The Office of Communications and Public Relations is the best source
for up-to-date and accurate information about Stanford Law School.
The team works with faculty, staff and students to inform a variety
of important audiences about what is going on at the law school.
Members of the communications and public relations team serve as
media liaisons for the school; plan and execute communications to a
variety of audiences; write, edit, and produce the school's alumni
magazine, Stanford Lawyer; oversee content development for the
school's website; coordinate and consult on a variety of
publications and print materials; and more.
Reporting to the Associate Dean for Communications and PR, the
Associate Director will drive the strategic development and
maintenance of the Law School's public website and intranet,
prioritizing and balancing the law school's business and marketing
goals with client requests, and with a user-centered approach to
design of the overall online, user experience.
This position will also play an important brand gatekeeper and
project management role related to online and print projects for the
Law School.
Duties
Advance the website strategy to establish a compelling online
destination that enables users to effectively conduct business with
the law school in a
manner that builds brand equity through task-oriented content and
functionality, effective messaging, and an overall, user-friendly
experience that harnesses emerging technology.
Specifically, the Director will develop a strategy that encompasses
these core aspects of the 'branded user experience':
* Requirements gathering, documentation, synthesis, and prioritization,
* Business and marketing "intelligence",
* Content strategy and model (text, images, other assets),
* Functional strategy and model (what the site lets users do),
* Interaction design (the "usability" of the site, i.e. the
synthesis of information architecture and functional design,
including navigation,
* prompting conventions, iconography, search, etc.),
* Graphic user interface (the look and feel layer atop the
interaction design, synthesizing usability design with branding),
* Content management (content lifecycle, asset management,
scheduled publishing),
* Web site enhancement,
* Start to finish project and team management,
* Client management,
* Quality assurance.
Act as a liaison between internal clients, the IT department, and
other clients/partners within the university. Participate in
regular, essential meetings with key clients to gather their needs
for new or expanded web content and functionality, and translate
those needs into requirements. Translate business and marketing
goals, client requirements, and a user-centered design approach to
the IT team to determine the feasibility of proposed projects and
design solutions, and vice versa.
Manage all third party vendors/contractors/consultants hired to
deliver web services including delivery, driving design decisions,
timeline, project scale and budget.
Spearhead innovation of the law school's websites. Design features
and prototypes based on user requirements, usability standards, the brand
platform, strategic business and marketing goals, and client requirements.
Provide leadership in creating and managing brand and design
standards and strategically oversee the integrity of the overall
site experience. Drive usability; appreciate how to balance
business, marketing and creative goals to drive user-interaction.
Create and iterate information architecture schemes and interaction
design models. Manage the development of graphic user interface designs.
Work closely with internal web teams and clients, and oversee the
development of the project plan, deliverables, and timelines
detailing specific critical paths. Drive the project team to meet
the timelines as agreed upon, maintaining the critical path. Hold
regular team meetings to manage schedule, obtain updates, discuss
issues and resolve problems with the project. Update/report on
project schedules on a weekly basis, and communicate changes to the
project team, clients and other stakeholders, and senior
administrators when appropriate.
Champion the brand identity guidelines for SLS, explain and enforce
policies and practices, and assist with strategic decisions about
brand standards with internal clients and external vendors/suppliers
for print and web.
Project manage the annual admissions/career services materials
production cycle.
Qualifications
This role requires strategic thinking, innovative ideas,
analytical/problem-solving skills, decision-making, sophisticated
communication and team-building skills, design talent, a fundamental
understanding of
Internet technology, and a strong comfort level with technical
concepts. Direct experience managing a large-scale website redesign
project preferred.
Minimum of 7 to 10 years experience in the industry.
Proven expertise at translating business, marketing, and technical
requirements into a compelling user experience. Seasoned ability to
manage client relationships and expectations. Brand identity system
experience a plus. Print production management experience a plus.
Robust understanding of web information architecture, user-centered
interaction design, visual design systems, content lifecycles, and
Web best practices. Demonstrated proficiency in Photoshop,
Illustrator, and Flash. HTML proficiency a plus. Understand web
standards, W3C specifications and browser-specific peculiarities,
i.e. knowledge of cross-browser portability problems and solutions.
Understanding of how and when to use focus groups, and how to
incorporate audience and client feedback.
Experience as an information architect, interaction designer, and/or
graphic user interface designer at a creative interactive/marketing
agency a plus.
Excellent project management fundamentals, including project
planning and scheduling, risk management.
Ability to work effectively with many different personalities to
build a cohesive team, and meet client expectations, which are high.
Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced,
deadline-driven environment, and must have grace under pressure to
establish and nurture
positive client relationships.
This position requires flexibility in terms of availability outside
normal business hours.
How to apply:
All qualified and interested applicants must apply online via the
Stanford jobs website: http://jobs.stanford.edu/. Enter "29884" in
the Keyword Search field to locate this job description and to apply.
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Angela Lawton
Associate Director, Human Resources
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way, room 15
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
Ph. (650) 725-7020
Fx. (650) 725-9006
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http://jobs.stanford.edu
http://juris.stanford.edu/hr/
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