Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
You are responsible for: Managing, maintaining, and enhancing wikimediafoundation.org
• Developing the roadmap and strategic vision for wikimediafoundation.org, the Foundation's public website, aligned with Communications Department objectives
• Serving as the main point of contact for website content updates, including standing up new webpages and adding content to existing pages, occasionally during time-sensitive situations
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders with design, technical, and editorial expertise to create or update web content
• Monitoring and ensuring website usability, health, performance, and security
• Troubleshooting website as needed, identifying and solving issues through collaboration with colleagues and vendors
• Creating and maintaining documentation about website practices

Leading special website projects
• Managing projects from conceptualization to implementation, including: closely coordinating with colleagues and vendors for editorial content, design, and technical support; overseeing project timing and costs; proactively identifying project needs and solutions; and ensuring successful execution
• Driving upcoming projects, which may include a refresh of the content on the wikimediafoundation.org homepage, microsite integrations, new campaign page development, and feature enhancements

Serving as a strategic advisor on Foundation web channels
• Developing a unified approach for the strategy and maintenance of all web channels owned by the Wikimedia Foundation, with a focus on streamlining resources, improving processes, and achieving impact
• Providing subject matter expertise for all initiatives related to wikimediafoundation.org and other Foundation-owned websites
• Fostering relationships with internal stakeholders, helping raise awareness and understanding of our website best practices and processes
• Identifying ways to advance our commitments to diversity, equity, and belonging within Foundation-owned websites
• Guiding decisions on web standards, compliance, and improvements
• Producing regular metrics reports and sharing insights to evaluate our impact and guide our strategy

Overseeing website resourcing
• Managing relationships with external web vendors, and collaborating with vendor strategists, business analysts, UI/UX designers, and front and backend developers to improve and expand the Foundation's websites
• Shaping and monitoring the Foundation's website budget, as well as making recommendations on how to prioritize projects
• Proactively identifying website opportunities and resource needs

Skills and Experience:
• 5+ years experience in website management
• Experience and thorough understanding of WordPress, HTML, and CSS
• Track record of successfully leading complex web projects with several stakeholders
• An understanding of and passion for the web as a strategic communications channel
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to resolve a wide range of challenges in creative ways

Qualities that are important to us:
• Resilience—we work on new and interesting challenges in public and collaborative ways
• Building a work environment that values and embraces diversity, equity, and belonging
• Being open, curious, and inquiring in our work
• Reliable, self motivated, and detail oriented
• Working together for outcomes, and being willing to change course
• Sharing a culture of constructive criticism and respect

Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Experience with MediaWiki, Phabricator, GitHub, GitLab, and JSON
• Experience with multilingual website environments and audiences
• Experience managing external web vendors
• Familiarity with managing website budgets
• The ability to speak other languages, experience living or working outside the United States, or past work on global digital initiatives
• Experience working on a global team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics, as well as the flexibility to virtually meet with people in multiple time zones

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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