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Sr. Content Editor (fully on-site daily)

Onward Search, Arlington, VA, USA

Pay: $40-$43.50/hr

Job type: Temporary


Overview

Seeking a Senior Content Editor for a 12-month temporary engagement to support large-scale content transformation into a modern Content Management System.


This role focuses on preparing, migrating, and optimizing high-volume HR and employee-facing content to enable AI-driven experiences, improved accessibility, and scalable content operations. You will work across content strategy, structure, and governance to ensure accuracy, consistency, and usability across systems.



Type: Contract, fully on-site

Schedule: Regular day hours

Duration: 12 months

Pay: $40.00 - $43.50/hr, paid weekly, benefits eligible




Senior Content Editor Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in content management systems such as Adobe Experience Manager / AEM or Contentful
  • 2+ years of project management experience managing timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables
  • Strong expertise in content optimization for AI ingestion and metadata structuring
  • Proven ability in content editing, writing, and quality control with high attention to detail
  • Experience with content operations, including governance, workflows, and publishing processes
  • Familiarity with information architecture, content models, and headless or reusable content frameworks
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
  • Strong communication skills with experience collaborating across global teams
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, HR, or related field preferred
  • Experience supporting multi-language, global content publishing environments is a plus




Senior Content Editor Duties

  • Lead content migration and transformation of ~65K assets into a new CMS platform, ensuring data integrity and structural consistency
  • Prepare and validate content for migration, including recertification, alignment to policy, and metadata tagging
  • Convert long-form content into modular, reusable content fragments optimized for AI tools and omnichannel delivery
  • Manage content updates and publishing requests in alignment with defined SLAs and timelines
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, content owners, and technology partners to execute migration strategies and resolve issues
  • Participate in content testing, validation, and migration sign-off, ensuring accuracy and completeness post-migration
  • Support development and refinement of content standards, style guidelines, and taxonomy frameworks
  • Identify opportunities to enhance content workflows, storage systems, and operational efficiency
  • Drive content reuse strategies to reduce duplication and improve scalability
  • Coordinate project timelines, dependencies, and risk management across cross-functional initiatives