Marketing Website Manager

The mission of the Augustine Institute is to serve the formation of Catholics for the New Evangelization. Through our academic and parish programs, we equip Catholics intellectually, spiritually, and pastorally to renew the Church and transform the world for Christ. Our work environment is collaborative and team-oriented with an amazing team of talented professionals who are passionate about the mission of the Augustine Institute. You will love working here!

The Augustine Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Position Summary

The Marketing Website Manager will oversee the management, optimization, and user experience of the Augustine Institute websites. This role is pivotal in shaping the digital presence of the organization, focusing on website design, content strategy, SEO, and operational excellence to deliver seamless, engaging, and user-centric online experiences that align with the organization's mission and goals.

As the Website Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the functionality and performance of the Augustine Institute websites. You will play a critical role in developing and implementing strategies to ensure the websites are visually appealing, user-friendly, optimized for search engines, and supportive of the organization's broader marketing and communication initiatives. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, creative vision, and strategic thinking within a marketing context. The successful candidate will create, maintain, and enhance a robust digital platform that effectively connects with audiences and supports organizational objectives.

*Specific duties are listed below but may not be all-inclusive.

• Website Management: Oversee day-to-day website operations, including content updates, functionality testing, layout design, and performance monitoring
• Content Publishing: Manage the creation, publishing, and optimization of website content, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and marketing objectives
• UX/UI Optimization: Enhance the user experience and interface design, ensuring websites are intuitive, engaging, and accessible
• SEO Strategy: Develop and implement SEO strategies to improve organic search rankings, traffic, and engagement metrics
• Web Design and Development: Collaborate with designers and IT staff to implement new features, optimize layout, and troubleshoot technical issues
• Technical Management: Manage website metadata, tracking codes, and other technical elements to support marketing campaigns, performance tracking and other marketing technologies
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with marketing, design, IT, and other teams to ensure website efforts align with overall business and campaign goals
• Compliance and Security: Ensure websites meet compliance standards, accessibility guidelines, and security protocols
• Other duties assigned

Who you are:

• Customer obsessed: You listen to what our customers are looking for and telling us, based on feedback and data, and then brainstorm ways to meet their needs
• Committed to excellence: You are highly organized. You hold yourself accountable to measurable results and seek continuous improvement. You care about clear, succinct, and effective copy and attend carefully to details - while executing swiftly
• Experienced marketing expert with an emphasis on website management
• Creator: You come up with new ideas and are ready to roll up your sleeves to bring them to life, owning projects from start to finish
• Team-first: You put our mission over yourself and maintain a great attitude, grounded in virtue

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or experience equivalent
• 3+ years of marketing experience
• Proven experience managing websites, with expertise in platforms like Webflow, WordPress, or similar
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and a basic understanding of JavaScript
• Strong knowledge of SEO best practices and the technical implementation of web analytics and tag management tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager) is strongly desired
• Experience with structured data through RDFa, Microdata and/or JSON-LD is a plus
• Experience with UX/UI principles and their application to web design
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate across teams and present insights to stakeholders
• Experience operating in a Scrum Agile environment is a plus
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with proven success in copywriting and an eye for great design

• Highly organized and process-driven, with excellent project management skills

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• An understanding of the Catholic Church, general knowledge of diocesan organization and operations, and deep empathy for Catholic users of Augustine Institute products and services
• Experience working with Windows operating systems and MS Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Strong interpersonal communications skills including strong facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Exceptional time management skills and ability to define and achieve outcomes that meet or exceed the organization's goals
• Ability to consistently demonstrate the Augustine Institute core values including:
  • Humility - We serve the Augustine Institute Mission with humility and a service mindset
  • Collaboration - We work together as a united Body of Christ
  • Innovation - We encourage being creative and demonstrating a clever mindset
  • Excellence - We strive in everything we do to win souls for Christ

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, typing and use of office equipment, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in a climate-controlled office setting.

Employee Benefits

Full-time employees receive numerous benefits including competitive compensation, medical, dental, vision, and other insurance, a generous paid time off plan and paid holiday schedule, and a 403(b)-retirement plan with company match.