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Tidewater Community College

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Title: </b>Web &amp; Digital Experience Developer</p><p><b>
Agency: </b>Tidewater Community College</p><p><b>
Location: </b>Norfolk - 710</p><p><b>
FLSA: </b>Exempt</p><p><b>
Hiring Range: </b>$58,000 - $87,000, commensurate w/ experience</p><p><b>
Full Time or Part Time: </b>Full Time</p><div><p>
Additional Detail</p></div><div><b><br>
Job Description:</b><div><br>
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Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads &ndash; both students and employers &ndash; for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 28,000 students in 2019-20. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions. The college had 3,203 graduates in 2019-2020, 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 36% enrolled at TCC. TCC&rsquo;s institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.<br>
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Under the guidance of the Director of Public Relations and Marketing, the Web &amp; Digital Experience Developer shapes, manages, and evolves TCC&rsquo;s digital brand identity. This position works collaboratively with a creative and technical team to design, develop, and maintain accessible (WCAG 2.0 AA), user centered, mobile first websites and digital platforms that reflect and reinforce the college&rsquo;s mission, values, and strategic marketing goals.</div>
<div>Responsibilities include:</div>
<ul><li>Ensure brand consistency across all digital platforms through standards&#8209;based layout, typography, color, and interaction design.</li>
<li>Create and manage templates, themes, and reusable components that reflect the college&rsquo;s tone, style, and messaging.</li>
<li>Collaborate with marketing and content teams to ensure cohesive storytelling, SEO alignment, and effective content delivery across web and digital channels.</li>
<li>Implement modern web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP) and CMS platforms (WordPress, Drupal) while supporting legacy implementations (jQuery, ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter) during transition.</li>
<li>Integrate analytics tools to monitor performance and user behavior (Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager), applying privacy&#8209;aware practices that avoid sending PII and honor FERPA and Virginia&rsquo;s VCDPA.</li>
<li>Maintain accessibility and compliance with Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA; incorporate routine checks and corrective actions.</li>
<li>Engineer for performance guided by Core Web Vitals (including INP), balancing design intent with speed and stability.</li>
<li>Coordinate with the Office of Information Systems (OIS) to maintain stable, secure hosting, including CDN/WAF protections, SSO integrations (SAML/OIDC with InCommon/Shibboleth), backups, and monitoring.</li>
<li>Leverage AI tools and platforms to increase efficiency in code generation, planning, troubleshooting, documentation, and delivery; utilize AI&#8209;augmented IDEs and programming agents where appropriate.</li>
<li>Provide training and support to staff and content contributors; conduct regular audits and quality checks to maintain usability, performance, accessibility, and brand alignment.</li>
<li>Stay current with web standards, accessibility requirements, analytics practices, security guidance, and emerging tools to continuously enhance TCC&rsquo;s digital presence.</li>
</ul></div><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b><br>
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<ul><li>Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), and PHP; ability to write clean, maintainable code and debug across the stack.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Knowledge of front end architecture and component based development using TypeScript with React/Vue/Svelte; ability to build and maintain reusable components and templates.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Experience with CMS platforms (WordPress or Drupal) including template/theme/plugin development; familiarity with headless/hybrid patterns and SSG/SSR (e.g., Next.js/Nuxt).</li></ul>
<ul><li>Ability to support and pragmatically modernize legacy codebases using jQuery, ExpressionEngine, and CodeIgniter (MVC); ability to modernize jQuery&#8209;heavy codebases pragmatically.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases; ability to integrate third party services and APIs (REST/JSON and, where applicable, XML) with appropriate authentication and error handling.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Practical application of WCAG 2.0 AA/Section 508 accessibility standards in both code and content workflows; proficiency with automated and manual testing methods.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Understanding of performance optimization guided by Core Web Vitals (LCP/INP/CLS), including image, font, render path, and interaction responsiveness improvements.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Ability to implement analytics and tagging (Google Analytics 4; Google Tag Manager) including data layer design; understanding of server side tagging tradeoffs for data quality, performance, and privacy.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Awareness of FERPA and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) as they apply to web data collection, consent, data minimization, and retention.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Familiarity with secure by design practices and the OWASP Top 10; ability to use OWASP ASVS guidance for design and verification; sound package/dependency hygiene (npm/Composer).</li></ul>
<ul><li>Experience with managing web servers (Windows and Linux) and related services, performing site reliability engineering tasks, configuring and maintaining CDN/WAF protections, monitoring, secrets management, and SSO integrations (SAML/OIDC; InCommon/Shibboleth); working knowledge of LAMP environments and exposure to Windows-based development.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Understanding of technical SEO fundamentals (structured data, sitemaps, crawl/index health) aligned with performance and accessibility.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Working knowledge and understanding of AI tools and platforms, proficiency with prompt engineering, and practical use of AI to improve efficiency in code generation, planning, troubleshooting, documentation, and delivery.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Product oriented collaboration with clear, proactive communication; ability to enable and govern distributed authors; strong organization and documentation skills; ability to work independently and meet deadlines with professionalism and sound judgment.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Experience designing and building accessible, responsive websites using HTML/CSS, JavaScript (ES6+), and PHP, including CMS template/theme/plugin development in WordPress/Drupal and integration with institutional systems; experience with headless/hybrid patterns is a plus.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Hands&#8209;on experience with Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager; understanding of server&#8209;side tagging preferred.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and ASVS; working understanding of FERPA and VCDPA in the context of web measurement and personalization.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Data and integration experience with REST/GraphQL, JSON/XML, and MySQL/SQL; ability to handle keys/tokens and error states appropriately.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Experience with developing, implementing, and maintaining Linux and Windows&#8209;based systems and development; prior experience with Oracle integration.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Experience with AI&#8209;augmented IDEs, CLI&rsquo;s, and programming agents (e.g., Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Code).</li></ul></div><div><br>
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Additional Considerations:</b><br>
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Familiarity with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Vercel for hosting, CI/CD, and edge/runtime workflows.</li></ul><br>
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</div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><p>Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. <b>Equal Opportunity Employer</b></p></div></div></div></div></div><div></div>

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