WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
Editor is responsible for managing and overseeing content across all department websites, microsites, interactive applications, and online platforms such as SharePoint. This role serves as the primary liaison between academic/administrative departments and the Communications, Marketing & Public Affairs (CMPA) team, ensuring that all editorial output aligns with stakeholder requirements, UI best practices, and institutional editorial standards. Developing content project plans in collaboration with department leadership, ensuring the proper housing and tagging of web content within the content management system, and maintaining visual assets in centralized resources. Additionally, the role involves working with marketing and news teams to extend marketing campaigns online. The Web Editor also stays up to date with the latest trends in web design, usability, and information architecture to ensure continuous improvement of the department’s online presence.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  
  • Bachelor’s Degree 

• Experience
  
  • 2 years in web based editorial development and/or social media publishing 
  • Requires strong knowledge of best practices in user-based information architecture and 
  • Evidence of strong editorial skills is a must 

Preferred

• Experience
  Experience in maintaining content within a content management system for distributed use is a plus and
  Experience in search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) is a plus and
  Experience with Microsoft Sharepoint is preferred.

JOB DUTIES

• Serves as editorial project lead on initiatives involving the department’s web sites, developing content project plans in cooperation with department leadership.
• Manages and oversees the publication of content for all department websites, micro sites, interactive applications, and other online interfaces, such as Sharepoint.
• Acts as liaison between the academic/administrative departments and CMPA, to ensure that all editorial output incorporates stakeholder requirements, employs best practices in UI, and adheres to the editorial standards articulated in the marketing style guide.
• Serves in a key editorial role for online content development, collaborating with internal web editors, web developers, and marketing managers to ensure that all web content is housed and given metatags in the appropriate content management system.
• Works as a liaison between the academic/administrative departments and the institutional design and video staff to ensure that all visual assets for web sites are maintained in the appropriate centralized resources, (e.g., Bedeworks, Vimeo, Design Image Library).
• Works closely with the marketing team and the news team, to publish and extend marketing campaigns online. Serves as a key member of the department’s social media team, which maintains the department’s content and presentation on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Wikipedia.
• Stays abreast of current trends in Web design, usability, and information architecture.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.