Digital Content Editor

Salary: £32,722 to £33,662 with progression to £35,302 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 08 November 2026

Our web estate is a key tool for communicating with our range of audiences, which is why we are looking for a passionate individual to join an established and growing team to support in our digital ambitions for the future.

As a Digital Content Editor, you will plan, create, and edit effective and optimised digital content to support strategic objectives and user requirements. You will also provide support for web projects, managing content workflow and maintaining content guidelines and standards.

Working across digital content design, you will work as part of the Web Content Team to deliver user focused web design and content. As a Digital Content Editor, you will work to integrate best practice throughout the web design process.

Working across digital content design, you will work within the Web Content Team based in the Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences to deliver user focused web design and content. As a Digital Content Editor, you will work to integrate best practice throughout the web design process.

This post is a fixed term contract unitl 31 July 2028

If you have any questions about the role please contact Linda Jameson, Web Content Manager, email:

• As part of the Marketing Team, you will work across all aspects of our services, including:
• Digital marketing and campaigns
• Innovation and emerging technologies
• Brand and reputation management
• Student recruitment
• Business and enterprise
• Research impact
• Create and edit effective content to:
• support business goals and meet user needs
• be optimised for search engines and mobile devices
• support digital marketing and social media campaigns
• meet the University’s content guidelines and standards
• Work to develop and implement an effective SEO strategy in relation to our web content
• Where appropriate, participate in internal and external client meetings, planning sessions and wash-ups
• To implement user centred content design principles, including web usability, writing for the web, web content creation and user experience design
• Use content measurement frameworks to evaluate outputs, continuously assessing working methods and processes and implement recommendations for improvement
• Test and approve content as part of quality assurance and workflow processes
• Provide support for website usability research such as user testing data write up and analysis, survey analysis and interpretation of web statistics
• Use research and analytics findings to inform content improvements for the University website and to monitor the effectiveness of the website
• Provide advice and editorial support to the editor network and colleagues across the University
• Other duties as required to support online and digital requirements as required

• Practical experience in a similar role.
• Excellent copywriting skills and experience of writing for the web, including the ability to author effective micro-content, write for mobile and practise search engine optimisation techniques
• Proof reading skills and ability to sub-edit copy into house style
• Significant experience of the Adobe Creative Suite and other visual design tools
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of web usability, readability, accessibility and content delivery using best practice
• Confidence in using web content management systems and digital publishing platforms
• Significant experience of using digital analytics tools to report on website…