Digital Content Strategist

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$96K/yr – $124K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end digital content strategy and governance across CMS, DAM, and marketing platforms.

  • Must-have: 4+ years in digital content strategy with a strong writing portfolio.
  • Standout: Experience aligning content with AI/search and cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Content strategy and development
  • Lead digital content strategy, planning, writing, and refinement across websites, email, and other channels.
  • Partner with SEO and analytics teams to establish content hierarchy and develop the enterprise’s new content strategy.
  • Write and optimize compelling content in the brand voice; evaluate existing content to identify gaps improvement opportunities.
  • Train marketers on writing for digital channels, internal AI search, SEO/AEO/GEO/SEM, accessibility, channel conventions, and metadata/tagging best practices.
  • Serve as the liaison between marketing, product, brand, UX, and IT for cross-channel digital content initiatives.
  • Develop and govern content workflows within content management/web content management systems (CMS/WCM) and other content activation systems (e.g., marketing automation, website).
  • Audit digital content experiences to improve engagement, discoverability, and conversion.
  • Collaborate with digital teams to test and optimize content across channels and journeys.
  • Build and maintain metadata models and tagging frameworks across all content types.

Requirements

  • 4 years of professional experience in digital content strategy, content creation, and technical writing.
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a strong writing portfolio showcasing content for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Proven expertise writing for AI products, such as chatbots, virtual assistants, or other conversational interfaces.
  • Demonstrated expertise creating/organizing/tagging content for SEO/AEO/GEO crawlers.
  • Experience conducting website content audits, inventories, and taxonomy/metadata development.
  • Familiarity with digital accessibility standards and content management systems.
  • Strong analytical, project management, and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, English, journalism, liberal arts, media, communications, advertising, or writing and/or advanced degree preferred.
  • 5-10 years of professional experience in digital content strategy, content creation, and technical writing.
  • Experience in the financial services, mortgages, or real estate industry.
  • Experience contributing to website build, migration, or refresh projects.

Benefits

  • As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here .
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Founded in 1938
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
12K employees (373 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
810.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$284.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.6%
Direct
52.3%
Referral
8.6%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
216 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
18 years
Median Tenure
7.2 years

Funding

Total Funding
$708M
Last Raise
$708M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $708M

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