Senior Content Strategist

One North; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and Vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Parental and Primary Caregiver Leave

Employee Perks Program

Job summary

One North is seeking a Senior Content Strategist to lead the full content strategy lifecycle for a portfolio of complex client engagements. You will serve as the Content Strategy SME across mid- to large-scale projects, guiding strategy, governance, and delivery with minimal oversight.

Based in the Chicago area with a light hybrid onsite/remote model, you may also be located remotely within the U.S. You’ll collaborate across disciplines, apply AI thoughtfully, and mentor team camaraderie and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of content strategy experience; agency or consultancy preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or Writing.
• Familiar with content strategy, messaging and channel strategy frameworks/best practices, SEO/GEO and audience/market research methods and tools; Semrush, GA4, Yougov knowledge a plus.
• Familiar with content design principles and creating content models and templates.
• Familiar with content management systems; WordPress and Sitecore knowledge a plus.
• Hands-on with AI tools; multicultural marketing a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop content strategy and messaging frameworks, editorial calendars, editorial/brand guidelines, content models, and publishing workflows that solve clients’ business and brand challenges.
• Shape and steward the processes, governance, and operational frameworks that translate content strategy into repeatable, scalable execution.
• SEO: Develop strategies that raise clients’ digital presence and discoverability within traditional search experiences.
• GEO: Develop strategies that improve clients’ visibility, legibility, relevance, and discoverability within AI-powered search and LLM experiences.
• Create and structure compelling content for websites, collateral, apps, and other digital experiences aligned to clients’ strategic imperatives and vision.
• Conduct content audits and gap analyses.
• Interview subject-matter experts to gather relevant background information.
• Facilitate client discussions, workshops, and presentations with clarity, credibility, and confidence—guiding stakeholders toward alignment, informed decisions, and actionable outcomes.
• Collaborate across disciplines to create and refine solutions.
• Apply AI to accelerate and deepen strategic work (e.g., research, theme identification, concept exploration), while evaluating outputs and implications.
• Collaborate with teammates to assess how AI may enhance or impact a client’s business, customers, or employees.

Skills

Content strategy

SEO/Geo optimization

AI-assisted content

Cross-functional collaboration

Client/stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or Writing

Tools

Semrush

GA4

YouGov

WordPress

Sitecore

Job description

You’re a Senior Content Strategist with experience leading the full content strategy lifecycle and advanced content strategy engagements.

You bring deep content strategy expertise and business acumen– combining both to identify concepts and patterns in complex situations. You’ve been known for solving problems with a pragmatic and practical approach, scaling your impact across the team.

The Opportunity

As our next Senior Content Strategist, you will build and lead content strategy across a portfolio of clients with increased complexity and strategic demand– serving as the Content Strategy subject matter expert across a spectrum of mid- to large-scale projects, with no oversight.

You will drive project implementation and lead advanced content strategy, working across disciplines to bring highly polished, innovative, and transformative digital solutions to life. Although you will not directly manage people, you will regularly drive team camaraderie, bringing empathy to create safe spaces for taking risks and healthy debate.

This role will ideally be based in the Chicago area for a light hybrid onsite/remote work model, but we are open to remote locations across the U.S.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop content strategy and messaging frameworks, editorial calendars, editorial/brand guidelines, content models, and publishing workflows that solve clients’ business and brand challenges.
• Shape and steward the processes, governance, and operational frameworks that translate content strategy into repeatable, scalable execution.
• Search engine optimization (SEO): Develop strategies that raise clients’ digital presence and discoverability within tradition search experiences.
• Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Develop strategies that improve clients’ visibility, legibility, relevance, and discoverability within AI-powered search and large language model (LLM) experiences.
• Create and structure compelling content for websites, collateral, apps, and other digital experiences aligned to clients’ strategic imperatives and vision.
• Conduct content audits and gap analyses.
• Interview subject-matter experts to gather relevant background information.
• Facilitate client discussions, workshops, and presentations with clarity, credibility, and confidence—guiding stakeholders toward alignment, informed decisions, and actionable outcomes.
• Collaborate across disciplines to create and refine solutions.
• Apply AI to accelerate and deepen strategic work (e.g., research, theme identification, concept exploration), while critically evaluating outputs and implications.
• Collaborate with teammates to assess how AI may enhance or impact a client’s business, customers, or employees—surfacing opportunities, risks, and experience considerations.

Power Skills

• Empathy: Internalizes human experiences and perspectives to advocate and drive change
• Business Insight: Applies business and customer knowledge to advance client goals
• Clarity: Operates effectively and creates focus and certainty in the face of ambiguity
• Communication: Delivers effective multi-mode communications with clarity and tact; leads by listening first
• Collaboration: Partners deeply with others to meet shared objectives
• Innovation: Generates and cultivates new ways for clients to be successful
• Motivation: Action-oriented; takes on new opportunities/challenges with energy and enthusiasm
• Resilience: Persistently works toward and realizes desired outcomes, even under tough circumstances
• Adaptability: Pivots or refines approaches in real-time to meet shifting demands of different situations
• Integrity: Has a strong sense of ethical and moral principles and adheres to them consistently

Required Experience

• You bring 5 or more years of content strategy experience; agency or consultancy experience preferred
• You have a bachelor’s degree—preferably related to marketing, communications, or writing/journalism
• You’re familiar with content strategy, messaging and channel strategy frameworks/best practices, SEO/GEO and audience/market research methods and tools; Semrush, GA4, Yougov knowledge a plus
• You’re familiar with content design principles and creating content models and templates
• You’re familiar with content management systems; WordPress and Sitecore knowledge a plus
• You’re conversant in back-end content management, processes, and publishing workflows
• You’re familiar with AI’s potential to augment content work; hands‑on proficiency in various AI tools a plus
• Experience in multicultural marketing a plus
• Don’t check all the boxes? We encourage you to apply anyway. We know smarts grow from a breadth of experiences. Don’t disqualify yourself before you have the chance to be considered. We’d love to meet you.

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits program includes Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Health coverage, as well as a health savings account with employer-funded contributions.
• We also offer Dental and Vision insurance. All of our full-time employees are eligible for Life/AD&D insurance and Short/Long Term Disability insurance free of cost, with the option to add additional voluntary coverage if desired.
• One North’s 401(k) plan allows employees to save for retirement through pre‑or post-tax contributions along with employer-matched funds for maximized savings potential.
• Our Transportation Benefits enable employees to also make pre-tax contributions to pay for parking and public transit needs.
• We know how important unwinding can be for inspiration, innovation and productivity. Our full‑time employees earn 4 weeks of paid time off, in addition to company paid holidays. Employees begin to accrue additional time off once they reach their 3-year and 10-year anniversaries with the business.
• One North also understands how critical it is for parents to bond with their new additions. We provide paid Parental and Primary Caregiver Leave to assist and support employees who experience a new birth, adoption or foster placement of a child.
• We also offer an Employee Perks Program that offers member‑only discounts and corporate rates on everything from pizza and the zoo, to movie tickets, car rentals, and hotels.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the base salary range of $69,600-$104,400 based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification.

Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc.

The expected posting close date is August 31, 2026.