Pay Range: $68,905- $89,576 Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday August 07, 2024 Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing among large cities. Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one Downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for Job Seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents. We are seeking individuals that reflect our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Website and Creative Services Specialist position is available with the City of Fort Worth Communications and Public Engagement Department. We are seeking a Website and Creative Services Specialist to join our team with experience in open-source and vendor platforms, especially Granicus/OpenCities. The Specialist will be responsible for developing and maintaining our municipal website and creative content, using the current Granicus platform, with a determination to be made regarding the future host platform. It is preferred that the selected individual has experience in coding, creating and maintaining a range of webpages, customizable templates, and integrations with other software to assist government organizations in creating and maintaining a professional and user-friendly online presence.
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in
- Web Design, Digital Media, Business Administration, Public Relations, Journalism,
- Marketing, Communications, Public Administration or a related field and four years of increasingly responsible experience in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, or a closely related field.
- Valid Texas driver’s license
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in open-source and vendor platforms, especially Granicus/OpenCities experience. This includes familiarity with open-source website management tools and the knowledge of basic underlying codebase which allows for more flexibility and control over the website's functionality.
- Skillsets in: NET programming (C#, ASP.NET); UX/UI, HTML5, Bootstrap, CSS, SCSS, JSON, JQuery and JavaScript;Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud; Rest API with Basic Authentication, HMAC Authentication, RSS/Atom feeds.
- Working Conditions and Physical Demand as stated on official City job description
- Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
- Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
- Job responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the development, creative design and layout of public/intranet websites within a Content Management System (CMS) and occasionally content for social media, email campaigns and other digital channels.
- Tracks web use statistical data using Google Analytics to create reports for administration; and evaluates and updates existing webpages for correctness, relevance, SEO and visual appeal.
- Maintains and develops websites with attractive visual design. Ensures web properties conform to accessibility requirements set by the federal government and World Wide Web Consortium; works with internal web developers and outside contractors to identify web content and functionality needs.
- Develop and implement UI/UX designs and ongoing maintenance within branding guidelines and ADA compliancy.
- Work with internal teams and external partners to support the development of new digital news, program initiatives and campaigns to create engaging and effective content that aligns with the City of Fort Worth’s brand and messaging.
- Detail-oriented and self-driven .Net Developer implementing data connections and presentation.
WORKING CONDITIONS Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
