Lead Web Content Editor (Science / Health)

Science and Research Nonprofit; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Renowned Science Foundation seeks a Lead Web Content Editor to own editorial strategy for a major medical research website during a pivotal refresh. You will lead storytelling, write compelling headlines, and craft content architecture to engage patients, families, researchers, and donors.

You’ll manage the editorial calendar, edit stories, and work with web, marketing, and analytics teams to improve SEO, accessibility, and user experience. This is a leadership, hands-on role.

Qualifications

• Seasoned digital editor who has owned a substantial website or digital editorial property.
• Experience in healthcare, science, or mission‑driven organizations is a big plus.
• Experience through a website redesign or digital transformation and editorial processes.

Responsibilities

• Own editorial strategy and day‑to‑day execution of the major medical research website.
• Edit stories, shape landing pages and campaigns, oversee the editorial calendar.
• Turn complex research into accessible, engaging content and drive audience journeys.
• Collaborate with web experience, marketing, creative, analytics, and technology teams.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Storytelling

Healthcare/science content

CMS experience

SEO/GAO/AEO

Collaboration

Tools

Enterprise CMS

Job description

Lead Web Content Editor Wanted at Renowned Science Foundation

Salary range: $135,000 to $155,000 per year

Are You the Missing Piece?

Calling digital editorial powerhouses, healthcare content strategists, and science-focused storytellers who love a good website transformation! What if you could take the editorial reins of a high-profile nonprofit’s digital front door, help build an entirely new web experience, and use your healthcare storytelling superpowers to advance groundbreaking medical research? One of the most recognized names in the nonprofit world is growing its editorial team and looking for a Lead Web Content Editor who can think like a science journalist, strategize like a marketer, and build like an entrepreneur.

This is a brand-new role at a pivotal moment in the organization’s digital evolution. You’ll own the editorial strategy and day-to-day execution of a major medical-research website serving patients, families, researchers, advocates, and donors. Think compelling health and science storytelling, killer headlines, smart content packaging, and seamless audience journeys. You’ll assign and edit stories, shape landing pages and campaigns, oversee the editorial calendar, and turn complex research into accessible, engaging content. And with a multi-billion dollar fundraising campaign underway, you’ll help turn powerful storytelling into meaningful engagement and donor conversions.

But here’s where things get really juicy: The organization is in the midst of a major website refresh, with a complete overhaul on the horizon. You’ll help build the editorial playbook from scratch, auditing and pruning legacy content, reimagining content architecture, optimizing for SEO, AEO, and GEO, and creating workflows that don’t yet exist. Working alongside a growing crew of web experience, marketing, creative, analytics, and technology pros, you’ll connect the dots between breaking research news, evergreen education, fundraising campaigns, and long-term storytelling opportunities. This is an editorial leadership gig, not a technical production job. If you love rolling up your sleeves, making big editorial decisions, and building something extraordinary, keep reading!

What’s it going to take to score an interview?

• You’re a seasoned digital editor and content strategist who’s owned a substantial website or digital editorial property and knows how to balance big-picture vision with hands-on execution.
• You’ve got serious editorial chops! Ideally, you cut your teeth in journalism or newsrooms before moving into brand journalism, digital publishing, or mission‑driven storytelling. You know how to find the hook, nail the headline, package a story, and keep the narrative going beyond day one.
• You’ve been through a website redesign or digital transformation and know what it takes to build editorial processes, manage multiple workstreams, and bring order to content chaos.
• You know your way around an enterprise CMS, information architecture, content audits, accessibility standards, and user experience. You don’t need to code, but you can absolutely hold your own with developers, designers, and web experience teams.
• SEO, AEO, and GEO are part of your editorial DNA. You understand search strategy, content performance, analytics, and how to make content discoverable in an increasingly AI-driven world.
• You can make complex topics clear, compelling, and human. Experience in healthcare, science, research, or mission-driven organizations is a big plus, especially if you’ve written or edited for both consumer and expert audiences.
• You understand that great storytelling should also inspire action. Experience with fundraising, donor communications, campaign content, and conversion-focused copywriting will make you especially interesting.
• You’re a natural collaborator with excellent editorial judgment, high EQ, and the gravitas to navigate competing priorities, challenge recommendations when needed, and bring stakeholders along for the ride.
• Most importantly, you’re a builder with a reporter’s curiosity, an editor’s eye, and a "way to yes" attitude. You thrive in a fast-moving environment, love solving problems, and aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty.

You should take this meeting because …

How often do you get the chance to build a digital editorial operation from the ground up for an iconic, mission-driven organization at a pivotal moment in its evolution? You’ll join a growing, ambitious editorial team that’s investing in new talent, fresh thinking, and a completely reimagined digital future. You’ll have real ownership, a seat at the table with cross-functional leaders, and the opportunity to shape a website that reaches people seeking answers, hope, and breakthroughs in scientific research. If you’re ready to trade business as usual for big ideas, meaningful impact, and the chance to leave your fingerprints on something extraordinary, this is your moment.

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Full Time / Direct Hire - Remote, Commutable to NYC for Meetings