Senior Web Designer/Developer - $46 CTC - HYBRID (Wisconsin residents only)

Job Description:

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted
Location Requirement: Onsite or Remote? Wisconsin residents only. No relocation allowed. This position will be hybrid, with two days working remotely, and three days working on-site at our offices on the UW-Madison campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine is hiring a Senior Web Designer to participate in and lead the design, development, layout, and coding of a newly developed website for our School and Teaching Hospital. They will develop and design the overall web experience for all stakeholders of our School and Animal Hospital. As part of this project, they will contribute to digital media strategic initiatives and serve as a subject-matter expert on website design and layout.

• Contributes to website strategy and recommends changes to leadership
• Develops and designs the overall navigation flow, layout of specific pages, and creation of individual graphic elements; ensures that all design elements, templates, and finished solutions work within a variety of browser types and screen settings along with the constraints set by development and design
• Develops and implements strategic digital media initiatives, priorities, objectives, and best practices in collaboration with leadership and other functional work units
• Implements graphical and style standards for websites
  Evaluates and implements open source and commercial products to meet project needs
• Serves as a subject matter expert, consultant, and main point of contact for internal and external stakeholders regarding website and application options, design, maintenance, and support

Required Skills:

• Three or more years of experience designing and developing complex, accessible, and useful web properties using WordPress, following brand and WCAG 2.2 recommendations and standards
• Three or more years of experience working with multiple stakeholders to develop strategic website projects on a defined timeline
• Three or more years of experience using graphic design principles to develop beautifully alluring and engaging websites

Desired Skills:

• Has experience in healthcare, higher education, or scientific research environments
• Has experience developing and/or deploying database-driven online applications, enabling content owners and providers to maintain their own web information