Web Content Designer (CD)
MUST have 1 years of CA State Govt Experience. NO EXCEPTIONS. Web Content Designer (CD) - Position Summary The Content Designer is responsible for planning, creating, organizing, and optimizing digital content that improves user experience, accessibility, and information architecture across public-facing websites and applications. This role transforms user research and business requirements into clear, concise, and accessible content that meets State of California digital service standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain website content strategies.
- Create user-centered content that supports business and user goals.
- Ensure content compliance with accessibility and State content standards.
- Conduct content audits and gap analyses.
- Develop content governance and editorial guidelines.
- Improve content discoverability through information architecture and search optimization.
- Translate user research findings into actionable content solutions.
- Collaborate with UX researchers, designers, developers, and stakeholders.
- Manage content within CMS platforms such as WordPress and Drupal.
- Review and edit content for consistency, usability, and accessibility.
Minimum Qualifications (MQ)
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Communications, English, Journalism, Technical Writing, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum four (4) years of website content development experience within the last six years.
- Experience with:
- Content strategy
- Content planning and governance
- Accessibility compliance
- Search optimization
- Content editing and management
- UX writing
- User-centered design principles
- Experience translating user research into digital content solutions.
- Minimum one (1) year supporting a State of California IT project of similar size and complexity.
Desired Qualifications (DQ)
- Two or more consecutive years of experience with:
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- WordPress
- Drupal
- CMS administration
- Experience with:
- Content design systems
- Information architecture
- UX content strategy
- Accessibility testing tools
- State government website modernization experience.
Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour Work Location: Remote