What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Marketing Content Editor position at Higginbotham?
Position Summary: The Program Marketing Content Editor develops, writes, and optimizes marketing content for the Program business, with a focus on specialty program offerings within contractor and property-services niches, as well as future program launches.
This role partners closely with Program Management, Sales, Digital Marketing, and Marketing Automation to translate product and underwriting information into clear, compelling messaging that drives traffic, engagement, lead generation, and applications across digital and traditional channels.
The position emphasizes performance-driven content, structured testing, and continuous optimization—not just copy development.
Essential Tasks:
Program Messaging & Positioning
This role partners closely with Program Management, Sales, Digital Marketing, and Marketing Automation to translate product and underwriting information into clear, compelling messaging that drives traffic, engagement, lead generation, and applications across digital and traditional channels.
The position emphasizes performance-driven content, structured testing, and continuous optimization—not just copy development.
Essential Tasks:
Program Messaging & Positioning
- Partner with Program Management to understand products, target classes, underwriting appetite, differentiators, and go-to-market priorities.
- Translate program features and competitive advantages into clear messaging frameworks, value propositions, launch narratives, and campaign themes.
- Support new program launches and refreshes by shaping positioning, messaging, and audience-facing content strategies.
- Write, edit, and continuously improve content for websites, landing pages, articles, blogs, email campaigns, nurture journeys, paid media (PPC/SEM), print collateral, partner assets, presentations, video scripts, and sales enablement materials.
- Adapt messaging by audience, funnel stage, distribution partner, and program lifecycle while maintaining brand consistency.
- Develop content that supports both awareness and conversion across organic, paid, partner, and sales-assisted channels.
- Optimize content for both traditional search behavior and AI-driven search and answer experiences.
- Collaborate with Digital Marketing and Marketing Automation to test headlines, calls to action, landing pages, email messaging, ad variations, and nurture flows.
- Use performance data (traffic, rankings, engagement, CTR, open rates, conversion rates, and lead quality) to refine messaging and improve results.
- Apply SEO, SEM, UX, and analytics insights to enhance discoverability, readability, and conversion performance.
- Partner with Program Management, Sales, Digital Marketing, Marketing Automation, design, compliance, and external stakeholders to deliver accurate, timely content.
- Manage content priorities and workflows across multiple concurrent program initiatives and launch timelines.
- Review and update technical, product, compliance, and training materials to improve clarity, accuracy, and usability.
- Maintain content standards aligned with brand voice, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.
- Ability to Analyze and Solve Problems: Skill in recognizing challenges, exploring options, and implementing effective solutions in a timely manner
- Attention to Detail: A strong focus on completing tasks and projects accurately and thoroughly
- Communication Skills: Capable of expressing ideas clearly in both verbal and written forms and engaging with various audiences
- Timely Task Completion: Ability to finish tasks and projects efficiently, managing resources and priorities effectively
- Team Collaboration: Willingness to work together with others, promoting teamwork and supporting shared goals
- Client Focus: Dedication to understanding and addressing the needs of clients and stakeholders to ensure their satisfaction
- Dependability: Acknowledgment of the importance of being present and punctual.
- Creative Thinking: Openness to suggesting new ideas and methods to improve processes and outcome
- Organizational Skills: Capability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Adaptability: Willingness to adjust to changing situations and priorities, showing resilience in a dynamic work environment
- 4 years of experience in content marketing, copywriting, marketing communications, product marketing, journalism, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience creating and optimizing content across digital and traditional channels.
- Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt tone by audience and channel.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism, or a related field preferred.
- Strong preference for experience in the Property & Casualty insurance industry, including carriers, agencies, brokerages, MGAs, wholesalers, Insurtech’s, or program-focused organizations.
- Experience in underwriting, production, brokering, claims, or related insurance functions is a plus.
- Property & Casualty license preferred, or willingness to obtain within a designated timeframe with company support.
- Completion of relevant training or coursework as determined by the company upon hire
- Experience with website content management systems (CMS) preferred.
- Familiarity with CRM and marketing automation platforms for campaign execution and lead management.
- Working knowledge of SEO, PPC/SEM, analytics, and reporting tools (e.g., GA4, Search Console, SEM platforms).
- Experience writing for AI-influenced search environments and using AI-assisted tools responsibly.
- Proficiency with standard productivity and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, project management platforms).
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Frequent use of vision to review written and digital content.
- Frequent communication via phone and in person.
- Repetitive hand movements, including typing and writing.
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, digital work environment.
- Prolonged periods of sitting and computer use.