Job Description

🏢 About the Role

A performance marketing agency working with universities and nonprofit organizations is hiring an SEO Copy Editor to help strengthen the quality and performance of long-form SEO content.

This role focuses on editing and optimizing long-form content (1,000–3,000+ words) to ensure it is clear, accurate, and aligned with SEO strategies that improve rankings, organic traffic, and engagement.

You’ll work within SEO-driven content workflows, collaborating with content teams to ensure articles meet high editorial standards and support search performance goals.

This is a remote role, working with a U.S.-based agency and paid in USD

🌍 About the Agency

This agency works exclusively with universities and nonprofit organizations — partners doing work that improves communities and expands opportunity.

Their mission is simple:

Build a better agency for organizations building a better world.

The team combines strategy, creative thinking, and data-driven marketing to help partners achieve meaningful outcomes like enrollments, applications, inquiries, and awareness.

🛠 What You’ll Do

You’ll focus on improving the quality and performance of SEO-driven content.

• Edit and refine long-form SEO content (1,000–3,000+ words)

• Ensure content is clear, well-structured, and professionally written

• Optimize content to align with SEO strategy and keyword targeting

• Ensure edited content supports improved search rankings, traffic, and engagement

• Maintain high standards for grammar, clarity, and language quality

• Work within SEO-driven content workflows

• Collaborate with content teams responsible for producing SEO content

✅ What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of experience in SEO editing, content optimization, or digital editorial roles

• Experience editing long-form SEO content (1,000–3,000+ words)

• Demonstrated impact improving rankings, organic traffic, or engagement metrics

• Experience working within SEO-driven content workflows

• 100% fluency in English (written and editorial quality)

• Experience working with U.S. companies or English-speaking teams

🌟 Bonus Points

• Experience working with higher education content

• Experience editing content in highly regulated or research-heavy industries

💰 What You’ll Get

• 💵 Competitive USD compensation based on experience/scope

• 🌍 100% remote role

• 🎯 Work that directly impacts organic search performance

• 🤝 Collaboration with a mission-driven marketing team

• 📈 Opportunity to work on content that supports universities and nonprofit organizations

🧩 Why This Role Might Be a Fit

✅ You’re passionate about clear, high-quality writing
✅ You enjoy improving content so it performs better in search
✅ You’re detail-oriented and care about editorial excellence
✅ You enjoy working within structured content workflows
✅ You want your work to support organizations that create real-world impact

🧭 Interview Process

1. Application Review – resume and relevant experience

2. Intro Call – background and SEO editing experience

3. First Interview with the Kanahoma Team – discussion about experience, workflow, and role alignment

4. Editing Exercise – review and edit a sample piece of content

5. Final Interview – team collaboration and overall fit

6. Offer

Timeline: usually 2–3 weeks

📩 Ready to Apply?

Send your resume and a short note about your SEO editing experience, especially your work with long-form content and SEO optimization.

If you’ve worked with U.S. companies or higher education content, we’d love to hear about it.

🗓 Deadline to apply: March 20th