SEO Content Editor - Native or Expert English Capability

Position Title: English Content Editor - Native English Speaker

Department: SEO

Reports To: Head of SEO Content

Location: Remote

Full time position, available during CST business hours.

1. Purpose

The SEO Content Editor reviews and refines content for a portfolio of designated clients before it is published. Drafts come from our content writers and from AI tools. The editor provides the final review, ensuring accurate, on-brand, human-sounding copy that ranks.

The ideal person is a strong editor first, with enough writing ability to rewrite a section when a draft falls short. The role works closely with writers and Head of SEO Content to provide insight and feedback to improve processes, enforces our internal content guidelines, and owns the quality of everything that is published.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Editing & Quality Control

• Edit drafts from writers and AI tools for grammar, clarity, flow, tone, and consistency.
• Improve readability without changing the writer’s intent or the client’s voice.
• Identify and remove common AI writing tells, such as generic phrasing, repetitive structure, and filler.
• Fact-check business names, addresses, services, amenities, statistics, and claims. Flag anything unsupported or unverifiable.
• Add subject-matter depth where a draft reads as a surface-level summary.
• Review content for compliance, including Fair Housing and ADA language for multifamily clients and advertising claims across all verticals.
• Work with the department head to compile clear feedback and suggest process improvements to avoid common issues.
• Deliver clean, client-ready final drafts.

B. Writer Support & Standards

• Give writers clear, specific feedback that improves their next draft.
• Flag recurring issues across drafts and turn them into style guide updates or training points.
• Maintain and enforce the internal style guide and content guidelines.
• Keep brand voices distinct across multiple clients and verticals.
• Track editing turnaround so content stays on schedule.

C. SEO Review

• Confirm target keywords appear where they belong without making the copy read awkwardly.
• Review on-page SEO elements, including headings, internal links, and metadata.
• Ensure content is structured to be cited in AI search surfaces like AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.

3. Expected Outcomes

• Content publishes error-free, on-brand, compliant, and reads as human-written.
• Editing turnaround times are met consistently.
• Writers need fewer rounds of revision and repeat fewer errors over time.
• Communication with the team about challenges or support needs stays clear.
• Responsive and available in Monday and Slack during work hours.

4. Requirements

• 4+ years of professional editing or copy editing experience, with before/after samples.
• Background in web content writing, including landing pages and service pages.
• Excellent written English with native fluency and a strong command of grammar, punctuation, and usage.
• Strong fact-checking and research habits.
• Familiarity working within editorial style guidelines.
• Ability to give constructive, specific feedback to writers.
• Familiarity with AI writing tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) and the ways they commonly fail. You treat AI and grammar tools as aids, and the final call is yours.
• Working knowledge of SEO, including search intent and natural keyword placement, enough to review content against an SEO brief.
• Strong prioritization and the ability to meet deadlines across multiple assignments.
• Dependable and self-directed in a fully remote role.

Nice to have

• Experience in one of our core verticals: multifamily real estate, automotive, powersports, law, or ecommerce.
• Experience with compliance review (Fair Housing, advertising regulations).
• Familiarity with how AI answer engines select and cite content.
• Understanding of E-E-A-T and why human expertise still matters for ranking.