Web Designer

**Department:** University Marketing and Communications **Reports To:** Director of Web Services **Status:** Non-Exempt The Web Designer is responsible for designing, refining, and maintaining user-centered digital experiences across Fresno Pacific University's websites. This position blends UX/UI design, accessibility, information architecture, Drupal site-building, front-end presentation, and web content quality assurance. The Web Designer works closely with the Director of Web Services, the Web Analytics & SEO Specialist, the University Communications and Marketing team, campus departments, and other stakeholders to ensure university websites are accessible, consistent, engaging, and aligned with institutional marketing goals. - Design and refine web layouts, page templates, components, webforms, landing pages, and user flows for Fresno Pacific University websites. - Use Figma and Figma MCP-enabled workflows to support web design, prototyping, documentation, design-system thinking, and design-to-build collaboration. - Apply information architecture principles to improve navigation, page hierarchy, content organization, content relationships, and website usability. - Use Microsoft Clarity, heatmaps, Google Lighthouse, Google DevTools, Acquia Web Governance, and accessibility tools to identify UX, accessibility, performance, and content-quality issues. - Translate user behavior insights, data recommendations, and content needs into improved page structure, calls to action, visual hierarchy, accessibility, and user flow. - Build and configure Drupal site structures related to design and information architecture, including content layouts, Drupal Views, Webform, landing pages, menus, and content presentation patterns. - Support Drupal front-end theming and presentation work using Twig, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass/SCSS, Parcel, and Drupal theming conventions. - Ensure web experiences meet accessibility/disability requirements, brand standards, cross-browser and device compatibility expectations, and web content quality standards. - Create, refine, and maintain Drupal webform designs and implementations in collaboration with campus stakeholders. - Support Canvas-related web, design, and accessibility work where it overlaps with the university web experience. - Support Opensense and Liquid templating work where design, communication, and web experience overlap. - Use Git, Drush CLI, Claude Code CLI, and approved development workflows as appropriate for front-end and Drupal site-building work. - Collaborate with the Web Analytics & SEO Specialist to apply SEO, content performance, and user behavior insights to web design and information architecture decisions. - Collaborate with the Director of Web Services on design implementation, front-end standards, Drupal quality assurance, performance, accessibility, and platform constraints. - Keep current on UX/UI design, accessibility, Drupal site-building, front-end standards, web governance, and AI-enabled design workflows. - Demonstrate a commitment to serving and inspiring students and colleagues in a context of a Christian University, integrating your Christian faith into your role and responsibilities. - Embrace the [mission, vision](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhandbook.fresno.edu%2Fundergraduate%2Fwelcome-fresno-pacific-university%2Ffpu-vision-and-mission&data=05%7C02%7CBethany.Nichols%40fresno.edu%7Cde16a35719c346b0aeea08dd2ddfeb5d%7C990df5364487496da3d9633af2a84f22%7C0%7C0%7C638717161966136069%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=t3DRfFixYiX08iFrzTkW7zG2ACT3trGc7telMMFU%2F5g%3D&reserved=0 "https://handbook.fresno.edu/undergraduate/welcome-fresno-pacific-university/fpu-vision-and-mission"), and values of Fresno Pacific University, affirm the [FPU Faith Expectations](https://www.fresno.edu/sites/default/files/documents/human-resources/faith-requir…