Senior Editor, Mortgage Lead

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

📋 Description

• Act as Ratehub's leading expert in mortgages and real estate.

• Create content that delivers insightful analysis and reflects current market dynamics, rate fluctuations, and consumer requirements — going beyond just evergreen education.

• Enhance Ratehub's credibility in the mortgage sector by producing high-quality, accurate, and timely original content across various formats, including media contributions, landing pages, blog posts, newsletters, videos, and social media.

• Assist the Communications team by providing expert commentary, relevant data points, and timely insights for media outreach.

• Regularly collaborate with Ratehub's mortgage team to stay informed about rate trends, lender strategies, and market changes, translating these insights into prompt content updates.

• Continuously maintain and update existing content, including blogs, FAQs, and landing pages, utilizing internal resources, French translators, and freelancers as needed.

• Apply SEO and GEO best practices to all content, with a particular emphasis on landing pages and high-traffic areas.

• Define, document, and uphold Ratehub's editorial voice and style guidelines across all formats, channels, and contributors.

• Establish and maintain editorial policies, workflows, and governance frameworks that can be scaled across staff writers, freelancers, and cross-functional contributors.

• Oversee and manage the editorial and social media calendar, balancing timely rate and market coverage with long-term content strategies while ensuring all published content adheres to accuracy, compliance, and regulatory standards relevant to Canadian financial products.

• Review, edit, and approve submissions from writers, freelancers, and subject matter experts to ensure a consistently high editorial standard.

• Develop and maintain extensive knowledge in Canadian personal finance — including mortgage rates, insurance, credit cards, banking, and investing — to provide credible editorial oversight.

• Oversee content QA processes, including fact-checking, link auditing, structural reviews, and scheduled content refreshes.

• Leverage performance data, such as organic traffic, keyword rankings, GEO metrics, engagement, and conversion signals, to guide editorial priorities and identify content gaps.

• Brief, onboard, and supervise freelance contributors, defining the scope, ensuring quality, and providing feedback.

• Collaborate with product, design, marketing, and data teams to ensure content accurately reflects live product and rate information.

• Lead the production of sponsored content, serving as the main liaison between the external partnership team and the content team.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6–10 years of editorial experience.

• Established expertise in personal finance content, with a strong preference for candidates focused on mortgages or real estate.

• Experience in a digital-first media environment, fintech, financial services, or a high-volume content operation.

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

• Outstanding writing, editing, and storytelling abilities, with the capacity to present complex financial topics clearly and engagingly for a Canadian audience.

• Strong familiarity with Canadian mortgage products, rate structures, lending regulations, and the broader real estate landscape is highly preferred.

• Proven track record of managing a high volume of content across multiple formats simultaneously — including articles, landing pages, newsletters, social media, and video scripts.

• Strong command of Canadian AP or CP style, with experience in developing and maintaining in-house style guides.

• Solid understanding of SEO best practices, including keyword research, on-page optimization, internal linking, and content structuring for search.

• Familiarity with GEO (generative engine optimization) and the impact of AI-powered search on content strategy.

• Proficient in using tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Semrush, PEEC, or similar platforms to inform editorial choices.

• Ability to analyze content performance data and convert it into actionable editorial priorities.

• Experience mentoring content writers/strategists, with a proven history of enhancing the quality of a team's output.

• Skilled in briefing and managing freelance contributors, including providing clear, constructive editorial feedback.

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with marketing, product, and analytics teams.

• Strong project management skills — able to manage competing deadlines, shifting priorities, and multiple stakeholders effectively.

• Confident communicator with experience on-camera and on-mic; comfortable participating in video content and social media videos.

• Established relationships within Canadian financial media or journalism networks are an asset.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: A salary that reflects your experience and the Canadian market.

• Remote-First Environment: The flexibility to work from anywhere in Canada, with occasional in-person team gatherings for collaboration.

• Flexible Hours: Autonomy to manage your schedule to support work-life balance.

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

• RRSP Matching: A company-matched RRSP program to support your long-term financial goals.

• Professional Development: An individual training allowance to help you grow your skills and career.

• Team Socials: Regular events, both remote and in-person, to build connections across the organization.