What are the responsibilities and job description for the Web Manager and Communication Specialist Job at Bowdoin College in Brunswick position at Bowdoin College?
Department
Library
Job Summary
Overseeing the library’s web architecture and the integration of web services, this position will develop and implement a sophisticated, multifaceted digital and analog communication and user engagement strategy. In collaboration with various stakeholders, the Web Manager is responsible for creating innovative outreach initiatives across multiple platforms. This includes managing the library’s extensive web presence, overseeing its social media accounts, and designing various outreach and communication materials. The position showcases the library’s value in supporting research, teaching, and learning, while fostering active engagement with faculty, staff, students, and alumni through compelling content creation, media relations, and strategic outreach efforts.
Essential Functions :
- Serve as Library Webmaster – Oversee, manage, develop library’s web architecture and integrate web services. Lead the development and maintenance of user-friendly, accessible digital interfaces; create, update, and organize website content to ensure information remains current, relevant, and easy to navigate.
- Manage the library’s social media presence – Develop and execute an engaging social media strategy aligned with the library’s mission and goals; create and curate compelling content across various social media platforms to showcase library resources, services, and programs in coordination with library departments.
- Develop and coordinate the library’s outreach activities – Develop compelling and accessible outreach materials in multiple formats that effectively communicate library resources, services, and programs; coordinate the production and distribution of outreach materials.
- Promote the Library’s user engagement initiatives – Working with stakeholders, develop and implement creative strategies to strengthen the relationship between the library and its user community; establish and maintain regular communication channels to collect user feedback and suggestions; analyze user feedback and behavior patterns to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities for improving services.
Education / Skills Requirements
Required :
Preferred :
Master’s degree in communications, computer science, graphic design, website design or related field, or in library science.
Experience Requirements and / or Equivalents
Required :
1-3 years experience in a similar role.
Preferred : Proficiency with Bootstrap web framework, and programming languages such as XML, XSLT, SQL, Perl, and / or PHP.
Standard Work Days and Hours
This is an exempt level position that requires the time commitment to complete the essential duties of the position. Work to be performed generally between 8 : 30 a.m. and 5 : 00 p.m., Mon-Fri, with rare need to work evenings or weekends. It is scheduled as .7 FTE or 28 hours per week , year round. This is an on-site role, and candidates must be able to work in person on Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick, Maine.
Compensation
The salary range for this position is expected to be : $45,500 – $48,500.
Benefits and Perks
About Bowdoin
Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty, and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine. Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.
Employment Category
Part Time Year Round
Open Until Filled
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Benefits Eligible
Pay Type
Salaried
Type of Posting
Internal / External
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Salary : $45,500 - $48,500
