Managing Editor (SEO)

California, MO (Remote)

$68K/yr – $75K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own day-to-day content operations for a diverse client portfolio, mentor freelancers, and shape editorial workflows and AI-assisted production while aligning with SEO strategy and client Roadmaps.

  • Lead content operations and QA
  • Mentor writers and manage freelance contributors
  • Align with SEO strategy and client roadmaps and quarterly planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day content operations across a diverse portfolio of clients in regulated and non-regulated industries
  • Manage and mentor freelance writers, providing feedback that sharpens their SEO execution and editorial quality
  • Collaborate with the technical SEO team to ensure content execution aligns with the broader search strategy
  • Contribute to the development of content strategy, topic ideation, and quarterly production planning
  • Shape and improve AI-assisted content workflows, from brief creation to editorial QA
  • Participate in client-facing calls to align content strategy with broader SEO and marketing goals
  • Pitch and implement workflow tools and process improvements that keep production running smoothly
  • Ensuring alignment across client-facing Roadmaps, Asana, and other project management interfaces to shepherd the content lifecycle from brief to publication
  • Ensuring timely content deliverable submissions from freelancers and editing of all content to MediaJel's service standards and quarterly production cadence
  • Carrying out Quality Assurance checks for all content uploads

Requirements

  • Have 3-5 years of editorial or content management experience, with at least 2 in an SEO-focused role
  • Have experience managing freelance writers or contract contributors
  • Have experience working in an agency environment, managing multiple clients, and competing priorities simultaneously
  • Are trained in the art and science of grammar
  • Have a firm grasp of SEO best practices for content and can coach writers in the execution of MediaJel’s standards
  • Understand geolocated and local SEO tactics for content
  • Are familiar with how AI is transforming the search landscape, from AI Overviews to evolving discovery patterns, and understand how the new landscape translates into content strategy
  • Have experience editing AI-generated content and working within AI-assisted production workflows
  • Thrive on organization, forward planning, and managing production workflows that operate on a quarterly cadence
  • Have direct or transferable experience navigating content requirements for regulated industries

Preferred

  • Experience with cannabis, hemp, or dispensary content
  • Experience editing science-focused content for laypersons and assessing peer-reviewed sources for relevance and rigor
  • Familiarity with ecommerce content, including product descriptions and collection pages
  • Exposure to B2B2C business models
  • Background in ad tech, martech, or SaaS content
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MediaJel

4.4 Glassdoor

Digital Marketing platform for regulated brands – it’s our thing. We’re the #1 AdTech built for Programmatic Advertising, SEO, SEM, Web Services. Our compliant data management and SaaS solutions help brands engage ideal target consumers and curate valued, brand-safe relationships at every stage of the digital buyer’s journey.

Founded in 2018
Walnut Creek, California, USA
40 employees (8 in marketing)
86% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$68K/yr – $75K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (18% of company)
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$2.6M
Last Raise
$2.5M
Seed, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2019
    Seed • $2.5M
  • Nov 2018
    Seed • $100K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.7%
Direct
50.9%
Referral
7.6%
Social
7.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40
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Managing Editor (SEO)

MediaJel · California, MO · Remote