Public Affairs

Closing Date:
08/31/2018

   ABOUT CPS:
Cincinnati Public Schools serves 35,000 students preschool to 12th grade in over 62 schools across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students' learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.
The district's innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring educators and employees, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

Cincinnati Public is looking for creative, innovative, passionate, problem-solvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

Position Description: Web Editor Specialist
Cincinnati Public Schools is seeking a Web Editor to join its innovative Office of Communications and Engagement. We're looking for a Web Editor to direct content development and strategy, enhance the user experience for our students and families, and extend the reach of the Cincinnati Public Schools brand.
This role requires management and development of content across the Cincinnati Public Schools Web Enterprise (including school websites). If you're passionate about storytelling, content strategy and development, and are driven to our diverse base of stakeholders - we'd love to hear from you.

Essential Functions of Position

• Lead content strategy for the District's flagship website, www.cps-k12.org to achieve key goals of website: enrollment, employment and engagement of the CPS community;
• Maintain brand consistency across flagship and school sites;
• Generate content, maintain and support web content strategy across the district and 59 school websites as part of CPS' Web Team;
• Ensure the CPS Websites are current, up-to-date and engaging.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing or related field, or similar work experience
• Strong writing and comprehension a must, with the ability to write towards a brand's voice
• Have expert knowledge in how to design web content with the user experience at the center
• Have experience with digital tools, preferably working with a Content Management System
• Understand the importance of web accessibility and usability
• Understand the use of web style guides
• 2-5 years of experience in website management

What you'll be doing

• Editing, reviewing and publishing content for CPS websites
• Maintain consistent content/copy across website(s)
• Fact-checking resources provided by content-owners and managing accuracy
• Formatting and editing written and visual content to optimize search traffic
• Managing a web content calendar
• Supporting the CPS web team

Bonus Skills

• Understanding of Google Analytics
• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
• Photography and video production with an eye for telling engaging stories
• Sensitivity to design and knowledge of Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop

EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
Type of Contract: Limited - 261 day
Salary: Specialist - Per CAAS agreement

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL JOB FUNTIONS
Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note: A lead teacher in a position may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a lead teacher. A lead teacher may apply for an administrative position if the lead teacher resigns the lead teacher position prior to submitting an application, however, selection is not guaranteed. A consulting teacher may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a consulting teacher and for one full school year after serving as a consulting teacher.
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources
Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

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