New Web Editor position... Stonehill College
The list of college and university positions dedicated to improving the presentation of website content continues to expand... with today's addition, there are now 42 spots listed in my August 8, 2006 "Writing Right for the Web" posting.
Ed Sevilla, executive director of marketing at Stonehill College, sent along news of the latest addition while I was traveling in Ireland these last two weeks. Back in June, Shannon McDonough joined Stonehill with the tile of Web Editor. The added good news is that she'll work in Ed's marketing department, a nice recognition of the website's value to the marketing effort.
The press release that Ed sent includes this note on the responsibilities of the postion:
- "As Web Editor, McDonough creates, writes, and edits the content for Stonehill’s Web site, www.stonehill.edu. Working in collaboration with the Web Steering Committee and all departments on campus, she reviews and refines processes for creating, approving, and publishing content to the Stonehill Web site..."
I know from earlier comments from people trying to fill positions like this that qualified candidates aren't easy to find. Here's a little information about Shannon's background:
- "A 1996 graduate of Stonehill College with a B.A. in English Literature, McKonough was recently the internal communications manager at Conde Nast Publicantion... Prior to that, she was editor-in-chief of ddbconnect.com, the intranet for DDB Worldwide Communications Group..."
Creating new positions like this should be a priority for every school that doesn't yet have one. Without them, the path to improved websites isn't going to be built nearly as quicly as it should be. Congratulations to Stonehill for helping to move things along in the right direction.