Web Content Editor

Southampton, City of Southampton, UK (Hybrid)

£33K/yr – £39K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 19 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and shape web content across the OS site, driving accessibility, governance and optimization while collaborating with stakeholders and multi-disciplinary teams.

  • Own web briefs from concept to implementation
  • Use analytics and insights to improve customer journeys
  • Collaborate with developers, designers and content contributors

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create, update and curate content across the OS website, ensuring high standards of quality, consistency and accessibility
  • Work with stakeholders to understand business objectives and customer needs, translating these into effective web content and user journeys
  • Take ownership of web briefs from initial concept through to implementation, helping stakeholders refine requirements and recommending appropriate content solutions
  • Support the planning, creation and delivery of campaign, product and business-critical content
  • Build positive relationships across the business, providing advice, guidance and constructive challenge on digital content and website best practice
  • Champion accessibility best practice and support ongoing improvements to website content in line with WCAG and wider web standards
  • Conduct content audits and reviews, identifying opportunities to improve content quality, governance, findability and customer experience
  • Use analytics, user insight and stakeholder feedback to identify opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement
  • Manage content within the CMS, including page governance, content modelling, asset management and user administration
  • Support and enable content contributors across the business through training, guidance, governance and ongoing support

Requirements

  • Experience managing, creating and publishing content within a Content Management System (CMS)
  • Strong understanding of digital content best practice, including content design, accessibility, usability and web standards such as WCAG
  • Experience working with stakeholders to understand requirements, shape briefs and recommend effective digital content solutions
  • Ability to interpret and develop briefs that may initially be incomplete or loosely defined
  • Understanding of customer journeys and how content can support different audiences, needs and objectives
  • Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, for example alongside content, UX, development or testing specialists
  • Knowledge of SEO and website optimisation techniques
  • Understanding of UX principles and evidence-based approaches to improving digital experiences
  • Experience using web analytics, user insight and other evidence to assess content performance and identify opportunities for improvement
  • Experience reviewing or auditing website content to identify opportunities to improve quality, accessibility, findability, governance and customer experience

Preferred

  • Experience supporting website migration or CMS migration projects
  • Understanding of content modelling and structured content approaches
  • Experience using Azure DevOps or other digital delivery platforms
  • Experience using wireframing or prototyping tools such as Figma
  • Familiarity with collaborative digital tools used for workshops, planning and content development
  • Familiarity with image editing software
  • Experience delivering CMS training or creating user guidance materials
  • Knowledge of enterprise CMS platforms, governance and user management

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and pension (OS contribute up to 12.07%)
  • Performance‑related bonus (where applicable)
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
  • Enhanced family leave, including paid partner leave
  • Hybrid and flexible working options
  • Learning and development support, coaching and mentoring
  • Free subscription to OS Maps and access to wellbeing support
  • Volunteering leave and matched fundraising
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Ordnance Survey

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We help governments make smarter decisions that ensure our safety and security, we show businesses how to gain a location data edge and we help everyone experience the benefits of the world outside

Nursling, England, GBR
1.5K employees (156 in marketing)
0% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

£33K/yr – £39K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
127 (9% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
79.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.5%
Direct
44.4%
Referral
19.5%
Social
1.3%
Paid
6.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K
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Web Content Editor

Ordnance Survey · Southampton, City of Southampton, UK · Hybrid