CMS Digital Project Manager

This role required lateral thinking mixed with a tenacious “can do” mentality, balanced with the sensitivity of implementing a huge culture change programme. The key elements of my projects were:

• Engaging stakeholders at all levels at the project planning through to implementation stage by demonstrating business case, employee and customer benefits
• Providing leadership in directing the change programme in a co-ordinated way
• Responsible for defining and planning business priorities and requirements
• Managing a number of key third party partners and relationships including WebTrends, Sitemorse and Webcredible
• Developing wireframes of a refreshed design and validating its usability with external research
• Taking ownership of detailed and complex functional and technical specifications of the CMS
• Working with senior content owners, agreeing the customer journey and information architecture
• Analysing issues in a creative, systematic and pragmatic way and able to provide recommendations and make decisions on behalf of the customer and business
• Worked closely with technical teams both within the Met Office and external suppliers
• Adhered to strict release management, operational acceptance and IT security procedures to ensure timely release of websites
• Integral part of a core team that laid the road map for the migration of the remaining content using the CMS
• Implemented a taxonomy process for the Research area of the website
• Trained editors in the new CMS as well as organising web writing training
• Developed a governance framework to ensure compliance to agreed standards

The launch of the Met Office mobile website received online coverage from: 

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