Senior Editor – Mortgage Content Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Act as Ratehub’s key expert on mortgages and real estate.

• Represent the brand during media engagements, providing expert insights, data points, and commentary.

• Engage in video content creation and participate in media interviews.

• Generate original content for media contributions, landing pages, blog posts, newsletters, videos, and social media platforms.

• Create timely analyses that reflect market conditions, rate changes, and consumer requirements.

• Collaborate with the mortgage brokerage team on rate trends, lender strategies, and market dynamics.

• Update and refresh existing content including blogs, FAQs, and landing pages.

• Implement SEO and GEO best practices, particularly for landing pages and high-traffic areas.

• Establish and maintain editorial voice, style guidelines, policies, workflows, and governance frameworks.

• Oversee the editorial and social media calendar.

• Review, edit, and approve content produced by writers, freelancers, and subject matter experts.

• Maintain expertise in Canadian personal finance to ensure editorial quality.

• Conduct content QA, including fact-checking, link audits, structural evaluations, and scheduled updates.

• Utilize organic traffic, keyword rankings, GEO metrics, engagement, and conversion data to prioritize editorial tasks.

• Onboard and manage freelance contributors.

• Collaborate with product, design, marketing, and data teams.

• Lead the production of sponsored content and coordinate between partnership and content teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6–10 years of editorial experience.

• Proven expertise in personal finance content; a focus on mortgages or real estate is highly preferred.

• Background in digital-first media, fintech, financial services, or high-volume content operations.

• Post-secondary education in journalism, communications, English, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Outstanding writing, editing, and storytelling abilities.

• Knowledge of Canadian mortgage products, rate structures, lending regulations, and real estate.

• Capability to manage a high volume of articles, landing pages, newsletters, social content, and video scripts.

• Strong grasp of Canadian AP or CP style and experience in maintaining in-house style guides.

• Familiarity with SEO, keyword research, on-page optimization, internal linking, and content structuring.

• Understanding of GEO and AI-powered search technologies.

• Experience with tools like Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Semrush, PEEC, or similar platforms.

• Ability to analyze content performance data.

• Experience mentoring content writers or strategists.

• Experience in briefing and managing freelance contributors.

• Cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, and analytics teams.

• Strong project management capabilities.

• Experience as a brand spokesperson or subject matter expert in media contexts.

• Proficiency in CMS platforms, such as WordPress.

• Familiarity with project management tools like Asana or Notion.

• Experience with AI writing and editing tools and responsible editorial practices.

• Must have legal eligibility to work in Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation reflecting experience and the Canadian market.

• Remote-first working environment with flexibility to operate from anywhere in Canada.

• Occasional in-person team gatherings.

• Flexible hours and autonomy in managing your schedule.

• Comprehensive health and dental coverage with no employee-paid premiums.

• Company-matched RRSP program.

• Individual training budget for professional development.

• Regular remote and in-person team social events.