Web Content Specialist

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and post web content, articles, and database records using a content management system
• Coordinate content review and approval with program points-of-contact and, when needed, outside stakeholders
• Optimize content for search (SEO) and verify Section 508 accessibility compliance
• Support quarterly content certification processes to keep information current
• Monitor pages for broken links, formatting issues, and readability/navigation improvements
• Edit and prepare web-ready graphics (crop, resize, recolor) as needed
• Deliver training and documentation on web content processes to internal staff

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline
• 5–7 years of web content management experience, with at least 3 years within the last 5 years
• Demonstrated CMS experience and working knowledge of Section 508 accessibility requirements
• Highway/surface transportation program experience preferred
• Experience training others on content management workflows
• Familiarity with basic database content coordination (no programming required)

Qualifications

None specified

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
401(k) Plan
Holiday Pay
Paid Time Off

Pay

Negotiable

Schedule

Hybrid: Full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET (core hours fall within a 6:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. ET window), with up to 20% on-site at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, VA (or Dept of Transportation HQ in Washington, DC), for meetings and coordination as needed. Some travel within the continental U.S. may be required for conferences and events.