Senior Content Strategist at Accenture Federal Services | District of Columbia, USA | $95K/yr – $204K/yr

Accenture Federal Services

Senior Content Strategist

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $204K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive content strategy and UX improvements for federal digital products, focusing on audit, structure, and taxonomy to align with user needs and agency goals.

Your primary ownership is auditing current federal product content and defining a refresh plan.
Must-have: 5+ years as a content strategist or content marketer with CMS and SEO experience.
Standout: Collaboration with designers, governance, GEO/AEO, and AI-driven strategy for scalable impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Your initial responsibility will be to conduct a comprehensive audit and analysis of the content and experience of existing federal products, focusing on their architecture, structure, content, and taxonomy.
You will identify areas for improvement and create a detailed plan for refreshing digital products, ensuring they align with both user needs and organizational objectives.
Your role will also involve gathering requirements, facilitating client discussions, and conducting content reviews to drive the success of programmatic improvements.
In this position, you will leverage your expertise in SEO, GEO, AEO, and user experience inform your strategy and recommendations. You will support user testing efforts, using insights gained to validate proposed changes and enhance the overall user journey.
Collaboration is key, as you will work closely with interaction and service designers, providing guidance on content strategy while supporting the implementation of visual and structural updates.
Familiarity with website maintenance and governance principles, as well as experience in defining long-term strategies for content management, will be highly beneficial in ensuring the ongoing success and sustainability of the site.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Digital Marketing, Communications, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience as a content strategist or content marketer.
5+ years of experience crafting content for digital products or services in consulting, in-house, or agency environments
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a focus on creating topical authority.
Proficiency in content management systems (CMS) and SEO (site structure, schema markup) combined with knowledge of how AI models retrieve information.
Strong understanding of digital marketing channels and best practices.
Ability to communicate design intent and tradeoffs clearly to diverse stakeholders, including non-design audiences

Preferred

Experience working with federal agencies or on public-sector digital services.
Prior experience in client-facing or consulting roles within regulated environments.
Prior experience in GEO, AEO and AI-strategy to structure information for both human readability and machine readability.
Strong foundation in human-centered design principles for browser-based, native application, and platform experiences.
Experience writing for complex, high-traffic platforms serving diverse audiences.
Exposure to service design, journey mapping, or omni-channel government services.
Experience supporting data-informed design using analytics or Voice of the Customer tools.
Relevant Master’s Degree.

Benefits

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits.

Accenture Federal Services

We power reinvention across the US federal government to help agencies deliver greater outcomes using proven commercial solutions, mission expertise, and new technologies – cloud, data and AI, platforms and cyber. It’s how we radically reset problem-solving and help federal leaders deliver breakthrough performance & efficiency with speed and certainty.

Founded in 1989

Arlington, Virginia, USA

9.4K employees (279 in marketing)

www.accenturefederal.com