Web Specialist

Company: Omron Automation
Location: Hoffman Estates
Posted on: January 5, 2022

Job Description:

Web Specialist
Hoffman Estates, IL

Work three weeks from home and one week at our Hoffman Estates, IL office.
This is a 75% remote position. Work 3 weeks from home and 1 full week at our office in Hoffman Estates.

Are you a Web Specialist with an interest to make a significant impact and contribute to a growing web team?

Omron is an industry leader in the automation business, and we're looking for a skilled specialist like you who will have an in-depth understanding of how web strategy and digital marketing helps facilitate and enhance the intended customer experience.

POSITION SUMMARY:
As a member of the web team, you will work on a variety of digital projects, building pages and maintaining cross-browser compatible and high performing websites, working heavily within the SDL Tridion CMS as well as other technologies like Brightedge and Bynder.

This role requires extensive collaboration and will work cross-functionally across departments/teams on projects as it relates to developing, improving and optimizing the website, working closely with product marketing and team members to maintain technical data. In addition, you will help develop and implement our SEO strategy and work closely with our advertising agency on paid search.
If you are applying from the Chicagoland area, this position has a hybrid work schedule, one week per month in the office. Outside of Chicagoland area? No problem, we are open to full time remote work, with some travel to the HQ for team collaboration. Come join us, we offer work-life balance with flexible hours, competitive compensation, profit sharing, medical benefits, and the opportunity for you to join our mission to improve lives and contribute to a better society.

Responsibilities:
- Leads and owns all day-to-day activities of the Omron website, making sure it is optimized, and troubleshooting any issues. Making sure content is up to date and optimized.
- Manage incoming web and digital marketing requests, troubleshooting and resolving website issues.
- Manages enterprise SEO tool to continually work on content/technical recommendations to improve organic search traffic.
- Work with and project manages the development agency to implement bug fixes/website enhancements using an agile development methodology. Will be responsible for entering tickets with developers, gathering requirements, UAT testing, and implementing fixes/changes with team.
- Manage website improvement projects with vendors, Omron IT, and internal stakeholders. Gathering requirements/information, making sure that projects are implemented correctly and within scope/budget.
- Participate in sprint planning, requirement clarifications, unit testing and integration testing.
- Actively participate in production release, production issue analysis and coordinating with developers.
- Create, update and publish content as well as maintain all digital assets for Omron's website serving the Americas: Canada, US, Latin America and Brazil.
- Gather feedback from stakeholders and organize, prioritize and develop a plan to implement changes to the Omron website.
- Perform site audits to monitor user behavior, refine content to optimize for SEO and recommend changes to key stakeholders to improve user experience and drive conversions.
- Communicate internally to stakeholders regarding upcoming changes/improvements to the website.
- Document and update our technical Wiki.

Requirements:
- Four (4) year Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field
- 5+ years' experience in web project management
- Strong knowledge of data analytics and visualization tools; Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Google Search Console, Hotjar, BrightEdge
- Strong knowledge of SEO, keyword research, content structure, latest web technology trends
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- UI/UI design background
- Experience building websites first-hand
- Understanding of hosting providers, domain registrars/DNS management, website architecture and martech stacks.
- Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and basic web principles

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - The responsibilities listed below are representative, but not all inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability necessary to satisfactorily and successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Behavioral Profile: Strong organizational and time-management skills, Problem solving and critical thinking, Learning Agility, Decision Making, Effective Communication, Customer Orientation, Influencing, Innovation, Facilitating Change, Executional Excellence, Business Acumen, Stress Tolerance and Continuous Learning, passion for storytelling and strategy in a technical space

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS - The requirements listed below are representative of the physical and environmental factors the job holder will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Requirements: While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is often required to talk, hear at normal speaking levels, sit and use their hands and fingers to type, handle or feel, including repetitive motions with the wrists, hands and fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with arms and hands, this is a sedentary position involving sitting most of the time. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision for extensive computer use, reading and visual inspections.

Environmental Factors: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is primarily in a general office environment and occasionally in other. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Travel Requirements : Minimal travel required.

Conclusion - This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. But, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

The Company:
Omron Electronics LLC is a multi time winner of the following awards:
*******National Best and Brightest Company to Work For!
*******Winner for one of the 75 Best Places to Work in Illinois!
*******Winner for one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago!
Omron Electronics LLC is a leading global manufacturer of industrial automation products focused on sensing and control technologies. We serve OEM machine builders and end users with a wide range of products that integrate easily into complete automation solutions, offer simple connectivity, and are backed by solid support services. Our extensive product groups which are primarily manufactured overseas include programmable controllers, robotics, servo motors and drives, operator interfaces, temperature controllers, sensors, inspection and machine vision systems, RFID track and trace systems, safety devices, and software.

Omron Electronics LLC, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is the Americas industrial automation subsidiary of Omron Corporation, a $8 billion global technology company celebrating more than 80 years of success. Led by a management team where each member has 20+ years of experience in Industrial Automation, we are a midsize firm with a corporate culture of challenge, ethics and innovation. As we strive to grow the company and our market share, this position offers the potential to make a solid impact on the organization.

Omron's corporate core value of "working for the benefit of society" applies to our unique technical competencies in the areas of industrial automation, safety, security, environmental protection and healthcare in pursuit of a brighter future for all. As a corporate citizen that has long recognized and encouraged the importance of giving back to local communities and helping those less fortunate, Omron has demonstrated this over the years by designing a manufacturing facility which employs the disabled, making donations to aide those impacted by natural disasters, and sponsoring an annual Founders Day in which employees volunteer in the local communities across the globe.

Our Commitment to Employees:
- Company Culture defined as a fast paced, multi-tasking, team focused empowerment of employees, creative, innovative and open communication type organization.
- Training and Career Development Program to give employees a learning path with the necessary tools and resources they need to help build their career at Omron.
- Great financial opportunities with competitive compensation, immediate 401k match with 100% vesting, profit sharing, and Blue Cross Blue Shield for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits.
- Community Awareness that includes activities with local non-profit organizations and a Matching Gift Program.
- Work-Life Balance with Flexible Work Arrangements, Flexible Work Hours, and Sick/Vacation/Holiday Pay.
- Wellness Activities such as Walking Contests, Nutritional Learning Sessions, On Site Flu shots and Health Screenings.

Omron is an equal opportunity employer.

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