Strategic Content Specialist

Memphis, TN (On-site)

$60/hr – $75/hrEntry LevelPart time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and drive university web content strategy from audits to governance, shaping structure, clarity, and user experience across departments.

  • Lead content audits and restructuring to improve navigation and accessibility.
  • Collaborate with faculties and staff to prioritize and maintain up-to-date content.
  • Translate complex information into audience-focused, readable web content and ensure branding alignment.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Content Organization and Management
  • Review, assess, and reorganize existing website content for clarity, consistency, and usability.
  • Develop and maintain logical website structures, page hierarchies, and navigation pathways.
  • Remove outdated, duplicate, or unnecessary content.
  • Ensure content aligns with university branding and accessibility standards.
  • Content Simplification and Presentation
  • Translate complex academic, research, and administrative information into clear, audience-focused language.
  • Improve content readability and visual presentation.
  • Create concise summaries, headings, and page descriptions that enhance user engagement.
  • Recommend best practices for presenting information across web pages and digital platforms.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in communications, public health, marketing, English, information science, or a related field.
  • Applicants with experience with higher education or public health websites, familiarity with content management systems (CMS), knowledge of web accessibility standards and user experience principles, experience conducting content audits and developing content strategies will be given priority consideration.
  • Skills and abilities must include experience managing or organizing website content, strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, ability to simplify complex information for diverse audiences, excellent organizational and project management skills, ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

Salaries

Posted range

$60/hr – $75/hr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($140K) is 106% above the median base salary for Content Specialist roles in the United States ($68K).

Content Specialist median pay in the United States

$68K/yr

Most pay falls between $59K and $78K. Based on 50 salaries.

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