Web Developer & Designer SEO Specialist

Job Title: Web Developer & Designer / SEO Specialist in Information Technology (IT)

Location: Saad Al Abdullah Kuwait

About The American International University

American International University (AIU) is a private institution in Kuwait founded in 2019 offering undergraduate programs in Engineering and Computing Architecture and Design Business Arts and Sciences and Education. The programs are delivered in English and follow the American model of higher education. AIU serves a community of more than 4000 students and is implementing the RISE Strategy a five-year institutional transformation strategy anchored in research development international accreditation student success employability and community engagement.

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Job Summary

The Web Developer & Designer / SEO Specialist is responsible for the end-to-end design development management and optimization of American International Universitys public website and related web platforms. The role combines web development professional UI/UX and visual design content management SEO analytics performance optimization and ongoing website maintenance.

The position is technology-stack agnostic. AIU is not confined to a specific CMS programming language framework or development platform. The candidate may recommend and use WordPress a custom-developed solution or another suitable modern technology stack based on maintainability security performance scalability usability and institutional requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Website Development & Management

• Develop maintain and optimize AIUs website and web platforms.
• Manage CMS integrations APIs security performance and troubleshooting.
• Ensure responsive accessible secure and cross-browser functionality.
• Maintain code documentation configurations and AIU-owned access.
• Coordinate with stakeholders on website requirements.

Web Design & UI/UX

• Create modern brand-aligned website designs wireframes and prototypes.
• Develop responsive desktop tablet and mobile experiences.
• Maintain consistent UI/UX navigation typography and visual standards.
• Improve usability based on analytics feedback and web standards.

SEO & Digital Analytics

• Manage technical and on-page SEO to improve organic visibility.
• Optimize content metadata URLs links images and structured data.
• Monitor indexing crawlability redirects broken links and Core Web Vitals.
• Manage GA4 Search Console Tag Manager and SEO tools.
• Analyze performance and provide reports and recommendations.

Initial Website Transition

• Lead the transition from the vendor-managed website to an AIU-controlled environment.
• Audit existing content functionality integrations analytics and SEO.
• Migrate or rebuild required components while preserving quality and functionality.
• Preserve key URLs SEO value analytics data and implement redirects.
• Establish AIU ownership of the website CMS code analytics and administrative access.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Information Technology Web Development Digital Media Design or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in website development web design SEO or management of production websites.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating professional web design/UI/UX and production website development capability is required.
• Demonstrated practical experience managing SEO and website analytics for public-facing websites.
• Relevant certifications in web development UI/UX SEO analytics CMS platforms or cloud technologies are an advantage.
• Strong website development and end-to-end website ownership skills
• Strong professional web design UI/UX and visual-design capability
• Strong understanding of technical SEO on-page SEO keyword research and search performance
• Experience with Google Analytics Google Search Console and Google Tag Manager
• Experience with CMS platforms and/or custom website development
• Sound understanding of web fundamentals such as HTML CSS JavaScript databases APIs and responsive web technologies
• Ability to evaluate and select an appropriate technology stack rather than being limited to one platform
• Strong troubleshooting problem-solving documentation communication and stakeholder-management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with WordPress or other modern CMS platforms as well as custom-developed websites.
• Experience migrating a large public-facing website from an external vendor to an internally managed environment.
• Working knowledge of website hosting and cloud platforms such as AWS Microsoft Azure or equivalent.
• Understanding of DNS SSL/TLS CDN backups web servers staging/production environments Git and website deployment.
• Experience with SEO platforms such as Semrush Ahrefs Moz or equivalent.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the Job Opportunities section on our website andsubmit a resume and cover letter via: will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The successful candidate is expected to commence employment as soon as possible.

Required Experience:

Senior IC