Senior Content Marketer

About the role

The Senior Content Marketer will manage Mercury’s educational blog, working closely with various teams to ensure high-quality, impactful content. They will write, edit, and package content, manage freelancers and agencies, and leverage data to improve content performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation of Mercury’s educational blog, from content planning through assignment, editing, publishing, and ongoing optimization.
• Write, edit, and package exceptional, performant content across blogs, newsletters, campaigns, and other strategic initiatives.
• Manage freelancers and agency partners with thoughtful stewardship and grace to help scale the work while meeting or surpassing the quality bar.
• Partner with SEO/AEO, Product Marketing, Communications, Design, and other teams to identify opportunities and maximize the reach and impact of our content.
• Proactively use performance data and audience insights to identify growth strategies, improve content performance, and help the team make smarter editorial investments.
• Leverage AI and modern content tools to improve research, editing, and production workflows.

Requirements

• A sharp writer and editor with a knack for turning complex topics into content people actually want to read and engage with.
• An audience-first marketer who balances creativity, craft, and data to make smart and high-impact decisions.
• Deeply curious about business, entrepreneurship, finance, and what founders and builders need to successfully build and operate ambitious companies.
• Always learning, whether it's new technologies, evolving media formats, or how audiences discover information.
• Comfortable bringing clarity to ambiguity, collaborating across disciplines, and raising the quality of the work around you.
• A self-directed program-builder who thrives in remote-first, async environments and brings structure and scalability to shared work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years working in content marketing, content strategy, editorial, or a related field.
• An exceptional writer and editor, with a track record of elevating the work of other writers through thoughtful feedback and high editorial standards.
• Proven success leading a blog, newsletter, publication, or similarly scaled editorial program.
• Comfortable managing freelancers, agencies, and other external contributors to deliver high-quality work at scale.
• A solid command of business, entrepreneurship, finance, or similar subject matter, with the ability to make it engaging and accessible.
• Strong editorial judgment paired with a thoughtful marketing mindset — you care as much about who sees the work as the quality of the work itself.