Content Editor at University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $70K/yr – $75K/yr

University of Utah

Content Editor

Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $75K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive UX-aligned university marketing content across websites and campaigns, ensuring accessibility, brand voice, and audience-centric clarity.

Own end-to-end content creation and revision for university marketing channels.
Must-have: Experience conducting content audits and UX writing in complex institutions.
Standout: Strong collaboration with campus partners and subject-matter experts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Write, revise, and edit marketing content for University of Utah websites and campaigns, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to brand voice.
Rework complex or academic content into audience-friendly language while preserving meaning and intent.
Ensure marketing content follows accessibility standards for all channels (print collateral, as well as webpages).
Maintain high editorial quality through proofreading, fact checking, and coordinating subject matter expert (SME) reviews.
Provide copywriting and copyediting support for UMC, including publications, emails, signage, and other formats as needed.
Conduct comprehensive website and content audits to evaluate usability, clarity, accessibility, and alignment with audience needs.
Identify content gaps, redundancies, and structural issues; recommend improvements to site architecture, navigation, and page layouts.
Analyze user journeys and tasks to ensure content supports intuitive, efficient experiences.
Translate findings into actionable deliverables, including audit reports, prioritized recommendations, and content roadmaps.
Collaborate with project managers, designers, and developers to guide UX-aligned content changes through implementation.

Preferred

Experience in higher education, nonprofit, government, or similarly complex environments.
Hands-on experience with content management systems (especially CMS platforms used in higher ed).
Experience using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics 4, Dynomapper, site search data) to inform content decisions.
Familiarity with style guides and brand governance across large institutions.
User-centered thinking and empathy for diverse audiences.
Ability to simplify and organize information into intuitive content structures.
Editorial judgment and attention to detail.
Comfortable giving constructive feedback and leading collaborative revisions.
Clear communicator who can bridge UX, content, and campus partner needs.
Curious, adaptable, and motivated to improve digital experiences at scale.

Benefits

University of Utah

The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders.The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011.Technology and CommercializationThe University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information.Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/HealthcareUniversity of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

12K employees (464 in marketing)

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