Web Content Designer (CD)

MUST have 1 years of CA State Govt Experience. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Web Content Designer (CD) - Position Summary

The Content Designer is responsible for planning, creating, organizing, and optimizing digital content that improves user experience, accessibility, and information architecture across public-facing websites and applications. This role transforms user research and business requirements into clear, concise, and accessible content that meets State of California digital service standards.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain website content strategies.
• Create user-centered content that supports business and user goals.
• Ensure content compliance with accessibility and State content standards.
• Conduct content audits and gap analyses.
• Develop content governance and editorial guidelines.
• Improve content discoverability through information architecture and search optimization.
• Translate user research findings into actionable content solutions.
• Collaborate with UX researchers, designers, developers, and stakeholders.
• Manage content within CMS platforms such as WordPress and Drupal.
• Review and edit content for consistency, usability, and accessibility.

Minimum Qualifications (MQ)
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Communications, English, Journalism, Technical Writing, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum four (4) years of website content development experience within the last six years.
• Experience with:
• Content strategy
• Content planning and governance
• Accessibility compliance
• Search optimization
• Content editing and management
• UX writing
• User-centered design principles
• Experience translating user research into digital content solutions.
• Minimum one (1) year supporting a State of California IT project of similar size and complexity.

Desired Qualifications (DQ)
• Two or more consecutive years of experience with:
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• WordPress
• Drupal
• CMS administration
• Experience with:
• Content design systems
• Information architecture
• UX content strategy
• Accessibility testing tools
• State government website modernization experience.

Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

Work Location: Remote