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Web & Graphic Designer

Stanford University 🇺🇸 Stanford, Santa Clara County, CA 94305, United States of America

Full-time

Design and maintain websites and web application interfaces, creating graphics and organizing content for effective viewing across supported devices. Recommend usability and organizational improvements, iterate on designs through reviews, and collaborate with university teams to meet identity, content, and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain website using established tools and guidelines
  • Collaborate with senior designers and content experts to organize and display web content
  • Produce images and graphics optimized for web viewing on all supported devices
  • Recommend and implement improvements to organization, usability, and effectiveness of web properties
  • Apply approved color palettes and graphics using standard themes or templates
  • Present and revise design ideas through design reviews and iterations
  • Assist with design of on‑brand, visually attractive web application interfaces
  • Work with IT Services, University Communications, and Online Accessibility staff to ensure compliance with policies and standards

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with browser and platform differences
  • Ability to use desktop web content authoring and development tools
  • Good working knowledge of HTML and CSS
  • Understanding of usability testing and quality assurance practices

Key Skills

Web design Responsive design HTML CSS Graphic creation Image optimization Design review process User interface design Accessibility compliance Cross‑functional collaboration Content management Brand consistency Usability testing Quality assurance Communication Problem solving Design tools (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator) Web authoring tools (e.g., WordPress, Drupal) Browser compatibility testing Project coordination

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