.
• Mastery of MS Office, and basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

The Web Writer and Content Strategist will be required to be available for onsite meetings at our New Rochelle Campus on a regular basis.

Interested candidates must submit their resume and links to three examples of online content to:

Danielle Henry Beale
Manager of Web Communications
E-mail: dhenry@cnr.edu

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[freelance] Freelance Web Designer at The College of New Rochelle

2012-02-02 14:44:45

Location: New York
URL: http://www.cnr.edu

Description:

General Description

The College of New Rochelle College Relations Office seeks an experienced freelance web designer to create templates for their website. The freelance web designer will work collaboratively with the Manager of Web Communications and the Web Developer to create templates and implement them into the Wordpress CMS. The freelance designer must have web design experience in the education industry.

College Relations will provide guidance regarding wireframes and design elements. At least 6 templates, with slightly varying elements, will be required. More information available upon request.

The freelance web designer will be required to be available for onsite meetings at our New Rochelle Campus on a regular basis.

Interested candidates must submit their resume and links to three examples of their web design work to:

Danielle Henry Beale
Manager of Web Communications
E-mail: dhenry@cnr.edu

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[full-time] Web Applications Developer at Edge Hill University

2012-02-01 08:32:21

Location: Ormskirk, United Kingdom
URL: http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices/2012/01/23/web-applications-developer/

Description:

Edge Hill University is one of the fastest growing universities in the United Kingdom and has been providing higher education for 125 years, based on an ethos of opportunity through excellence. The past five years have seen student applications double, turnover increase at a rate of around 20% per annum, and an investment of £130m on campus. Edge Hill is a dynamic and ambitious university with a clear sense of direction, and significant resources to invest in its future. It is currently ranked in the top 20 of the Sunday Times 75 Best Companies to Work for in the Public Sector.

The Web Services division, part of the IT Services department, is responsible for development and support of Edge Hill University’s website and portal and supporting other web presences. This post of Web Applications Developer is part of the development team within Web Services. The team build and deploy complex PHP applications using the Symfony web framework integrated with WordPress on the University’s external site and with Confluence on the portal to provide appropriate tools to manage web content.

As an experienced and skilled developer, you will work on your own initiative and be responsible for developing projects from project plan stage to completion.

You will have strong demonstrable development skills along with experience of developing complex dynamic web sites and managing projects from conception to publication. You will have excellent project management and all-round communications skills along with a professional, pro-active and customer focused approach.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact Michael Nolan Michael.Nolan@edgehill.ac.uk

http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/jobs/details/EHA3156

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[full-time] Senior Web Designer at Edge Hill University

2012-02-01 08:31:33

Location: Ormskirk, United Kingdom
URL: http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices/2012/01/30/senior-web-designer/

Description:

As a senior role within the Web Services Division of IT Services department, you will lead on the design of the University’s web presence to ensure an excellent online visual identity and further enhancing the visibility, usability and accessibility of University web sites and services. The corporate website is an increasingly essential online service for the University community and stakeholders, with an average daily user base of 15,000 visitors.

You will utilise your significant frontend development expertise to deliver a more innovative, interactive, customised and accessible experience for all website users. To achieve this, you will manage the activities of the Web Services Design Team and have lead responsibility for the management, development and implementation support of all University-wide web design related projects; as well as providing continued support to faculty and departmental web editors.

Excellent demonstrable design skills are essential, along with the ability to lead and manage a project team. The appointee will have significant work experience of developing complex dynamic web sites and managing these projects from conception to publication. To complement this experience, the appointee must have strong project management and all-round communications skills along with a professional, pro-active and customer focused approach.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact Mike Nolan Michael.Nolan@edgehill.ac.uk

http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/jobs/details/EHA3168

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[full-time] Director of Marketing at IHCC

2012-01-27 13:47:50

Location: Minnesota
URL: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/inverhills/default.cfm

Description:

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/inverhills/default.cfm

Inver Hills Community College seeks a Director of Marketing to position the college in Minnesota’s higher education market through creative, innovative marketing and public relations strategies.

Examples of Duties: •Lead a team of five marketing staff, including a web development specialist, webmaster, writer, graphic designer, and administrative support staff. •Through collaboration with Student and Academic Affairs and the Foundation, create and deliver a strategic marketing plan, using emerging and traditional marketing strategies and social media. •Determine marketing messages and positioning. •Select and contract with vendors. •Manage the college\\\‘s website; implement a new web content management system (OU Campus). •Identify new opportunities for college marketing, niche and image building through research. •Conduct performance studies to assess efficacy of marketing initiatives and guide future efforts. •Prepare and manage the annual marketing budget. •Lead marketing team to conceptualize and produce marketing materials and promotional messages. •Manage and maximize media opportunities. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications:

•Bachelor\\\‘s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field, and two years of progressively responsible marketing experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and training.
•Proven track record of creativity, innovation and achievement of measurable results in marketing, and ability to inspire organizational buy-in.
•Experience developing and managing marketing campaigns.
•In-depth knowledge of webpage and emerging technologies for marketing.
•Experience supervising employees or managing projects and relationships.
•Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships across an organization.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:

•Master\\\‘s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field.
•Marketing experience in education, or a non-profit or government agency.
•Experience managing media inquiries.

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[full-time] Web Developer at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

2012-01-25 10:49:47

Location: Philadelphia
URL: http://www.usciences.edu

Description:

Position Title: Web Developer
Department: Marketing
Reports To: Sr. Director, Creative & Integrated Marketing

Position Summary:
Responsible for technical and functional design, development, integration, maintenance and optimization of existing and future websites, applications and systems. Leveraging expertise and knowledge of a variety of programs and applications, functionality, and other rich Internet applications, purpose of position is to advance digital opportunities to achieve strategic goals and objectives of the University.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•Ensures effective technical and functional design and development and provides ongoing support of University websites, applications and systems: requirement definition, coding, testing/debugging, documenting, monitoring, deployment.
•Exhibits expertise in and knowledge of XSL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET. Adheres to W3C standards-based development guidelines.
•Manages and implements all phases of development – websites and digital marketing – including discovery, user need analysis, design and review, programming, launch and development of solutions for system deficiencies.
•Identifies, develops and integrates the latest rich Internet applications: social networking/media, blogs, RSS feeds, online, video, audio, podcasts, mobile marketing “texting”, email and customer engagement and consumer-generated media.
•Collaborates with IT, vendor-partners and internet team members to optimize systems and security features and to integrate architectures/navigations, content/design, and administrative computing systems.
•Uses knowledge and experience with databases, in general, and SQL and Access, specifically to ensure integration with databases and data flow.
•Teams with marketing team members and vendor-partners to uncover and leverage new and emerging on-line trends, SEO and communications opportunities.
•Performs efficient website development and refinement within and outside of existing content management system (Datatel Active Campus and Drupal) as well as of all current blogs (via Typepad).
•Manages accounts, coordinates data, and supervises e-mail communications deployed from Demand Engine as well as via alumni content management system
•Partners to optimize site and campaign measurement and analytics to advance consumer communications.
•Participates in training of internal stakeholders to allow controlled access and updates to website via
•Dreamweaver, email data via Demand Engine, unique Facebook accounts, Typepad blogging software.
•Prioritizes multiple tasks, creates schedules and meets deadlines.
•Performs other job-related duties or responsibilities as assigned, whether or not specifically mentioned in this job description.
Minimum Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in related field and 3-5 years relevant experience, Requires expertise and direct experience in: Microsoft IIS web server platform, HTML-XML, XSL, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.net. Requires knowledge and proficiency in: SQL, Access and other M/S suite, Flash, Dreamweaver and content management systems, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal team and external partners; Demonstrate the ability to collaborate and achieve results with a variety of individuals; Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and opportunities in common terms to customers; Success in prioritizing, scheduling and meeting deadlines on time and on budget; Capability to learn video editing software; Investigate and learn future software version launches; Adapting to changes in technology.

Application Instructions:
Individuals interested in applying should submit a cover letter and resume along with salary requirements via email to: employment@usciences.edu.

Electronic submissions only.

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[full-time] Visual Designer/Developer (graphic designer) at Ithaca College

2012-01-21 13:35:18

Location: Ithaca, New York
URL: http://ithaca.edu

Description:

Are you a creative designer with a Swiss Army Knife in your digital toolbox? Ithaca College is looking to hire a dynamic Visual Designer/Developer to work in our newly created Creative Services group within the Office of Marketing Communications. This is an exciting opportunity for a designer who has a proven track record for creating integrated cross-platform campaigns, wants to work in a fast-paced environment, and wants to get their hands on every design project possible. We are seeking a strong designer who while working alongside two other designers to visually represent the creative services team, will implement a consistent, memorable visual identity across all mediums, and who will contribute to the creative process for developing print materials including magazine layout, ads, web sites, novelty items, signage, and more. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in the arts, graphic design or related field and a minimum of three years professional design experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience; strong creative graphic design skills, a good design sense and proven portfolio of creating high-quality cross-platform visuals; magazine design experience (with samples in their portfolio of such); understanding of usability and user-centric web design; web development skills are preferred (including HTML, CSS, and Javascript to implement custom designs throughout the college’s website and email); high level of skill with graphic design on the Mac platform preferably, advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 (minimum of version 3.0). Strong project management and interpersonal skills required. Experience with content management systems; strong attention to detail, ability to effectively and succinctly communicate design rationale, adaptable, competent, motivated, ambitious, hard-worker; conceptual with ability to identify trends and show concepts from rough through final stages required; experience working with print vendors, creating files for print and experience attending press checks; and work successfully with two other designers to visually represent the creative services team. Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274 8000. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

APPLY ONLINE AT http://apply.icjobs.org/applicants/Central?quickFind=177795

Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.

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