Job Description

WEBMASTER

The Webmaster\'s role is to coordinate the planning, maintenance, and accessibility of public and intranet site content in a way that ensures the consistency of each site\'s look and feel. The Webmaster reports to IT Operations.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Strategy & Planning

• Prepare a long-term plan for Web site development and presence, including standards and guidelines for content, based on business goals and input from stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate with functional departments and content creators from across the organization.
• Liaise with systems experts on hardware and software issues that affect the Web site and its availability.
• Assess and itemize costs for Web site enhancements and modifications.
• Develop, implement, and adhere to a regular Web site maintenance policies and procedures, including end user content change request forms and posted update/maintenance schedules, to ensure site accuracy and timeliness.
• Develop, implement, and enforce Web site appropriate use and privacy policies.
• Assess competing Web sites as regards content, look and feel, and functionality, and make improvement recommendations to our organization\'s site.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Manage the acquisition and ongoing maintenance of the organization\'s domain names with the appropriate registrars.
• Track and evaluate new standards, technologies and trends in Web site development, design, and delivery.
• Assess, recommend, and purchase Web authoring, development, and publishing tools as required.
• Coordinate with IT Operations to ensure the acquisition and ongoing maintenance of the organization\'s domain names with the appropriate registrars.

Operational Management

• Create and maintain a consistent Web site architectural structure.
• Ensure a consistent look and feel across the Web site by promoting uniform fonts, formatting, icons, images, and layout, and creating appropriate templates to assist content authors.
• Ongoing maintenance of existing public facing WordPress website.
• Monitors web traffic and ensures website is prepared to meet traffic demands and performance expectations.
• Test websites across browsers, operating systems and devices
• Create original copy for Web site features where required.
• Find, diagnose, and fix Web site problems, including broken links (both internal and external), typographical errors, and formatting inconsistencies.
• Recommend and implement enhancements and modifications to the Web site.
• Create and maintain an archive for Web site templates and images.
• Participate in the development and integration of graphical and multimedia components into the Web site, including audio and video, with due regard paid to appropriate compression techniques, resolution, sizes, color maps, and depths to ensure high quality and speed of delivery.
• Ensure sensitive and/or classified organizational information is not inadvertently posted to the Web site.
• Set and enforce compatibility and interoperability standards that ensure site accessibility for users with older browser versions as well as low-speed connections.
• Receive and respond to all e-mail messages for the Webmaster in a timely and courteous fashion.
• Analyze, report on, and take action on Web site user feedback.
• Program HTML pages and upload them onto the site.
• Identify, implement, and manage Web site presence and promotion opportunities, such as search engine registration and establishing pointer links from other relevant Web sites.

Education and Experience

• College diploma or university degree in Computer Science preferred
• Minimum of 3 years\' work experience.
• Experience working with WordPress for web authoring, development, and publishing.
• Working knowledge of SharePoint platform.
• Programming experience with HTML.
• Hands-on experience with web-database integration including WordPress Backend and a range of database platforms including cPanel and WHM.
• Experience in optimizing search.
• Strong understanding of communications, marketing, and customer service principles.
• Experience with computer graphic and multimedia design.
• Experience with all aspects of Web site content management.
• Experience in gathering, analyzing, and meeting business requirements.
• Good understanding of the organization\'s goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conduct research into emerging Web technologies and programming languages.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Work Environment

• 40-hour work week.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, power tools, and to handle other computer components.
• Lifting and transporting of moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripheral.

Austin Powder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant\'s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Austin Powder also participates in E-Verify.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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