Content Migration Specialist (Temporary)

Emerson College • Boston, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Content Migration Specialist engineers a seamless transition from Drupal to WordPress by intentionally migrating page content and digital assets. By accurately reconstructing departmental content, the Content Migration Specialist ensures the continuity of user experience and search visibility through a transitional period. The Content Migration specialist bridges the technical gap between legacy systems and our future web strategy, ensuring that all published materials meet our updated brand and accessibility standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Content Development, Web Design, Marketing Communications, or a related field required
• 1-3 years of previous website content management experience required
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency in building complex layouts using standard and custom blocks
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required
• Ability to distinguish between HTML tags and CSS classes when troubleshooting formatting breaks during content pasting.
• Proven ability to identify and correct minute inconsistencies in typography, spacing, and image alignment across hundreds of pages.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with accessibility standards preferred
• Prior experience viewing or editing content within a Drupal 9 or 10 environment preferred

Responsibilities

• Execute the migration of text, images, and media from a legacy Drupal CMS to a WordPress environment to ensure 100% content parity.
• Reconstruct page layouts using the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg), adjusting theming to meet new design and brand specifications.
• Audit migrated pages for functional accuracy, including the verification of all hyperlinks, header hierarchies, and structural markup.
• Optimize media assets during the migration process by adding descriptive alt-text and ensuring images are properly scaled for web performance.
• Maintain a tracking log of completed migrations, reporting progress in weekly one-on-one meetings to ensure the project remains on schedule for the site launch.

Benefits

• outstanding health plans with limited out-of-pocket expenses
• dental plans
• generous time-off programs
• 403(b) retirement benefit with a 9% employer contribution once eligible
• life and disability coverage
• commuter offerings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees