Senior Editor, AI-Search

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.