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Together we are powering the future of Higher Education:
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission ~ the power of education to transform lives and change the world. We are the global market leader in EdTech for Higher Education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 26 million students in 50+ countries. We are dedicated to helping Higher Ed thrive by transforming their institutions to agile, digitally connected campuses that enable student success.

Overview:
We are looking to fill a web developer position who has basic webmastering skills but also a solid working knowledge of development in the WordPress CMS. In addition, we need someone with solid web content and marketing skills to help advise clients on the best way to write their content for the web to make it efficient, and easy to read.
**Where you will make an impact**
- Helps define best practices for content editing and copywriting for higher education.
- Gathers feedback from design and technical staff on Web site development needs.
- Assists in project planning and Web site design and forecasts milestones and deadlines.
- Manage the workload of multiple clients and multiple projects.
- Communicate to management when deadlines or milestones are in jeopardy or when problems arise.
- Authors complex Web pages.
- Creates prototypes and functional specifications for software projects.
- Creates technical methodologies for engineering solutions to Web-based development problems.
- Determines new Web technologies to utilize, such as browsers, languages, and plug-ins, and makes recommendations based on company's needs.
- Conceptualizes long-term needs of Web development, and plans and manages related projects.
- Makes suggestions on creating Web-based technical standards for client needs and internal projects. Participate in efforts to improve the overall Web development and delivery process.
- Helps define and/or follow best practices for security, data integrity, and content and code management.
- Works with site leadership to satisfy stated and unstated objectives while reporting through the Web Services Practice.
- Demonstrates the behaviors of a Web professional committed to serving the needs of multiple clients and the advancement of the profession as a studied discipline.
- Stays abreast of industry trends and all applicable technologies, including scripting, security issues, authoring tools, graphic design tools, new languages, methods of service delivery, and consultative practices. Suggests new innovative ideas for clever solutions to customer needs or to proactively create new services.
- Strong analytical and communications skills required
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work 8am-5pm (Eastern or Central Time - US & Canada)
**What you will bring**:

- Advanced knowledge of the WordPress CMS including managing upgrades, plug-ins, and creating custom content types.
- Proven experience with core web technologies (PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, XML/JSON, Ajax, and API integration).
- Proven experience with implementing, troubleshooting, and development of back-end modules, front-end themes, and other aspects of the WordPress CMS.
- Digital Marketing Experience, including SEO, content strategy, and web marketing techniques.
- Excellent written, verbal and diagrammatic communication skills.
- Knowledge of web standards principles and practices. Ability to be flexible and grow and learn new technologies and frameworks.
- Experience with structured data formats (arrays, objects) represented using a mark-up language.
- Experience with relational database design and administration (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc...).
- Experience with ticket tracking systems.
- Experience in cross-browser development.
- Ability to work on complex problems, both individually and on a team, to provide state-of-the art, highly creative solutions.
- Affinity for learning new things, tackling new problems, and researching to solve challenges in a dynamic, results-driven environment.

What makes #Ellucianlife:

- Comprehensive health coverage: family major medical expenses, dental and life insurance.
- Christmas bonus 30 days
- Saving fund
- Monthly food coupon
- 15 workdays vacation
- Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.
- Parental leave
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:

- Tuition Reimbursement Assistance
- Professional development opportunities

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