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Role Description

The Content Management Consultant & Editor we’re seeking will be an experienced project manager and editor, ideally with a background in communications, political campaigns, public relations, or marketing, to provide content management and editing services for specific editorial programs focused on underwritten editorial products.

This engagement is structured around a defined scope of services and deliverables within a set timeframe, not a staff position.

• Develop and maintain a clear understanding of the goals, requirements, and priorities for assigned editorial programs.
• Draft and update concise program one‑pagers that outline key elements, expectations, deliverables, and collaborators.
• Edit original reporting to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with program needs and COURIER’s mission.
• Coordinate with state communications hub partners on a scheduled basis to gather and document priority messaging and project needs.
• Communicate a summary of these priorities to the internal team, review and edit content to ensure alignment, and track and report distributed content back to each hub.
• Maintain content tracking documents and simple dashboards, including status, publication details, and performance indicators to deliver periodic reports.
• Review performance metrics for assigned content using tools such as Emplifi, and summarizing key takeaways in periodic updates.
• Prepare short written updates and reports that describe how assigned programs are progressing against stated goals.
• Use collaboration platforms such as Slack, Asana, and Google Drive to receive direction, share drafts, and deliver work products.

Qualifications

• Significant editing experience, ideally in political or public‑affairs journalism.
• Experience with fundraising, sales, marketing, public relations, or political campaign communications.
• Strong project manager and consultant, handling multiple assignments efficiently in a deadline‑driven environment.
• Comfortable working with coverage that translates complex policies and political dynamics into clear, approachable content for news-averse social and digital audiences.
• Values‑aligned with COURIER’s mission to strengthen democracy, hold powerful actors to account, and highlight solutions.

Requirements

• The consultant will remain an independent contractor, responsible for their own taxes and not eligible for employee benefits.

Benefits

• Compensation: $40-$45 per hour