Description
Do you understand content strategy and have experience delivering the right content to the right customer at the right time? Are you excited about the possibility of being empowered to engage in conversational marketing for the world’s leading online diamond jeweler? We have an exciting opportunity for an editor who can deliver focused solutions rooted in the user experience principals of relevancy, simplicity, and delight.
To be a successful Content Editor, it is a given that you are gifted with words, able to write, curate, and edit, but you should also be familiar with content organization and content management systems, as well as the art of persuasion and marketing. A real passion for experimentation and an ability to move quickly is also a plus.
Acting as a customer advocate, you will have a strong understanding of our customer needs and brand voice. Working with others on the team, you will promote best content practices and craft self-improving and increasingly more relevant and personal customer experiences and systems. We need you to be creative, detail-oriented, positive, motivated, open-minded, respectful of others, and a top-notch communicator.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Collaborate with agile product design team made up of product managers, engineers, and designers to deliver extraordinary product experiences through iterative releases.
- Use content frameworks and standards for the writing, curating, publishing, and governance of original, licensed, and user-generated content for a variety of new features and content optimizations.
- Communicate use cases, states, and detailed content specifications and tagging through content matrices, copy style guides, and working within layout comps or lo-fi prototypes.
- Assure project content meets standards of quality; measured in terms of persuasion, consistency, delightfulness, and uniqueness.
- Work with established holistic, system-wide content strategies to implement product solutions that drive great user experiences.
- Describe and present your methods, content explorations, and tradeoff rationale along with a recommendation to peers, team partners, and business stakeholders
- Partner with freelancers, agency, and other external vendors to define and deliver content on time, within budget, and at a high quality.
- Estimate work effort and help clarify deliverables.
- Review other products and content design approaches to understand emerging standards and innovation.
Qualifications: (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Experience, and Education)
- 3+ years of professional experience with digital publishing and content strategy with a degree in a relevant field (English, Communications, Journalism, CS)
- Experience with design lexicon and working in design and digital publishing processes
- Experience in localization workflow and the challenges of writing for a global audience
- Demonstrated success developing content solutions for large enterprise web sites or applications
- Experience working within agile design and development teams
- A strategic thinker with a good understanding of messaging and reputation management
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Ability to think, plan, and execute resourcefully, across multiple tasks
- Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of SEO, Social, and other content marketing is preferred
- Knowledge of Google Analytics, other measurement tools, and basic HTML is a plus
- A portfolio of excellent written content will be required
- Proficient in Microsoft Office or other publishing tools
What we offer:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Healthcare Coverage
401(k) with Company Match
Paid Vacation
Competitive Salaries
Transportation Allowance
Employee Discount
Employee Referral Bonus
Fitness Center Discount