Content Editor

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$60K/yr – $70K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the final stamp of approval on all assigned client copy from a strategy and quality standpoint.
  • Review copy to ensure it aligns with client strategy, brand voice, tone, and overarching content goals.
  • Review copy to ensure it serves the reader, conduct quality assurance checks to evaluate content structure, flow, and strategic effectiveness
  • Review copy to ensure it meets on-page SEO/GEO best practices, including proper keyword integration, internal linking, readability, and optimized page elements such as meta titles and meta descriptions.
  • Thoroughly fact-check copy to ensure all names, statistics, claims, dates, and references are accurate and properly sourced
  • Communicate clear, actionable, and constructive feedback and strategic coaching to writers, flagging issues for them to address rather than making direct edits.
  • Communicate with managers, designers, and writers on strategic gaps, structural improvements, and content quality to strengthen their content execution and meet client goals.
  • Manage, maintain, and consistently improve our AI editing tool, Grammarly, to ensure client style guides are followed in the writing process, including handling grammar, spelling, and mechanical edits, as well as addressing client nuances or recurring feedback
  • Proactively support Siege Learning & Development initiatives pertaining to content production and quality, with an emphasis on AI enhancements
  • Hit project deadlines while maintaining utilization goals

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in content editing, digital publishing, journalism, content marketing, and public relations
  • Exceptional attention to detail with a strong command of AP style
  • Experience editing and optimizing digital content, including long-form guides, thought leadership content, comparison posts, trend reports, infographics, and SEO-driven articles
  • Strong understanding of SEO fundamentals and how content supports organic growth
  • Experience editing or reviewing PR-focused content such as press releases, media pitches, expert commentary, or data-driven campaigns
  • Ability to adapt tone, complexity, and structure based on audience, publication standards, and client needs
  • Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple deadlines and toggle between multiple client projects quickly
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a fully remote environment
  • Experience working in Google Workspace and project management systems
  • Ability to provide thoughtful, actionable editorial feedback to writers and teammates

Preferred

  • 4-year degree in English, journalism or a related field
  • Experience working within SEO tools and content optimization platforms
  • Familiarity with Digital PR campaigns and media outreach best practices
  • Experience editing data journalism content, including an understanding of how to translate statistics into a story
  • Familiarity with content performance metrics and strategic editorial recommendations
  • Experience collaborating with design teams and providing guidance on UX and content presentation best practices
  • Background editing content within health, legal, finance, SaaS, technology, or consumer industries

Benefits

  • Perks for U.S. employees include 100% health, dental, and vision benefits, 50% 401(k) match up to 6% of your salary, unlimited PTO plus encouraged mental health days, paid parental leave, remote work equipment, and a home office stipend.
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Siege Media

We help growing brands scale with SEO, GEO, content marketing and PR. We're 100% remote, have a national reach and help some of the biggest and best brands on the web. We were named to the Inc 5000 6x, as well as one of Inc's "Best Places to Work" 2x.

Founded in 2012
Austin, Texas, USA
114 employees (95 in marketing)

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$60K/yr – $70K/yr

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Content Editor

Siege Media · Chicago, IL · Remote