Content Editors

Job Title:

Content Editor •

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm (in person Tuesday‑Thursday, optional work‑from‑home Monday & Friday) •

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT •

Pay:

$70,000 – $75,000

Job Summary
The University of Utah College of Medicine is seeking a Content Editor (CE) to help faculty and staff create clear, usable, and compelling marketing content. This role blends user‑experience (UX) thinking with editorial and content‑strategy expertise, auditing and improving university marketing from a user‑centered perspective, and collaborating with campus partners to write, edit, and structure content that meets audience needs and institutional goals.

Responsibilities

Writing, Editing & Content Development:

Write, revise, and edit marketing content for university websites and campaigns, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to brand voice. Translate complex or academic content into audience‑friendly language while preserving meaning and intent, maintain high editorial quality through proofreading, fact checking, and coordinating subject‑matter‑expert reviews, and provide copywriting and copyediting support across formats as needed.

Website Auditing & Content Strategy:

Conduct comprehensive website and content audits to evaluate usability, clarity, accessibility, and alignment with audience needs. Identify content gaps and structural issues, recommend improvements to site architecture, navigation, page layouts, and analyze user journeys to ensure content supports intuitive, efficient experiences. Translate findings into actionable deliverables and collaborate with project managers, designers, and developers to guide UX‑aligned content changes through implementation.

Campus Partnership & Project Support:

Meet with campus partners to understand goals, define audiences, and determine content needs. Facilitate content workshops or discovery sessions, educate partners on marketing best practices, including UX principles and accessibility compliance, track content tasks and deadlines across projects, and contribute to shared documentation, templates, and evolving best practices for university marketing content.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience in higher education, nonprofit, or government environments; hands‑on experience with content‑management systems; familiarity with style guides and brand governance across large institutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with analytics tools such as Google Analytics 4 or Dynomapper to inform content decisions; experience using site search data.

Skills & Competencies:

User‑centered thinking, ability to simplify and organize information into intuitive structures; editorial judgment and attention to detail; comfortable giving constructive feedback; clear communication; curiosity, adaptability, and motivation to improve digital experiences at scale.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy‑related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX (OEO). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number, can be located on the University of Utah Non‑Discrimination page.

Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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