Content Strategist

Colorado Springs, CO (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own content strategy from brief to delivery, shape editorial calendars, audits, and performance reporting while guiding production and responsible AI use.

  • Define content strategies and editorial calendars across channels.
  • Audit, write, and guide production with clear KPIs and reporting.
  • Align content with SEO, analytics, and governance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build content strategies from the brief up. Turn brand positioning, message hierarchies, and audience research into content pillars, audience-by-journey-stage maps, and channel roles for each client.
  • Own editorial planning. Build and manage content calendars across owned, earned, and social channels, balancing always-on content with campaign moments.
  • Audit and diagnose. Conduct content audits, competitive content reviews, and gap analyses. Use them to create clear recommendations, not just inventories.
  • Write and shape content. Draft and edit web, social, email, blog, and long-form content. Guide copywriters and designers on intent, audience, and format.
  • Connect content to performance. Define KPIs for content programs, partner with Media and Analytics on measurement, and report what's working, what isn't, and what we're changing.
  • Lead search and discoverability thinking. Apply SEO fundamentals and adapt to AI-driven search so clients' content gets found by both people and answer engines.
  • Develop voice and governance. Create and maintain brand voice guidelines, messaging frameworks, and content governance models that client teams can actually use.
  • Present and persuade. Present content strategies and results to clients with clarity and a point of view, including presentations to senior stakeholders.
  • Use AI responsibly. Apply generative AI tools in research, ideation, drafting, and workflow within agency and client data policies, with human judgment applied to every output.

Requirements

  • Approximately 4+ years of relevant experience in content strategy, content marketing, editorial, digital strategy, or a related field; agency experience preferred.
  • A portfolio showing strategic thinking, not just finished pieces—including frameworks, plans, audits, and the results they drove.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills across formats and voices.
  • Experience with CMS platforms, social sentiment and listening platforms (such as Meltwater, Cision, or Sprout Social), and content/project management tools.
  • Ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines without losing quality.
  • Comfort translating research and data into clear, plain-language recommendations.
  • A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Specialized Skills: Content Tech & Analytics: Hands-on experience with CMS platforms, social listening tools, SEO software (e.g., Semrush, Ahrefs), and web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Looker).
  • Specialized Skills: AI Tool Fluency: Experience using generative AI tools for research synthesis, ideation, content development, and workflow efficiency, with an understanding of responsible use, data privacy, and human review.
  • Specialized Skills: Testing & Optimization: Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies, conversion rate optimization (CRO) principles, and customer journey mapping software.

Preferred

  • Bilingual English/Spanish content experience.
  • Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and plain-language principles.
  • A sense of optimism that is only matched by your curiosity about the world around you.
  • A sense of urgency in getting work completed and an ability to work under tight deadlines.
  • A love of the advertising industry and a desire to create exceptional work that solves business issues.

Benefits

  • 401k + employer match
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Life and short-term disability (100% employer paid)
  • Voluntary long-term disability
  • 9 paid holidays
  • PTO,9 paid holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteering Day
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee referral program
  • Employee recognition program where points turn into money!
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Vladimir Jones

VJ is Colorado’s original independent agency. We believe in brilliant brands. And we love making the world love those brands as much as we do. Now in its sixth decade of independence, Vladimir Jones is a 100% women-owned and -led advertising agency based in Colorado. We believe brilliant brands have the power to create and positively transform the consumer experience and communities at large. And we believe these brands need more than agencies—these brands need true partners. A true partner sees deeply, moves with agility, and thinks big and acts bigger to realize brands’ potential and help them grow.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
84 employees (29 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $85K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
23 (27% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.2%
Direct
46.9%
Referral
7.4%
Social
15%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~84
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Content Strategist

Vladimir Jones · Colorado Springs, CO · Hybrid