Content Author

Role: Content Author (Sitecore)

Rate: $33-36/hour W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

Duration: Contract

Location: Cottage Grove, MN (Onsite 3 days)

What you’ll do

• Author pages in Sitecore (Experience Editor/SXA) based on detailed “recipe cards” from the Digital Marketing Strategist; turn briefs into production‑ready content efficiently and accurately.
• Rapid backlog reduction: prioritize and publish high‑impact pages to clear a backlog of “hundreds of pages” on client website
• Partner with the Constant Contact team to confirm content needs, campaign alignment, and timing; request clarifications or assets when needed.
• Collaborate with digital SMEs (a “Swiss‑army‑knife” cross‑functional team) to ensure pages meet marketing objectives and reflect best practices in digital.
• Apply SEO and accessibility standards (on‑page SEO, metadata, internal linking, headings, alt text; WCAG‑aware authoring).
• Execute structured content: follow taxonomy, tagging, component usage, and content governance guidelines; maintain consistency across templates.
• Quality assurance: cross‑browser/device checks; validate links, images, forms, personalization variants; fix issues before publishing.
• Content operations: track work in the backlog tool (e.g., Jira/Azure DevOps), hit SLAs, and provide progress updates and page counts.
• (Nice to have) Support A/B testing & personalization: collaborate with the personalization strategy workstream to set up page variants and tags for Sitecore AI/AB tests as this program is brought in‑house.

Qualifications

Must‑have

• Hands‑on Sitecore authoring experience (Experience Editor and/or SXA), turning briefs into published pages at scale.
• Proven ability to work from structured briefs (“recipe cards”) and produce clean, consistent content quickly.
• Strong grasp of digital marketing fundamentals—able to collaborate with SMEs and make sound content decisions.
• Working knowledge of SEO (on‑page) and accessibility practices.
• Meticulous attention to detail; adept at QA for links, media, components, and responsive layouts.
• Experience with content backlog tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps) and structured workflows.

Preferred

• Familiarity with Sitecore personalization/AI and A/B testing processes; comfortable partnering on in‑house testing initiatives.
• Exposure to Content Hub (assets/metadata) and component‑based authoring in SXA
• Basic HTML/CSS for troubleshooting within authoring constraints.

How you’ll work

• You’ll receive “recipe cards” from the Digital Marketing Strategist and produce content accordingly; collaborate with peer authors and the Constant Contact team to confirm inputs and timelines.
• Coordinate with the ongoing personalization/AB testing workstream to ensure authored pages are test‑ready as that program takes shape.