Senior Editor, AI-Search

Apply now: Senior Editor, Hybrid (4 days onsite). Start date is ASAP for this 4 Month Contract position ending September 30, 2026. Job Title: Senior Editor, AI Search Location-Type: Hybrid, Chicago, IL 60607 (3-4 days onsite per week) Start Date: ASAP Duration: 4 Month Contract Compensation Range: $50-$60/hr Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible for visa sponsorship Job Description:

• The Senior Editor owns the full editorial workflow, from brief creation to final publish, using a proprietary AI platform to scale high-quality, patient-facing healthcare content across a large and rapidly growing topic library.

Job Summary

• Write content briefs for every piece entering the production pipeline, framing the patient action and journey stage each page must serve.
• Review and QA Editor-finalized drafts against the brief, editorial standards, and brand voice framework before publication.
• Own the publish decision for all content, including new pages and existing-content test variants, maintaining a single publishing standard.
• Document AI platform output quality over time, capturing issues caught at edit, draft patterns, and refinements to support model improvement and editorial accountability.
• Co-own the topic pool with the Editor, curating against opportunities identified by the search analyst to connect opportunity to production.
• Set and enforce voice, structure, and quality standards across the editorial team, coaching the junior Editor and any contributing writers.
• Partner with the search analyst on opportunity prioritization, test design feedback, and post-publication performance review.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 years of editorial leadership experience, with meaningful experience in healthcare, financial services, legal, pharma, or another regulated content category.
• Hands-on experience using LLM-based tools (such as ChatGPT, Jasper, Claude, or similar) in a live editorial production workflow, with demonstrated ability to QA and refine AI-generated drafts at volume.
• Proven track record running a high-volume editorial program, shipping content at scale and on deadline without compromising quality standards.
• Strong command of SEO best practices, including search intent, on-page structure, internal linking, schema, and an understanding of how LLM citation behavior differs from classical search.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience editing and managing other writers, delivering direct feedback, and setting team-wide editorial standards.
• Familiarity with Atlassian Confluence and Atlassian Jira for workflow and documentation management.
• Background in content operations or managing editor-level roles at a large-scale digital health or SEO content organization.
• Demonstrated adaptability and comfort operating in high-velocity editorial environments without requiring a content strategy to be built from scratch.