Web Designer/Developer

Department: Col of Humanities and Soc Science

Classification: GMU Worker

Job Category: Part-Time / Hourly Wage

Job Type: Full-Time / 40 hours per week

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa

sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and

experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The CHSS IT team manages the IT needs of the college that are not

otherwise provided by the university and serves as the point of

contact between ITS and the college for IT matters. The team

supports, maintains, and curates applications developed or

purchased to meet IT needs of the college. The team maintains

several systems including a wCMS which supports most of the

websites for the college and its units, an application to

facilitate communication among units about course enrollment, a

budget tracking system and other applications as needed. The team

provides training and technical support for those systems and their

users. The team keeps abreast of changing technologies and the

evolving needs of the college and university to provide the best

support possible. It provides training, consulting, and support to

CHSS units for IT concerns that are not otherwise effectively

centrally provided by the university.

About the Position:

The Web Designer/Developer position is a temporary, full-time role

(40 hours per week) scheduled to continue through August

2026.

Responsibilities

• Works with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences IT and

Marketing and Communications team to support front-end design and

user-interface aspects of the applications developed by that team,

including integrating design code into established code bases and

new projects;

• The designer/developer also contributes to the code bases for

the applications developed by or supported by the CHSS IT team,

including the related test code; and

• Participates in building new features, fixing bugs, and

upgrading code, libraries, and frameworks.

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of principles of web design and information

architecture;

• Expertise in the general set of web development skills, such as

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, version control, validation tools and

general best practices, including prototyping and testing,

responsive design;

• Thorough understanding of web accessibility standards including

the ability to create accessible designs, test design elements for

accessibility and fix accessibility issues;

• CSS and HTML design implementation on new and established

projects, coding with design frameworks, and accessibility best

practices and testing. Able to incorporate designs into a web

CMS;

• Experience with Bootstrap;
• Experience working with stakeholders through the design

process;

• Demonstrated experience creating modern, responsive, accessible

web designs; and

• Demonstrated experience coding and implementing web UI design

elements.

Technology and Languages used:

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript (vanilla, JQuery, Stimulus)
• Bootstrap and Tailwind CSS
• Sass
• Git/GitHub
• Ruby on Rails

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming experience using Ruby on Rails; and
• Experience with full-stack development and with the maintenance

of development and production hosting environments, including

maintaining the security of those systems and their integration

with other systems.

Instructions to Applicants:

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Web

Designer/Developer at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online

application to include three professional references with contact

information, and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent with

Resume for review.

Posting Open Date: February 26, 2026

For Full Consideration, Apply by: March 16, 2026

Open Until Filled: Yes

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