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Digital Content Specialist (Web)

Employer
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
Location
Maynooth, Ireland
Salary
€45,241 – €55,162 p.a.
Closing date
2 Mar 2025
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Department: External Relations Office
Vacancy ID: 033441
Closing Date: 02-Mar-2025

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. The Web Project Team within the External Relations Office  are seeking an experienced Digital Content Specialist (Web) to work with them on the University’s website migration & rebuild project.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced digital writer or content editor with a portfolio of work on large websites with multiple stakeholders, they will have:

  • Experience in developing and implementing end-user and goal focussed content plans and strategies for websites, including the application of SEO best practices
  • A demonstrable background in writing, editing, and proofreading content for websites and publishing that content via a Content Management System
  • Experience using data to assess the success of their written content and adapting content where needed.
  • Experience in communicating best practices, guidelines, and requirements to stakeholders, including working closely with content creators to help them develop their skills in writing for the web, adhering to tone and brand guidelines, creating effective content plans and strategies, and meeting established content standards

This Digital Content Specialist (Web) will report to the Head of Digital and work as part of the Web Project team, focused on the migration and rebuild of the Maynooth University website. This role will work collaboratively with our community of web editors, developing and delivering a programme that enables our Departments, Offices, Research institutes and other units to to create and follow content plans that support their goals and needs of the University. The successful candidate will provide training, best-practice guidance and support for MU Staff on writing, adapting, testing and publishing online content to meet those goals.

This role will create a library of training and reference material for the University to be used by our Web Editors maintain a high standard of web content, consistency of quality, tone and discoverability after the project finishes. In addition, the Digital Content Specialist will carry out content projects to write content for key strategic sections of the University website.

Prospective applicants should note that this role does not involve creating social media content.

Salary:

Senior Executive Assistant: €45,241 – €55,162 p.a. (7 Points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date:

10:00hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 2nd of March 2025.

Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University

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