Employee Content

Table of contents

1. Overall Notes
2. Faculty Pages
   1. Education Format
   2. Optional Information
3. Staff Pages*
   1. Admissions Counselor Pages

Content Type - Taylor Modernization: Employee

Overall Notes

• Headshot:
  • Headshot (taken by Creative Director) should be 300x300 with a 72-96 resolution.
  • If no professional headshot is available, please use the black-and-white default Cross and Bucket image (in the faculty-staff folder on Public).
• Phone Number Style: Always use dashes, NOT parentheses. e.g. 123-456-7890 ; NOT (123) 456-7890
• Email Style: Always use @taylor.edu, NOT @tayloru.edu. e.g. jndoe@taylor.edu ; NOT jndoe@tayloru.edu
• Department/Office Relationships: Link to department(s)/office(s) associated with employee.
• Cover Image: Always use the default Employees cover image.
• Job Title
  • Use official job title.
  • Capitalize every word like it is a Movie title.
  • Use “&” instead of “and” if the title includes an “and.”
  • Use “and” between two titles if employee has more than one title.
  • Use full words, NOT abbreviations e.g. Director of Student Development & Residence Life and Assistant Professor of Higher Education

Faculty Pages

Faculty are required to list Contact information and have a professional headshot (via Creative Director). Faculty are encouraged to include Education and a biography. In the biography, we ask them to include answers to the following: Hobby, Advice to Incoming Freshmen, Why I Came to Taylor / Why I Enjoy Teaching at Taylor, and Major Accomplishments.

Education Format

In list format, each degree as:

1. Abbreviated degree, NO periods (in <strong> tag or Bold when using the WYSIWYG) e.g. PhD
2. [Comma space]
3. Discipline or Major of the degree * , capitalized like a title, NOT abbreviated, e.g. British Literature
4. [Comma space]
5. College or University, NOT abbreviated e.g. Taylor University
6. [Open parentheses] 4-digit year [Closed parentheses] e.g. (1994)

*If employee has a minor, focus, or concentration they want to list, list the primary discipline followed by a dash and then the concentration.

e.g. Computer Science - Cybersecurity

All together, the Education section code should look like:

<ul>
    <li><strong>PhD</strong>, Electrical Engineering - Circuits, University of Maryland (2006)</li>
    <li><strong>MS</strong>, Computer Engineering, Korea University (1993)</li>
    <li><strong>BS</strong>, Computer Science - Digital Media, Taylor University (1991)</li>
</ul>

Optional Information

• Photo Carousel:
• Research & Publications: Can include up to 4 books, 4 research projects, 6 published articles.
  • Books: Include cover image, link title to Publisher’s website - book page, list all authors noting Taylor University employees first, list publisher name and year of publication as [PUBLISHER, YEAR]
  • Research: Title of research capitalized like movie title, link title to research page, list all researchers, list short summary of research.
  • Articles:
• Vitae (CV): Do NOT include personal phone number, home address, or references information.
• SEO Data: Use the following format: [FIRST LAST] is a [JOB TITLE] with the [OFFICE/DEPARTMENT] at Taylor University. Contact [HIM/HER] or read [HIS/HER] faculty bio here.

Staff Pages*

Staff are only required to list the Contact information and have a professional headshot (via Creative Director). Exceptions for Education, Biography, Vitae, and Accomplishment information may be included in unique circumstances.

• SEO Data: [FIRST LAST] is a [JOB TITLE] with the [OFFICE/DEPARTMENT] at Taylor University. Contact [HIM/HER] here.

Admissions Counselor Pages

Admissions Counselors are required to list the contact information, have a professional headshot (via Creative Director), and include a narrative biography and “Responsibilities” section.

• SEO Data: [FIRST LAST] is the Taylor University Admissions Counselor for [majors in [AREA (and/or) STUDENT GROUP]. Contact [HIM/HER] or read [HIS/HER] bio here.