Job Details
Webmaster
Reports to: VP, Strategic Communications Location: Washington, DC
Team: Strategic Communications Telework: Hybrid, In-Person Requirements
Group: Institutional Effectiveness FLSA: Exempt, Full-Time
At Americans for the Arts (AFTA), we are ready for you to join our team. As a national nonprofit we are dedicated to equitably advocating for the economic, cultural, social, and educational power of the arts. We promote the arts and culture sector as a vital national asset that is integral to the solutions that will resolve our countrys greatest challenges. Our purpose is to help to create healthy and thriving communities where everyone has access to the transformative power of the arts.
We are a People First organization. Our core values are Belonging, Collaboration, and Transparency.
The review of applications will begin on February 26, 2024.
You must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Washington, DC area by your hire date.
About the Role
As the Webmaster you lead the us through a rebuild of our organizational website enhancing the users experience by developing a secure, user-friendly, and visually appealing site. You be responsible for the website maintenance and upkeep, collaborating across staff to plan, design, and create pages, tools, and features essential to conveying clear and easily accessible information.
You will utilize your knowledge of front-end web languages and Drupal CMS when editing site content, aligning the website design with our branding, and meeting Section 508 accessibility standards and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Your goal is seamless, efficient, and accessible functionality of our web infrastructure.
Your key responsibilities are:
+ Utilizing advanced HTML and CSS skills (and knowledge of SQL, JavaScript, and PHP) to develop new web pages and feature. Including writing properly formatted HTML, customizing styling, updating complex stylesheets, building web forms, and troubleshooting issues to implement practical solutions.
+ Using the WCAG and our internal accessibility standards ensure consistency of content across all digital platforms.
+ Reviewing, correcting, and approving staff submitted website content.
+ Serving as point of contact for website projects. You will work with staff to learn about their project requirements and guide them through the web update procedures.
+ Configuring and customizing our Drupal-based sites to create new blocks, feeds, content types, and features.
+ Providing updates through weekly reports on Google Analytics accounts, analyzing site statistics, user traffic and behavior of projects and website.
+ Coordinating website needs for annual, time-sensitive events and programs providing fresh content while adhering to deadlines.
+ Applying new solutions to assignments to grown and improve our site implementing best practices and trends for website development, learning new languages, libraries, and frameworks.
+ Creating simple graphics and images utilizing Adobe Creative Suite for web pages.
+ Assisting in the ideation and creation of wireframes and mockups for web projects to present to present the user experience to program staff and external developers.
+ Applying your knowledge of information architecture, engaging web content, and project management to assist in defining strategic online plans and campaigns.
+ Interfacing with vendors to meet requirements, milestones, and deadline for larger externally developed web projects and troubleshoot server issues.
Your experiences and knowledge that matter most.
+ Commitment to advancing our mission, with a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
+ Bachelors degree in web development, computer science, arts management, or a related field with equivalent years of experience.
+ 6 or more years as a Webmaster or Web Developer.
+ Experience managing and developing websites, social media channels, and other web assets including understanding the principles of good website design, user experience, and basic usability concepts.
+ Comprehensive and operational knowledge of Web production, including advanced HTML, CSS, XML, web analytics/search engine optimization (SEO) and web standards.
+ Intermediate proficiency of Drupal or general CMS principles, Adobe Creative Suite, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and creating accessible web content.
+ Preferred knowledge of SQL, JavaScript, and PHP.
+ A plus, experience with Association Management Systems (AMS) like NimbleAMS, Tessitura, Salesforce or relational databases
+ Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills.
+ Demonstrated ability to
+ Think proactively and analytically from a data-driven approach,
+ Independently manage your daily workflow,
+ Work collaboratively across teams utilizing project management skills.
Things to know about our work hours and in-office requirements:
+ We have a 7.50-hour day, for a total of a 37.50 work week.
+ Our core business hours are 10:00 am 4:00 pm ET, Monday through Friday.
+ Our Hybrid Work Policy requires employees to work from the office at least one (1) day a week. We encourage our staff to work from the office more than one day a week. Your manager can request that you work from the office additional days as business needs necessitate.
Compensation and benefits we offer:
+ The salary range for our Director level positions is $85,000 to $100,000.
+ We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
+ Time office: Vacation and sick leave, federal holidays, wellness time off, parental leave
+ Insurance: we cover the majority of employee medical, dental, and vision costs
+ Life Insurance and retirement benefits
How you can apply
+ Submit your application for the Webmaster position.
+ You can find the application on our website under Careers ( in the About Us section.
+ We will start to review applications on February 26, 2024.
Our Cultural Equity Competencies
Americans for the Arts acknowledges the existence of systemic and structural biases and believes it is necessary to be strategic and intentional in pursuing cultural equity in all aspects of governance, operations, and programming. As an employee, you are expected to:
+ Pursue substantive learning to achieve greater cultural consciousness by attending professional development opportunities.
+ Support adoption of best practices to create a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible work experience for colleagues and external partners.
+ Strive to consider the people, places, and cultures that might be missing from your work and look for opportunities to increase inclusivity in all the work you do.
+ Support the mission and vision of Americans for the Arts in all interactions with colleagues, members, and stakeholders.
Encourage colleagues and external stakeholders to advance cultural equity by adhering to the standards outlined in the Staff Values & Behavior Agreement in all interactions.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Americans for the Arts believes that one of its greatest strengths is the rich diversity of its staff.
We provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, creed, gender and gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, including pregnancy and childbirth, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, political belief or activity, veteran or military discharge status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law and regulations under Title VII.
The policy applies to all employment practices, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
All employees have the right to work in a workplace that is free of discrimination. Any person who believes they have been subjected to discrimination of any kind should contact the People and Culture team or their immediate supervisor. All complaints will be thoroughly investigated and any person violating this policy may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. The law prohibits retaliation against any employee for reporting discrimination or perceived discrimination, or for participating in an investigation of incidents of discrimination or perceived discrimination.
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