Content Engineer

twentysix; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

twentysix is seeking a content strategist/writer to design end-to-end, AI-powered content workflows across multiple clients. You will own content from research through delivery, translating brand voice and editorial standards into compelling, accurate material.

The role requires 2–3 years in copywriting or content marketing, a strong portfolio, and hands-on experience with generative AI and AI-assisted workflows.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in copywriting, content marketing, editorial, or related creative discipline.
• A portfolio showing strong writing and editing across formats, audiences, voices, or industries.
• Exceptional language, grammar, storytelling, and persuasive communication.
• Solid grasp of editorial standards and quality control with fact-checking instincts.
• Hands-on experience using generative AI throughout the content-development process.
• Ability to explain prompting, evaluation, editing, and human judgment needs in AI work.
• Experience building lightweight AI assistants, prompts, and automated content workflows.
• Strong client-facing communication, presentation, collaboration, and feedback management.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI-powered content production workflows from research to delivery.
• Own content across multiple clients, aligning with brand voices and channel strategies.
• Write and edit across formats: web copy, articles, emails, social, and more.
• Learn client positioning, brand guidelines, tone, and editorial standards with accuracy.
• Build reusable prompt libraries, templates, and editorial guardrails.
• Evaluate AI-generated work for accuracy, originality, bias, and brand alignment.
• Research, interview experts, verify claims, and translate complex info into persuasive content.
• Identify bottlenecks in production and develop practical efficiency improvements.
• Test emerging AI models, document results, and help establish responsible practices.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced agency/marketing environment.

Tools

ChatGPT

Claude

Perplexity

Profound

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

SEMrush

Hootsuite

Job description

You Will Be

• Designing end-to-end AI-powered content production workflows spanning research, ideation, strategy inputs, briefing, drafting, optimization, editing, quality assurance, repurposing, and delivery

• Owning the development of content across a portfolio of approximately 1–6 clients across a range of industries, depending on account scope, while working closely with Content Marketing and Digital PR managers to translate business goals, audience insights, and channel strategies into clear, compelling work

• Writing and editing across formats, including website and landing-page copy, articles, thought leadership, campaign concepts, email, social, paid media, scripts, sales enablement, and other digital experiences

• Learning and applying each client’s positioning, brand guidelines, tone, voice, terminology, and editorial standards with a high degree of accuracy

• Building reusable prompt libraries, templates, agents, evaluation criteria, and editorial guardrails that improve speed, consistency, and quality across accounts

• Evaluating AI-generated work for accuracy, originality, relevance, bias, brand alignment, and editorial quality before it reaches a client or audience

• Conducting research, interviewing subject-matter experts, verifying claims, and transforming complex information into accessible, persuasive content

• Identifying friction in the content-production process and developing practical solutions that make the team faster and more effective

• Testing emerging AI models and content technologies, documenting what works, and helping establish responsible best practices across the organization

• Managing multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced agency, consultancy, publishing, or in-house marketing environment

You Must Have

• 2-3 years of experience in copywriting, content marketing, editorial, content strategy, or a related creative discipline

• A portfolio demonstrating strong writing and editing across multiple formats, audiences, brand voices, or industries

• Exceptional command of language, structure, grammar, storytelling, and persuasive communication

• Working knowledge of established editorial standards and style guides, with strong fact-checking and quality-control instincts

• Hands-on experience using generative AI throughout the content-development process—not simply for one-off drafting

• The ability to explain how you prompt, evaluate, edit, and improve AI-assisted work, including where human judgment must take over

• Experience building and working with custom AI assistants, lightweight agents, automated content workflows, and evaluation frameworks using platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Profound, or similar AI and LLM-based tools, including developing custom instructions, prompts, workflows, and quality-control processes

• Working familiarity with analytics, SEO, keyword research, and social listening platforms, including tools such as

• Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Semrush, and Hootsuite, and the ability to translate performance data and audience insights into stronger content

• Strong working knowledge in creating repeatable content workflows, templates, prompt systems, or other tools that improve quality and production efficiency

• Strong client-facing communication, presentation, collaboration, and feedback-management skills