Position Description: UCLA Strategic Communications (StratComm) brings UCLA's mission and values to life by inspiring positive action as UCLA's lead storytellers, reflecting the multifaceted diversity of our university and surrounding communities. Demonstrating and reinforcing the university's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all creative work is central to StratComm's success. We believe a workplace culture that values EDI practices is essential to building strong teams, which translates to robust ideas, strategies and creative content that resonate with UCLA's diverse audiences.
Reporting to the Director, Digital Strategy, the Front-end Technical Lead leads the front-end development, production and maintenance of high- impact, high-visibility websites at UCLA such as http://ucla.edu, with the goal of keeping UCLA in the forefront among university and consumer web sites. In collaboration with the lead Back-End Developer, the incumbent serves as one of two lead technical experts and team leads for website development, quality assurance, analytics, SEO, process and workflow functions. The incumbent leads front-end development, serves as back-up for the Back End Developer; ensures compliance with ADA (WCAG) guidelines; utilizes web technologies such as HTML5, CSS 3.0 and SASS, JavaScript, ES6, jQuery and React.js AJAX calls to RESTful APIs; optimizes code by utilizing project and tasks managers such as Gulp, Webpack, Yarn, NPM; uses caching techniques and CDNs; bundles JS and CSS files; has extensive experience with Wordpress.
Working hours may include weekends, evenings and holidays and light travel may be required.
Special Instructions: The target salary range for this position is between the posted minimum and $7,416.6 monthly.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction
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UCLA is known worldwide for the breadth and quality of its academic, research, health care, cultural, continuing education and athletic programs. UCLA offers undergraduate degrees in more than 127 majors and graduate degrees in 198 program areas. UCLA has 11 highly regarded professional schools. Eight are ranked among the nation's top 15 in their field by U.S. News & World Report. UCLA is consistently among the most popular campus in the nation for undergraduate applicants. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Benefits:UCLA offers a comprehensive benefits package, including an average of three weeks' vacation per year; an average of 12 days per year sick leave; 13 paid holidays per year; health, dental and optical benefits; life insurance; disability insurance; the University of California Retirement Plan with 5 year vesting and various voluntary UC Savings Plans. There are also special programs and privileges available, such as accessibility to cultural and recreational programs, athletic events, and the University Credit Union.