Web Designer

ABOUT CEDAR

Cedar is a global strategy consulting, research and analytics firm with a 40-year track record and clients across multiple industry sectors. Since 1985, our teams have assisted clients in strategy, process innovation, strategic human capital and business technology, among others, with a strong focus on the Financial Services sector. As a full-suite management consulting firm, Cedar assists clients across these areas in an integrated fashion — from strategy formulation to execution and implementation.

The firm's heritage includes being part of the former US$1 billion Renaissance Worldwide, whose leadership included the creators of the Balanced Scorecard — the world's leading strategy-deployment and performance-management tool, used by organisations globally. Cedar's specialist Financial Services practice serves as the firm's centre of excellence, offering innovative advisory, research and accelerator capabilities to players across the global Financial Services ecosystem.

Cedar's group unit, UK-headquartered IBS Intelligence (IBSi), is a leading global pure-play FinTech research, news-analysis and advisory firm; for over 30 years it has been the definitive source of independent, in-depth analysis of global financial-technology markets, and its annual Sales League Table is considered the global industry barometer of banking-technology suppliers. The Cedar-IBSi platform also runs Cedar-IBSi FinTech Labs, a BankTech / B2B FinTech accelerator home to 70+ FinTechs since 2017; and Cedar's independent venture capital fund, announced in 2023, backs founders building AI-first enterprise technology for the Financial Services industry.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Web Designer designs, maintains and optimises the websites of Cedar Management Consulting International. The role exists to ensure Cedar’s online presence reflects its brand values, engages users and supports lead-generation goals through seamless functionality and compelling design, while keeping the sites fast, secure and reliable.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Working as part of the marketing team, the Web Designer combines a strong aesthetic sense with hands-on technical skills in web technologies. Responsibilities span responsive layout and UI/UX design, day-to-day content updates, CMS and hosting management, performance and SEO optimisation, web security, and analytics reporting. The role coordinates closely with content creators, the marketing team and agency partners to keep visual identity and messaging consistent across every page.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design engaging, responsive website layouts aligned with Cedar’s brand guidelines and UI/UX best practices.
• Manage regular content updates — events, blogs and announcements — in coordination with the marketing team.
• Maintain website uptime, speed and mobile responsiveness through regular audits and updates.
• Manage the CMS (e.g., WordPress), plugins, SEO settings, analytics integration and hosting environments.
• Optimise images, code and page-load times for performance and SEO; run A/B tests as needed.
• Implement web security measures, including SSL, backup protocols and plugin-vulnerability monitoring.
• Coordinate with content creators, marketing and agency partners for visual and messaging consistency.
• Monitor site performance, bounce rates and goal completions using Google Analytics and Search Console; submit monthly reports.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Web Design, Computer Science, Digital Media, or a related field.

Experience: 3-5 years of experience in website design and management, preferably in a B2B or consulting environment.

SKILLS, DOMAIN & COMPETENCIES

Functional & technical skills: HTML, CSS and JavaScript; CMS platforms (especially WordPress); SEO principles; Web analytics tools (Google Analytics, Search Console); Graphic and UI design tools (Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop); Web performance optimisation; Web security practices.

Industry & domain knowledge: Web accessibility standards; Data-privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR); B2B website and lead-generation practices.

Behavioural competencies: Aesthetic judgement, Problem-solving, Communication, Project management, Attention to detail, Ownership, Collaboration.