Website Go Live Support Contractor

Hand Picked Hotels Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious hospitality company is looking for a Website Go Live Support Contractor to oversee the final content preparations for a large-scale website launch. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Umbraco CMS, a strong understanding of SEO practices, and a detail-oriented approach to content management. This role involves working collaboratively with internal teams to ensure all content meets necessary specifications and is ready for go-live.

Qualifications

• Professional experience with Umbraco CMS in a content editorial capacity.
• Strong understanding of web content structures and SEO practices.
• Experience working with QA processes and material under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, format, and quality-assure web content for launch.
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders closely.
• Ensure accurate content migration and adherence to specifications.

Skills

Umbraco CMS

SEO best practices

content formatting standards

content governance frameworks

quality assurance processes

large-scale content migration

strong communication

Job description

Hand Picked Hotels

Website Go Live Support Contractor – Hand Picked Hotels
Location: Flexible
Salary: Contracted day rate, to be discussed during interview
Job Type: Full-time | Temporary | 5 days out of 7
Start Date: 4 month contract to start from September 2025

Come and join our Team...

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented contractor to support the final delivery phase of a new website build within the hospitality sector. The project involves the launch of a high-traffic consumer-facing website comprising several thousand pages and multimedia assets.

What will the role involve?

This role will be pivotal in preparing, formatting, and quality-assuring web content as the project approaches go-live. The contractor will work closely with internal teams, stakeholders, and the appointed website agency to ensure that all content is accurately prepared and migrated to specification. The contractor will report directly to the Head of Digital and coordinate closely with the internal and external content and QA teams.

This is a hands-on content operations role, with a strong focus on structure, accuracy, and consistency. The successful candidate will possess demonstrable experience working with Umbraco CMS and will be confident navigating large-scale content preparation tasks. A structured mindset, strong communication, and a commitment to content precision are essential.

Are you Hand Picked?

• Demonstrate professional experience with Umbraco CMS in a content population or editorial capacity.
• Strong understanding of web content structures aligned to SEO and accessibility best practices, with proven experience applying formatting standards, metadata structures, and content governance frameworks at scale.
• Large-scale content migration experience; ability to work within structured QA processes and meet tight deadlines; confident in translating analytics or audit data into content fixes.
• Detail-oriented, methodical, structured, able to manage repetitive tasks accurately; upholds brand and accessibility standards; calm under deadline pressure.

Who we are…

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE, and today still remains a family-owned group which has 21 unique luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breathtaking views from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands.

Dedicated to creating unique and enchanting stays, curated personalised service runs through the heart of every hotel. Whilst each hotel is individual, each property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, with a team commitment to aiming higher and delight their guests with magical experiences that offer a true escape from the every day.