This week’s featured job is a Web Content Manager for the Eli Broad College of Business (job posting 939708). The Eli Broad College of Business works to create and disseminate knowledge through collaboration and develop global transformational leaders who positively impact organizations and society.
In this position, you will oversee projects and platforms that allow the college to communicate via its website and related digital mediums. This position plays a key role in creating and maintaining the college’s digital strategy, balancing the maintenance of existing digital communication platforms while improving the user experience and anticipating future needs. You will also maintain vendor relationships, provide project management, assist in creating appropriate processes and workflows, ensure compliance with university accessibility and branding standards, provide documentation and training needs, and ensure support and customer service are available to platform users.
You will collaborate with college leadership, marketing and communications staff, and key stakeholders to align actions with MSU and Broad College’s vision and mission. You will regularly review the college’s digital presence and recommend viable best practices to ensure a positive user experience. You will assist with planning and anticipating budget requirements for web platforms and services. You will also attend related MSU meetings such as Web Dev CAFÉ, University Communicators Network (UCN), Digital Accessibility Liaisons, etc.
You will maintain and enhance digital platforms including WordPress, by identifying needs and working with vendors to meet those needs. You will maintain a relationship with Squiz and ensure proper configuration and use of Funnelback search. You will ensure compliance with MSU branding standards via collaboration with University Communications. You will ensure appropriate infrastructure and metrics are in place for monitoring effectiveness of digital efforts including use of Google Analytics.
You will manage the website creation process, responding to needs for new websites and web-based resources while enforcing website and content lifecycles, archiving content and websites that are no longer needed. You will manage email lists for newsletters and send them via iModules (Broad Weekly, alumni newsletter, etc). You will also manage product task backlogs and prioritize processing them.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related field and three to five years of related work experience. Desired qualifications also include demonstrated experience with content management systems such as WordPress, Imodules, Mailchimp, or other email CRM systems, Google Ad Words and Analytics. Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills with knowledge of AP style is desired.
To learn more, visit the Eli Broad College of Business website. To apply for the position, please submit a resume, cover letter, and three professional references to the MSU Careers website by April 23, 2024.