Web Designer

Loyola University, United States

Updated: about 22 hours ago
Location: Chicago, ILLINOIS
Job Type: FullTime
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Posting Details
Posting Details


Position Title Web Designer
Job Category Staff
Office/Department Web Development & Design
Work Environment Hybrid
Location Evergreen Main Campus
Staff Job Type Full-time
If Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date:
Position Summary and Duties
The Web Designer collaborates with the Marketing and Communications team and other offices to provide design and production support for the university’s web and digital presence. This position will help to establish and maintain the University’s brand on the web and other digital communications.
  • Website design - Design rich, interactive solutions for the web and other digital media from concept to completion while maintaining visual consistency and brand identity. Collaborate with supervisor or senior team member to provide high-level design mock-ups for websites and other online assets. Provide production support for site launches. Maintain awareness of the design landscape with respect to current trends and accessibility best practices. Support team in larger initiatives and understand the creative and marketing objectives for each project assigned. Build basic pages using modern web standards for HTML. Work with creative team to extend print materials and optimize web functionality.
  • Homepage/Site maintenance – Manage design updates for Loyola’s website and other sites of strategic importance to the university. Optimize images for the web by touching up, color correcting, and resizing using Adobe Photoshop or similar tool. Continually expand and enhance design options available through our content management system. Make recommendations that innovate, engage users, and constantly push the brand forward.
  • Provide design support for additional digital systems and media such as email, CRMs, landing pages, and third-party websites. Collaborate with developers to build basic pages and email templates using using modern web standards for HTML.
  • Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.


Please Note: Portfolio required with application. Portfolio can be provided as a file upload or link in the cover letter. Upload file or cover letter via Portfolio prompt in the application.
Required Qualifications
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in design/web/digital design
  • Experience: 1 – 3 years
  • Detail-oriented, self-motivated, highly organized, and able to work in a team environment under tight deadlines.
  • Strong customer service focus.
  • Strong understanding of fundamental design principles such as typography, layout, grid systems, hierarchy, color and composition.
  • Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and XD (or similar interface design/prototype tool)
  • Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
  • Familiarity with standards-based development in HTML.
  • Familiarity with web content management systems and how to design templates for them.
  • Excellent team player
  • Strong design point of view.
  • Experience with image manipulation and optimizing for web.
  • Ability to learn to new technologies as needed.
  • Experience working with user requirements, as well as interpreting usability testing data
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with analaytics a plus
  • Familiarity with web accessibility guidelines such as WCAG and Section 508 a plus
Job Posting Date 03/01/2024
Priority Application Deadline Date
Job Close Date
Anticipated Start Date
University Description
Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit, Catholic university committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and to the ideals of liberal education and the development of the whole person. Accordingly, Loyola inspires students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world. Loyola’s beautiful, historic Evergreen campus is located in Baltimore, and its graduate centers are in Timonium and Columbia. Loyola enrolls 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students across the Sellinger School of Business and Management, the School of Education, and Loyola College of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1852, Loyola is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States and the first to bear the name of Saint Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.
Diversity Statement
Loyola University Maryland strongly values the benefits that diversity brings to the workplace. In accord with its Ignatian values, the University is committed to creating and promoting a community that recognizes the inherent value and dignity of each person. Loyola University Maryland does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected classification. The University recruits, hires, and promotes in accord with this policy and its Core Values.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Successful candidates for any staff, faculty, or administrative position at Loyola University Maryland will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Note: In some cases, experience and/or education may be substituted for requirements.
Quicklink for Posting https://careers.loyola.edu/postings/7154

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