Assistant Director, Digital Communications - JR31031-3800

The University of Chicago • Chicago, IL • 1h ago

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12899484 Department

Law Communications

About the Department

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country\'s premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America\'s great cities, UChicago Law offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind.

Job Summary

The Assistant Director of Digital Communications ensures that the Law School\'s digital communications, including the website, social media, video, digital signage, and others, serve mission-driven needs for communication, community building, teaching/learning, and marketing. This position creates, shares, and manages timely, informative, and engaging content that clearly communicates the Law Schools\' commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Communications, the Assistant Director works on both technical and content matters to support all facets of the Law School\'s mission.

Responsibilities

Recruits, trains, monitors, and mentors decentralized content

authors who use the CMS, including staff, faculty, student organizations, and alumni groups, and monitors new and existing pages for grammar, consistency in tone, content, design, and architecture.

Coordinates and performs daily content updates and maintains

currency of site content and deletes/archives obsolete or historical content.

Creates original copy and/or multimedia content for website features

as required.

Coordinates design and technical changes to existing website and

works with outside vendors in the bidding, development and implementation of new designs, functionality, and technical upgrades. Identifies and resolves technical problems.

Monitors and curates content for Law School\'s official social media

presences, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Goodreads, LinkedIn, and Soundcloud, and maintains knowledge of social media trends and best practices.

Encourages innovative web site use and helps train and support other

constituents at the Law School in social media and email best practices and email templates. Assists in development and maintenance of all official social media presences of Law School departments.

Edits audio and video for web and social media.

Advises faculty in use of web-based technology such as wikis, blogs,

course websites, and podcasts.

Creates and maintains occasional microsites managed outside the CMS.

Responsible for digital signage software and development of content

templates.

Creates and updates long term strategic plans for digital

communications and collaborates with the Associate Director of Content on tools and strategies for digital storytelling.

Stayscurrent with University web-related developments and ensures

that posted content complies with Law School and University policies, including accessibility requirements. Serves as the Law School\'s primary contact with the University\'s Web Services Group.

Performs code testing on components and works to ensure that

appropriate implementation standards are met. Evaluates design alternatives for development cost and solutions using various methods.

Supports and maintains existing applications. Works with web

developers and responds to requests from users.

Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

A minimum of four years experience in web design and development.

Web development and project management experience in an academic

setting strongly preferred.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

Proficient in graphic design.

Skilled with Section 508 and knowledge of digital audio and video

editing.

Understanding of content management systems and Drupal.

Proficient in Windows and Mac environment.

Knowledge of CSS, HTML, Git, JavaScript, and the Adobe Creative

Suite.

Understanding of server-side and database technologies, especially

PHP and MySQL.

Preferred Competencies

Strong writing, editorial, and verbal communication skills.

Strong interpersonal, teaching, and training skills and provide

exemplary service to staff, students, and faculty.

Work effectively in both team situations and independently.

Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail.

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