Senior Web Editor (Contract)

Sphere Digital Recruitment Group; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sphere Digital Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Senior Web Editor in South Africa, Wes-Kaap, to join a major CMS consolidation project. This hands-on role involves page assembly across headless CMS platforms while coordinating with global teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in content migrations, multi-language CMS experience, and at least 5 years in web management. The position offers a hybrid work model, requiring 4 days in-office in Cape Town CBD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in web management with consumer-facing websites.
• Proven experience on content migrations or replatforming projects.
• Confident communicating risks and progress to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leading content migration and page assembly across headless CMS platforms.
• Coordinating with marketing, business, and regional web teams.
• Troubleshooting CMS issues and optimising workflows.

Skills

Headless CMS experience

Content migrations

Multi-language CMS

HTML

CSS

SEO best practices

Web management

Tools

Kontent.ai

Sitecore

Contentful

Uniform

Adobe

Job description

We're working with a global financial services business on an exciting contract opportunity for an experienced Senior Web Editor to join a major CMS consolidation and migration project.

This is a hands‑on role with real scope. You'll be building and assembling pages across headless CMS platforms, coordinating with global teams, and acting as a senior point of contact across Product, Development, and Regional stakeholders. It's not just an editing role; you'll be helping steer workflows, uphold quality standards, and support other editors across regions.

Responsibilities

• Leading content migration and page assembly across headless CMS platforms
• Coordinating with marketing, business, and regional web teams on rollouts and localisation
• Troubleshooting CMS issues and optimising workflows
• Acting as a senior point of contact for migration queries and progress updates
• Training and supporting web editors across regions
• Triaging technical issues with Development/Engineering teams
• Overseeing SEO, accessibility, metadata, and governance standards
• Setting up and editing complex CMS elements including dynamic components

Required

• Hands‑on experience with headless CMS (Kontent.ai, Uniform, Contentful) or enterprise platforms (Sitecore, Episerver, Adobe)
• Proven experience on content migrations or replatforming projects
• Multi-language CMS experience
• Confident communicating risks and progress to senior stakeholders
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and SEO best practices
• 5+ years in web management with consumer-facing websites

Preferred Skills

• Experience mentoring or training other editors
• Familiarity with AI tools to streamline manual tasks

Hybrid working - 4 days in-office. (Cape Town CBD)