Remote Web Content Specialist: SEO & Editorial

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Greenbelt (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Web Content Specialist for an onsite role in the National Capital Region (Washington DC area). The position supports the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), shaping professional writing, editing, and web content across multiple channels.

Requires 5–7 years in web content management, US citizenship, and a Bachelor’s degree or higher in English/Communications/Marketing/Business or related field.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of experience in web content management
• Previous web experience
• U.S. Citizenship required for this position

Responsibilities

• Provide professional writing, editing, and proofreading services to produce clear, impactful content for diverse audiences and communication channels
• Create and refine publication documents, marketing materials, and Public Roads magazine content while maintaining version control and quality assurance throughout production
• Provide deliverables, including marketing plans, summaries, newsletters, flyers, brochures, fact sheets, guides, posters, postcards, scripts, transcripts, social media posts, presentations, exhibit materials, web content, talking points, FAQs, alternative text, and surveys
• Provide editorial and writing services to support publication of documents, marketing materials, and Public Roads magazines
• Write, develop, and edit a variety of materials such as documents, marketing materials and magazine articles, and other types of content
• Provide professional editorial support for publications, marketing, and magazine content and associated materials at all stages of production in electronic format
• Correct errors in grammar, spelling, style, logical flow, punctuation, coherency, and format
• Design and format publication materials to meet branding, style, and accessibility standards to ensure consistency and professionalism across all documents and products
• Use the Content Management Systems (CMS) to upload, maintain, and post content on agency websites and intranets
• Optimize text for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and ensure that all web pages are compliant with Section 508 federal accessibility laws
• Coordinate the Agency’s quarterly certification process for up-to-date information
• Use graphic applications to crop, recolor, resize, and manipulate web images when needed

Skills

Web content management

Previous web experience

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in English, Communications, Marketing, Business, or related

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Web Content Specialist for an onsite role in the National Capital Region (Washington DC area). The position supports the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), shaping professional writing, editing, and web content across multiple channels.

Requires 5–7 years in web content management, US citizenship, and a Bachelor’s degree or higher in English/Communications/Marketing/Business or related field.