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Web & Graphic Designer

Employer
Stanford University
Location
Stanford, CA
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Job Details

Under direct supervision, design and maintain web site usingestablished tools and design guidelines, practices, and standards.Maintain the web presence on all devices deemed as a supporteddevice.

Responsibilities

Core Duties:

  • Collaborate with senior designers and content experts tocontinually organize, display, and build new website content in a mannermost effective for web consumption.

  • Produce images and other graphics, using best practices, foroptimal web viewing on all supported devices.

  • Recommend and implement improvements related to the overallorganization, usability, and effectiveness of web properties as theyevolve over time.

  • Apply approved color palettes and graphics for websites usingstandard themes or template package.

  • Present and revise design ideas through design reviews andsubsequent iterations.

  • Assist with the design of web application user interfaces thatare on-brand, visually attractive, and cohesive.

  • Collaborate with IT Services, University Communications, andOnline Accessibility Program staff to ensure group's compliance withpolicies and standards around identity graphics, web content, and onlineaccessibility.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and relevantexperience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Familiarity with browser and platform differences andidiosyncrasies.

  • Ability to use desktop web content authoring, development tools,and web authoring/editing applications.

  • Good working knowledge of HTML and CSS.

  • Good working knowledge of usability testing and quality assurancepractices.

Organization

Change the world. And yourself.

Stanford University has changed the world, over and over again.

We are one of Silicon Valley's largest employers - and also one of the most unique. Our mission is to educate future leaders and promote interdisciplinary, world-class research and teaching. This passion makes Stanford an intensely creative, rewarding, and challenging place to work. At the same time, our traditions of respect and collaboration sustain a humane, supportive environment in which to pursue your life and your career. 

At Stanford you'll work with bright, diverse, dedicated people. You'll find encouragement to learn and grow. You'll enjoy excellent benefits and an outstanding environment.

Stanford Facts at a Glance

Opened 1891

Student Enrollment

  • Undergraduates: 6,980
  • Graduates: 8,897

Campus

  • 8,180 contiguous acres in six governmental jurisdictions
  • Nearly 700 major buildings
  • 97% of undergraduates live on campus

Research

  • 5,300 externally sponsored projects
  • $1.33 billion total budget

Faculty

  • 2,043 faculty members
  • 21 Nobel laureates are currently members of the Stanford community
  • 5:1 student to faculty ratio

Stanford University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to recruiting and hiring qualified women, minorities, protected veterans and persons with disabilities.

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