Web Content Editor
Ordnance Survey Limited
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Job summary
Ordnance Survey is seeking a Web Content Editor to lead creation, management and optimisation of content across the corporate website. You will work with stakeholders to translate business needs into engaging digital experiences.
Based in Southampton with hybrid working, you’ll handle briefs from concept through publication, monitor performance with analytics, and contribute to campaigns, product launches and journeys that improve the customer experience.
Qualifications
- Experience creating and publishing content within a CMS
- Strong understanding of WCAG and web accessibility
- Ability to translate briefs into engaging web content
- Experience using analytics to optimise content
- Proven collaboration with stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
Responsibilities
- Create, update and curate content across the OS website, ensuring high standards of quality, consistency and accessibility
- Work with stakeholders to understand business objectives and customer needs, translating these into effective web content and user journeys
- Take ownership of web briefs from initial concept through to implementation, helping stakeholders refine requirements and recommending appropriate content solutions
- Support the planning, creation and delivery of campaign, product and business-critical content
- Build positive relationships across the business, providing advice, guidance and constructive challenge on digital content and website best practice
- Champion accessibility best practice and support ongoing improvements to website content in line with WCAG and wider web standards
- Conduct content audits and reviews, identifying opportunities to improve content quality, governance, findability and customer experience
- Use analytics, user insight and stakeholder feedback to identify opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement
- Manage content within the CMS, including page governance, content modelling, asset management and user administration
- Support and enable content contributors across the business through training, guidance, governance and ongoing support
- Work collaboratively with developers, designers and other specialists to support website development, testing, quality assurance and release activity
- Support SEO, conversion optimisation and engagement initiatives across the web estate
- Contribute ideas and recommendations that improve customer journeys and the effectiveness of the wider digital experience
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Job description
Web Content Editor Full time £33,137 – £38,660 (dependent on experience) Hybrid working Southampton
Join us and you'll be part of a dynamic Marketing team that helps shape how customers, partners and stakeholders experience Ordnance Survey. Our team delivers impactful campaigns and communications that connect audiences with OS products, services and purpose. Working across digital channels, we collaborate closely with colleagues throughout the business and external partners to drive engagement, build awareness and support organisational objectives. We value creativity, curiosity and continuous improvement, encouraging new ideas and innovative approaches to digital communications. You'll be joining a collaborative and inclusive team that plays a key role in delivering meaningful outcomes for both OS and our customers.
The Web Content Editor is responsible for creating, managing and optimising content across the OS corporate website. Working closely with stakeholders from across the business, you'll help translate business objectives and customer needs into engaging and effective digital experiences. You'll oversee content from initial brief through to publication, review and optimisation. This includes supporting marketing campaigns, product launches, customer journeys and wider business priorities, while ensuring content meets user needs and aligns with OS brand and content standards. The role combines content creation, content management, stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement. You'll act as a trusted adviser to colleagues across OS, helping to shape web requirements, recommend solutions and ensure content delivers measurable value for customers and the business. A typical day might include collaborating with stakeholders to refine web briefs, planning and creating new content, supporting campaign delivery, training CMS users, reviewing website performance, and identifying opportunities to improve customer journeys across the site.
- Create, update and curate content across the OS website, ensuring high standards of quality, consistency and accessibility
- Work with stakeholders to understand business objectives and customer needs, translating these into effective web content and user journeys
- Take ownership of web briefs from initial concept through to implementation, helping stakeholders refine requirements and recommending appropriate content solutions
- Support the planning, creation and delivery of campaign, product and business-critical content
- Build positive relationships across the business, providing advice, guidance and constructive challenge on digital content and website best practice
- Champion accessibility best practice and support ongoing improvements to website content in line with WCAG and wider web standards
- Conduct content audits and reviews, identifying opportunities to improve content quality, governance, findability and customer experience
- Use analytics, user insight and stakeholder feedback to identify opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement
- Manage content within the CMS, including page governance, content modelling, asset management and user administration
- Support and enable content contributors across the business through training, guidance, governance and ongoing support
- Work collaboratively with developers, designers and other specialists to support website development, testing, quality assurance and release activity
- Support SEO, conversion optimisation and engagement initiatives across the web estate
- Contribute ideas and recommendations that improve customer journeys and the effectiveness of the wider digital experience
- Experience managing, creating and publishing content within a Content Management System (CMS)
- Strong understanding of digital content best practice, including content design, accessibility, usability and web standards such as WCAG
- Experience working with stakeholders to understand requirements, shape briefs and recommend effective digital content solutions
- Ability to interpret and develop briefs that may initially be incomplete or loosely defined
- Understanding of customer journeys and how content can support different audiences, needs and objectives
- Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, for example alongside content, UX, development or testing specialists
- Knowledge of SEO and website optimisation techniques
- Understanding of UX principles and evidence-based approaches to improving digital experiences
- Experience using web analytics, user insight and other evidence to assess content performance and identify opportunities for improvement
- Experience reviewing or auditing website content to identify opportunities to improve quality, accessibility, findability, governance and customer experience
- Strong written communication and content editing skills, with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to influence stakeholders and provide constructive challenge where appropriate
- Experience supporting website migration or CMS migration projects
- Understanding of content modelling and structured content approaches
- Experience using Azure DevOps or other digital delivery platforms
- Experience using wireframing or prototyping tools such as Figma
- Familiarity with collaborative digital tools used for workshops, planning and content development
- Familiarity with image editing software
- Experience delivering CMS training or creating user guidance materials
- Knowledge of enterprise CMS platforms, governance and user management
- A proactive and self-motivated approach, with the confidence to work independently and take ownership of your workload
- Confidence building relationships with stakeholders at all levels across the business
- Strong influencing and communication skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and recommend the most effective solution
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, even when managing multiple competing demands
- Confidence facilitating discussions, gathering requirements and negotiating priorities
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to share knowledge with colleagues and stakeholders
- Confidence delivering training and supporting users with different levels of digital capability
- Curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset, always looking for opportunities to enhance the customer experience
- A practical and adaptable approach to problem solving in a fast-moving environment
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work
We want you to love what you do and feel supported to do your best work. Our benefits include:
- Competitive salary and pension (OS contribute up to 12.07%)
- Performance-related bonus (where applicable)
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Enhanced family leave, including paid partner leave
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- Learning and development support, coaching and mentoring
- Free subscription to OS Maps and access to wellbeing support
- Volunteering leave and matched fundraising
We embrace a hybrid working model at OS, because we believe in flexibility and balance. You’ll be based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire, where you’ll spend 50% of your working week collaborating face-to-face with colleagues. It’s all about combining the best of both worlds connection and autonomy to help you thrive.
OS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS). Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role. This role requires the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, OS cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Research shows that people from underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At Ordnance Survey, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplace. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.
Closing date: 23:59pm 15 November 2026
Following the closing date, shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial screening call to discuss their experience, motivation and suitability for the role. Candidates who progress from this stage will be invited to attend an in-person competency-based interview. As a final stage, successful candidates will be invited to complete and present a task/presentation.
We are Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping service and a pioneer in geospatial technology. With over 230 years of trusted data, we empower better decisions, deeper understanding, and meaningful connections to the places we live, move through, and care for.
What if your next role helped shape the way millions of people experience the world? Every day, our location data powers essential services, supports businesses, drives innovation, and helps keep communities safe. For over 225 years, we’ve been helping people navigate the world around them. Today, we’re combining that heritage with cutting-edge technology, data science, and digital innovation to solve real-world challenges. From laptops to hilltops, blue lights to streetlights, and congestion to relaxation, our data helps people make better decisions, find their way, and respond to the challenges that matter most. Whether it’s supporting the emergency services, enabling businesses to grow, or helping governments plan for the future, the work we do has a real impact on everyday lives. If you’re looking for meaningful work, exciting challenges, and the opportunity to make a genuine difference, you’ll find it here.
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