Content Creator
City of Odessa
- Odessa, TX
- $21.85 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promotes City activities, services and programs by generating relevant and timely content for City websites, employee intranet and City Council communication dashboard.
- Responds to and fulfills requests to update, edit, add or remove content in a timely manner. Reformats and rewrites content as necessary to comply with ADA standards, follows website guidelines and creates intuitive processes for users.
- Implements creative and research-driven solutions for increasing website traffic, enhancing functionality and improving design through use of site analytics and data.
- Develops and completes auditing schedules for website and mobile application. Diagnoses and resolves technical issues, broken URLs and page errors. Removes dated or duplicated content.
- Oversees the redesign, development and management of websites and mobile application by guiding project timelines, coordinating staff feedback and communicating with vendors.
- Collaborates with departments and/or vendors to support the use of third-party applications on website(s) and mobile application.
- Develops, creates, edits, and modifies existing internal and external website content; updates and enhances the content and technical aspects of web pages; trains City staff in website maintenance and editing.
- Serves as photographer/videographer; edits photos/videos to share with public as needed for web content.
- This position is designated as "essential personnel" and is required to be available for immediate call-in due to any natural or manmade disaster, or any event the Director of Communications or the City Manager deems necessary. An on-call schedule is managed by the Director of Communications.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Director of Communications or City Manager's office.
- Supports the departmental operations with regular and timely attendance.
- Supports the relationship between the City of Odessa and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with visitors and City staff; maintains confidentiality of work-related issues and City information; performs other duties as required or assigned.
- Computer graphic design techniques and publication and web-based software applications.
- Methods and techniques used in the development and production of marketing and media projects.
- Writing, editing and developing a variety of communications materials.
- Operating a personal computer utilizing standard and specialized software.
- Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with City staff.
- Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
- Monitoring technological changes and developments in the computer and media industries.
- Identifying and implementing practical solutions to technical problems.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relations with co-workers.
- Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands. Strong organization skills.