Strategic Content Editor – Contract-to-Hire

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

📋 Description

• Conduct a thorough review of strategies prior to content creation. You will evaluate content briefs, keyword strategies, and funnel plans before the writing process begins and critically assess them. If the targeting is inaccurate, the search intent is misinterpreted, or the funnel logic is flawed, you will identify these issues at the brief stage rather than during the drafting process.

• Edit for strategic consistency. Each draft will be assessed against the strategy it was intended to support. You will ensure that the copy aligns with the designated persona, the CTA is appropriate for the funnel stage, and the content effectively meets the targeted search intent.

• Establish editing standards in areas lacking them. If you identify recurring writing issues, a missing tone of voice guideline, or a gap in our editorial process, you will create a solution. You take initiative without waiting for instructions and do not attribute problems to others. However, you will take the time to gain leadership and team support, as a standard is most effective when the users contributed to its development. Address what is broken collaboratively with the team.

• Identify missed ranking opportunities from the brief. You will analyze SERPs, not just drafts. If a piece could achieve a featured snippet with a structural modification or if a related keyword cluster is available, you will point it out and make adjustments.

• Conduct quality control. You will be the final reviewer before content is published. This includes ensuring clarity, flow, tone, accuracy, brand voice, as well as important details like internal links, metadata, and formatting. You will assist in formalizing our QA process to ensure quality is not reliant on any single individual's presence.

• Provide constructive feedback to writers that enhances their skills. You will offer direct, specific, actionable insights that clarify the strategic rationale behind your suggestions, not just corrections. Our writers are skilled, and your role is to refine their abilities further.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years experience editing strategic marketing content (SEO content, landing pages, emails, PPC assets) in an agency or similarly dynamic environment. Your editing experience is focused on achieving performance results, not merely enhancing aesthetics.

• Ability to analyze an SEO strategy document and identify its weaknesses. This includes keyword selection, intent mapping, funnel logic, and content architecture. Your proficiency in this area is fluency, not mere familiarity.

• You are accustomed to working independently. During the leave period, you will be making editorial decisions without a director to consult. You must possess the judgment needed for these decisions and have the documentation skills to support them.

• A true team player. Independence does not equate to being a lone wolf. You will be collaborating daily with writers, strategists, and PMs, and your feedback style must quickly establish trust.

• You communicate directly and kindly. Writers should feel enhanced in their roles after your edits, rather than discouraged.

• You are seeking greater responsibility than your current position allows. You have likely been performing unofficial leadership tasks such as mentoring writers, creating processes that were not requested, and being the go-to person for the team. You desire a role where that responsibility is explicitly defined in your job description.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial contract engagement with the possibility of transitioning to a full-time position based on performance during the contract period.

• Fully remote work opportunity, requiring substantial overlap with US Eastern Time business hours for collaboration.

• Competitive contract compensation based on experience ($3,000-$5,000 per month). Full-time conversion includes salary, benefits, PTO, and a budget for professional development.