Mediacurrent ยท 1 day ago
Technical Content Strategist (Freelance)
Mediacurrent is an open-source development and digital marketing agency that creates transformative digital experience platforms. They are seeking a Technical Content Strategist to support large-scale digital ecosystem work, focusing on content structure, organization, and governance across multiple properties.
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Responsibilities
Translate business goals and user needs into clear content structures and frameworks
Build and refine content schemas and data models that inform how content is created, stored, and surfaced
Develop taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, labeling systems, metadata standards, and tagging approaches
Create sitemaps, navigation models, and page-level content frameworks for multi-site ecosystems
Conduct content audits and inventories to assess the current state and identify pathways toward consolidation or replatforming
Collaborate with UX/IA to align content structure with interaction patterns and user journeys
Partner with copywriters, designers, and developers to ensure strategy is consistently applied through delivery
Work with client stakeholders to clarify terminology, governance rules, and content decision-making processes
Qualification
Required
Senior-level experience in content strategy, information architecture, or content design for complex digital environments
Strong understanding of content modeling
Strong understanding of schema and taxonomy design
Strong understanding of navigation and labeling systems
Strong understanding of enterprise CMS or DAM environments
Comfortable analyzing large, sometimes messy, content ecosystems and making them understandable
Able to explain complex concepts in clear, plain language
Collaborative working style - this role works across UX, Design, Product, Creative Strategy, and Engineering
You think structurally and ask clarifying questions early
You enjoy organizing complexity and making information intuitive
You communicate in a way that brings clarity and alignment across teams
You can balance rigor with flexibility - knowing when to set a framework and when to let the work evolve
Preferred
Experience working in cross-agency or multi-stakeholder environments is a plus