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Web Design

Web Design Managers establish the strategic direction for web-related projects and develop the processes by which websites are conceived, planned, developed, launched, and evaluated; set direction for web strategy and user experience.

• Identify strategic approaches, changes, and enhancements to improve efficiency and effectiveness of websites, including new features, updated approaches, conversion rate strategy, new functionality or changes to existing functionality, and other improvements that align with marketing plans, business goals, and the changing user requirements
• Oversee website development roadmap, website content, information architecture and navigation, web usability, technical design, search engine optimization strategy, monitoring and testing of emerging web technologies, performance analysis using web analytics tools, and web policies and best practices
• Ensure compliance with web policies and accessibility
• Establish and track key performance indicators based on business goals and marketing strategies
• Research competition and trends in website strategy, usability, content management, and tracking
• Identify and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders and lead efforts in communication for strategic web changes as well as technical issues
• Oversee project management, employee development, workload disbursement, and performance evaluation for staff

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00