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Web Producer
At Capstrat, we believe in excellence. We hire smart, talented people who grow in an environment that’s fun, challenging, respectful and diverse. We insist on hard work, but seek to balance our work and personal lives because it is good for us and good for business. Doing well gives us a greater responsibility to do good. We believe in using our talents and abilities to serve the communities where we live and work.
Capstrat’s service areas include media relations, interactive (Web), design, dynamic media, public relations, government relations, public affairs, and marketing communications.
Capstrat Interactive engages with clients on a variety of web-based projects including:
- Microsite development
- Podcasting
- New Internet/intranet site design
- Internet/intranet site redesign
- Traditional online marketing
- Online Viral/Engagement marketing
- Online dynamic media
- Custom CMS (content management system) development and/or implementation of off-the-shelf applications
- Content strategy and development
- Online communities
- Blog strategy/development
- Usability testing
The right person will be exposed to a number of client projects and variety of other Web design disciplines including search engine optimization (SEO), engagement marketing, development/coding, visual design and user experience design.
Web Producer Position Summary:
A Web Producer organizes Web development teams and ensures adherence to strategy, budget, schedule, project and client needs.
This individual must have a keen understanding for Web site usability, HTML, content management systems (CMS), project management software, Internet strategy and function successfully alone with a client in person or on the phone.
The Web Producer reports to the Manager of Interactive Communications. The Web Producer should have 3-5 years experience in the Web or related field with URLs or online properties to reflect experience.
The Web Producer should have a specialty within the Web world in one of the following areas:
- User-centered design
- SEO
- Technical writing
- Online marketing campaigns (viral or traditional)
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Manage 3-5 projects and/or a significant portion of work within the scope of larger client relationships
- Ensure that team members are contributing ideas and actions consistemt with staying a step ahead of clients
- Uphold the strategic integrity of all Web projects
- Owner and contributor of documentation provided to team and client
- Oversee other team members on projects
- Edit and proof work of Associate Web Producers
- Assist UXD and client teams in requirements gathering
- Perform content entry, site build-out
- Assist user experience staff with completing site map diagrams, and determining resources for content inventories and audits
- Assist user experience staff with wireframing
- Assist user experience staff with the creation of usability test plans, test recruitment, analysis of results and test reports
- Perform general administrative duties for projects
- Attend and manage logistics for client meetings and client projects
- Conduct research and analysis for client projects
- Create budgets, timelines, distribute team responsibilities
- Draft and circulate meeting notes, status reports, agendas to keep team and client informed of the status of projects
Technical Requirements:
- Interest in how things function on the Web
- Proficiency in MS Office, Microsoft Visio and basic HTML
- Understanding or ability to learn basic programming and graphic design principles
- Familiarity with user-centered design principles
- Recommended: Familiarity with JavaScript, Django, Zope/Plone, Hannon Hill's Cascade Server, XML, PHP, Cold Fusion, MySQL, HTML, CSS, XHTML, customized content management systems, cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility issues, 508 compliance and accessibility, search engine optimization, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash/Actionscript.
Project Management Requirements:
- Consistent responsiveness to clients and colleagues
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Superior written and oral communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Creative problem-solving
- Willingness to switch gears quickly and be flexible to work on concurrent projects
- Ability to track multiple tasks across multiple projects, under tight deadline
- Ability to produce Web sites on time and on budget
- Recommended: Managing online advertising campaigns
If interested, please submit a letter of interest and resume. Include your 3 favorite Web sites with reasons to: careers@capstrat.com
