Overview
Web Designer role at Fort Lewis College.
This position reports to the Director of Web Development and is part of the Marketing & Communications department.
The Web Designer is responsible for website design, front-end development, and ongoing maintenance of official Fort Lewis College websites, emails, third-party applications, and other digital initiatives.
This role supports the campus community by providing helpdesk services for stakeholders and partners, while collaborating within the Web Management Team and the Marketing & Communications Department to improve processes, workflows, and project management efficiency.
The ideal candidate is an ambitious self-starter who values continuous learning and delivers strong customer service, with the ability to balance daily tasks and long-term projects.
A passion for higher education and its transformative impact is essential.
On-site presence is preferred, with remote work possible for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
- Understand and manage the current CMS, set up permissions, code in Razor, work with APIs, and/or ADA compliance
- Design and develop new, accessible, responsive templates, components, webpages, and websites within the current content management system
- Design and develop website templates for third-party systems such as Slate, Canvas, and Modern Campus Catalog
- Work with APIs to integrate third-party tools and services
- Maintain knowledge of 508 and WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance and implementation practices and produce and remediate digitally accessible materials
- Ensure that new and existing designs meet usability and user experience best practices through knowledge share, audit, and A/B testing
- Consistently maintain the Fort Lewis College brand and adhere to the Fort Lewis College Web Governance Policy and style guides
- Provide helpdesk support and training to content management team members to ensure efficient turnaround for website updates
- Design email templates and format emails to display properly on a number of platforms
- Help the web team develop and maintain internal best practices and processes
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- A degree or certification from an accredited college or university in website design or front end web development or related field
- 3+ years of experience developing websites with HTML and CSS
- Experience with full cycle web development, including audit, content planning, design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance
- Create and optimize website graphics
- Experience using AI tools to write, modify and/or troubleshoot code to improve efficiency and ensure consistent quality for development projects
- Knowledge of 508 and WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance and implementation practices
Preferred qualifications
- Experience using and developing for content management systems
- Experience with the CK Editor, jQuery, FancyBox, ASP.NET, Bootstrap, and/or Razor
- Experience managing products in multi-stakeholder environments
- Well-versed in user research and testing, including user personas, A/B testing, and direct user testing
- Understand website search tools such as Funnelback
- Experience managing client and stakeholder relationships while meeting strategic goals and timelines
- Experience working in higher education
- Familiarity with the Fort Lewis College culture
Major responsibilities
- Design and develop new, accessible, responsive templates, components, webpages, and websites within the current CMS
- Maintain knowledge of 508 and WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance and implementation practices and produce and remediate digitally accessible materials
- Ensure usability and user experience best practices through audits and testing
- Maintain the FLC brand and adhere to the FLC Web Governance Policy and style guides
- Provide helpdesk support and training for content management team members
- Design email templates and ensure compatibility across platforms
- Help the web team develop and maintain internal best practices and processes
- Perform other duties as assigned
Work conditions
- Moderate noise typical of a business office
- Ability to work in a confined area
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
Physical Demands
- Regularly crouch, kneel, stand, walk, climb, lift, grasp, sit, talk, and use hands and fingers to operate equipment
- Specific vision abilities required due to computer and camera work
- Moderate lifting
Travel
Less than 5% travel time is expected for this position.
FLSA status/position type/expected hours of work
- Exempt
- Part Time.90FTE
- Permanent
- Full Year
- This position is scheduled for 36 hours per week, generally Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Flexibility in scheduling is available.
Compensation
The salary range is $51,300 to $56,700 at .90FTE (annualized $57K to $63K), plus a comprehensive benefits package.
Seniorit y level
Employment type
- Full-time
- Industries: Higher Education
Note: This job description has been refined for clarity and structure.
This description does not include extraneous boilerplate or platform-specific notices.
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