Reviews and updates existing consumer content for accuracy, freshness, clarity, readability, and SEO performance. Verifies facts and time-sensitive information, identifies content gaps, applies editorial standards, and collaborates with writers, editors, and SEO partners. Manages multiple assignments and deadlines while maintaining high-quality, consumer-focused content.
We’re looking for a detail-oriented, efficient and editorially sharp Updates Editor to help keep ConsumerAffairs content accurate, useful and competitive. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys improving existing content, spotting gaps and making smart updates that strengthen quality and search performance.
You’ll work across a wide range of consumer topics, reviewing and updating existing articles to ensure information is current, accurate and helpful. You’ll collaborate closely with writers, editors and SEO partners to identify what needs to change and make sure every update meets our editorial standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and update existing content for accuracy, freshness, clarity and usefulness
- Edit articles for grammar, structure, tone, readability and adherence to editorial standards
- Verify facts, statistics, pricing, company information and other time-sensitive details using credible sources
- Identify outdated or missing information and determine what needs to be added, removed or rewritten
- Follow SEO recommendations while maintaining a strong consumer-first editorial approach
- Collaborate with editorial and SEO teams to prioritize content updates
- Manage multiple assignments and deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of experience in a content, editorial or writing role with a strong SEO focus
- Strong understanding of SEO content best practices and search intent
- Strong editing, writing and proofreading skills
- Excellent attention to detail and a high standard for accuracy
- Experience updating existing content to improve quality, freshness and organic search performance
- Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify what information matters most to readers
- Comfortable conducting research and verifying information using credible sources
- Organized and able to manage a high volume of content and deadlines
- Comfortable collaborating with editors and SEO teams
- Highly organized and comfortable working across multiple assignments, deadlines and stakeholders at once
Bonus If You Have
- Experience editing consumer, service journalism or product-focused content
- Familiarity with tools such as Google Search Console, Ahrefs or similar SEO platforms
Benefits
This position is a contract role and, as such, does not include benefits.
Similar Jobs
Financial Services
Leads lifecycle marketing enablement strategy, operating models, transformation, governance, and strategic business operations across Consumer Marketing. Oversees customer experience innovation, digital ecosystem modernization, creative enablement, servicing communications, portfolio governance, agency partnerships, regulated notifications, and organizational transformation. Partners with senior leaders across Marketing, Product, Data, Technology, Finance, Compliance, and Risk to modernize capabilities, improve efficiency, and scale measurable customer engagement outcomes.
Top Skills:
Artificial IntelligenceAudience PersonalizationAutomationCustomer Journey OrchestrationMarketing TechnologyOmnichannel Marketing
Fintech • Real Estate • Sales • Financial Services
Develop, test, release, and support software independently in an AI-native engineering environment. Build reusable code modules and patterns, participate in code and design reviews, resolve incidents, document solutions, and assist junior engineers. Use AI coding tools daily, contribute to Agile practices, support production systems through possible on-call rotations, and help improve software development practices.
Top Skills:
AngularAnthropic Claude CodeAWSC#Ci/CdCursorGithub CopilotJavaScriptPythonTypescript
Fintech • Real Estate • Sales • Financial Services
Own financial modeling, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis, and scenario planning for Real Estate Services FP&A. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and Accounting to support strategic decisions, month-end close, and financial alignment. Integrate Workday and Adaptive Planning with business data, using SQL, Snowflake, and BI tools to improve models and automate dashboards. Translate complex financial findings into actionable narratives while identifying risks, opportunities, and process improvements.
Top Skills:
Adaptive PlanningAi ToolsAutomation PlatformsBi ToolsExcelSnowflakeSQLTableauWorkday
What you need to know about the Austin Tech Scene
Austin has a diverse and thriving tech ecosystem thanks to home-grown companies like Dell and major campuses for IBM, AMD and Apple. The state’s flagship university, the University of Texas at Austin, is known for its engineering school, and the city is known for its annual South by Southwest tech and media conference. Austin’s tech scene spans many verticals, but it’s particularly known for hardware, including semiconductors, as well as AI, biotechnology and cloud computing. And its food and music scene, low taxes and favorable climate has made the city a destination for tech workers from across the country.
Key Facts About Austin Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 180,500; 13.7% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Dell, IBM, AMD, Apple, Alphabet
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, hardware, cloud computing, software, healthtech
- Funding Landscape: $4.5 billion in VC funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Austin Ventures, Hinge Capital, Gigafund, KdT Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: University of Texas, Southwestern University, Texas State University, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Texas Advanced Computing Center
