Web Administrator
About The Position
The Web Administrator manages Benedictine College’s website content, website marketing and communication efforts, and related online systems. Working with departments across the institution, the Administrator keeps web content up to date and accurate, aligned with brand and messaging standards, and supportive of marketing and communications goals. The role helps ensure the college’s web presence is secure, performant, and compliant with applicable laws and policies. The Administrator edits content that does not meet Marketing Department quality standards and, when needed, writes new content in collaboration with staff writers.
Requirements
- Fundamental marketing and communications skills.
- Experience working with content management systems such as WordPress or Drupal.
- Ability to write and edit marketing prose and informational content.
- Understanding of basic web design, formatting, and readability principles.
- Ability to perform basic image editing and web-optimized exporting in Adobe Photoshop.
- Comfort working directly with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Excellent personal communication skills, especially in writing.
- Ability to communicate clearly and work well with a wide variety of departments and offices.
- At least 2 years of related experience.
- Bachelor’s degree.
Nice To Haves
- Marketing and communications writing expertise.
- Experience building online forms using platforms such as JotForm or Formstack.
- Expertise in traffic and user-experience analysis, preferably using Google Analytics.
- Expertise in discoverability optimization, including search and AI engine optimization.
- Experience in PHP coding and WordPress website development.
- At least 5 years of experience in a web-related role.
- Experience working in higher education.
Responsibilities
- Maintain content on the college’s public website and related sites, responding to change requests and editing content for accuracy, readability, and quality.
- Coordinate regularly with departments and offices about their website content.
- Develop maintenance plans to proactively edit and improve content and prevent it from becoming outdated.
- Edit inadequate or low-quality content to meet college standards, or draft new content in collaboration with staff writers.
- Build and maintain online forms using the college’s form-hosting platforms.
- Review site traffic and usability analytics and develop strategies to improve marketing efforts.
- Maintain site performance in search engines and AI using the college’s optimization platform, BrightEdge.
- Review and remediate web accessibility issues to ensure conformance with WCAG guidelines.
- Maintain site-hosting infrastructure and security, including bad-actor prevention policies and systems.
- Maintain working knowledge of applicable web-related laws and best practices and communicate the college’s compliance practices and policies when necessary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
