Web Editor

Posting Details Posted: August 15, 2023 Full-Time Locations Showing 1 location Atlanta 1315 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309, USA Atlanta 1315 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309, USA Austin 310 Comal St. Suite 100 Austin, TX 78702, USA Austin 310 Comal St. Suite 100 Austin, TX 78702, USA Boston 225 Franklin Street Suite 1100 Boston, MA 02110, USA Boston 225 Franklin Street Suite 1100 Boston, MA 02110, USA Chicago 410 North Michigan Avenue Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60611, USA Chicago 410 North Michigan Avenue Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60611, USA New York 1250 Broadway Suite #0200 New York, NY 10001, USA New York 1250 Broadway Suite #0200 New York, NY 10001, USA +4 more less Job Details Description Web Editor  The Web Editor is responsible for enhancing public perception of the firm’s global brand and positively positioning the firm for competitive commissions by ensuring excellence in visual and written communication on the firm’s website. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding (and love) of design, strong written and verbal communication skills, and exhibit the ability to work within established parameters to strategically build our firm’s brand.   Part of the Firmwide Marketing Team and reporting to the Managing Editor, the Web Editor successfully balances big picture strategic thinking with detail-oriented planning, coordination, and execution—ensuring the digital content and visual strategy supports the firm’s overall business plan on both a macro and micro level. The Web Editor is also responsible for coordinating multiple highly complex projects, keeping all moving parts, players, and deliverables organized and on track for timely, successful, on-budget completion.    In addition to keeping the firm’s website up to date and shipshape, the Web Editor works in close collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including the Firmwide Director of Graphic Design, the Firmwide Director of Communication, design leadership, and talent leadership, to ensure consistency and excellence in all of the firm’s digital content. A key requirement of the role is staying on top of emerging digital platforms and user experience best practices, as well as tracking, analyzing, and reporting web traffic metrics in ways that are meaningful to the organization while making recommendations to improve engagement. Fluency in WordPress, Photoshop, and InDesign are strongly preferred.    Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   Daily strategic oversight and tactical hands-on updating of website   Ensure excellence in visual and editorial quality, as well as user experience   Manage projects by developing clear schedules, communicating deadlines to team members, and ensuring the timely execution of strategic (big picture) and tactical (detailed) deliverables   Track and analyze performance of web content, with a particular emphasis on major brand-building or promotional campaigns   Swiftly identify, troubleshoot, and solve bugs/technical issues that arise   Collaborate closely with the firm’s design leadership to present our design service offerings, project case studies, and talent on our website in the most impactful way  Collaborate closely with the firm’s marketing and business development leadership to understand our firm’s key pursuits and plan visually impactful, relevant content strategies to support them  Collaborate closely with the firm’s Social Media Coordinator to ensure continuity between web content and social media content  Assist in the creative ideation, build-out, testing, and launch of new digital communication platforms, features, and strategies (as needed)   Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree or higher  3 – 5 years of experience in a design firm, media company, or related field  Proficiency in WordPress, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Office   Excellent written and visual communication skills  Must be able to show previous work, including written pieces and web layouts Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter and portfolio no larger than 4MB. If you have an online portfolio of works or personal website, please include the link in your resume. Salary Range Information We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices,  conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, the annual pay salary range for this position is between $67,500 and $90,200 commensurate with qualifications and location (Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, New York). Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity Employment policy (“EEO”), which is part of the Company’s Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. In some cases, local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.   Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.   Qualifications Skills Behaviors : Motivations : Education Experience Licenses & Certifications Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)