Web Content Specialist

Venesco • Mc Lean, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Write, edit, and publish web content for a Federal highway research program, including public-facing research websites, internal SharePoint and Google Sites, project databases, and associated user documentation. This is a content and editorial role focused on using content management system interfaces, not programming. Requires strong web fluency including SEO, accessibility, image handling, content structure, and link integrity, with a discipline for maintaining current and certified pages. The role also involves training others by developing effective training materials and delivering outreach training on web standards, processes, and content quality. Two positions are available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in web content management, with at least 3 years within the last 5 years.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing web content and web documentation.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing training materials and delivering training to staff, using a presentation application.
• Demonstrated experience providing quality control over data and content.
• Demonstrated Section 508 accessibility compliance experience for web pages and documents.
• Hands-on content management system experience is required.
• Master's degree in English, Journalism, or a technical field.
• 10 or more years of professional editorial experience, including supervisory and project management experience.
• Expert-level command of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual.
• Demonstrated experience editing complex technical documentation (research reports, technical manuals, or scientific publications).
• Demonstrated experience ensuring Section 508 accessibility compliance in published content.
• Superior mastery of English grammar, punctuation, and typography.
• Proven ability to translate engineering and research language into content suitable for both technical audiences and public transparency.
• Meticulous attention to formatting, referencing, and copyright compliance.
• Working knowledge of online and web publishing workflows and content management systems.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in Drupal.
• Experience with SharePoint and Google Sites content administration.
• Experience in transportation, especially highway and surface transportation.
• Experience in a Federal web environment, including agency web governance and certification processes.
• Database content coordination experience.
• Experience in transportation, especially highway and surface transportation research.
• Experience in a Federal publishing environment or with a scientific or technical society press.
• Experience with the Chicago Manual of Style as a secondary authority.
• Experience mentoring or supervising a team of editors.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, and publish web content for public-facing research websites, internal SharePoint and Google Sites, and project databases.
• Create and maintain user documentation for web content and databases.
• Ensure web content is current and certified.
• Develop training materials for web standards, processes, and content quality.
• Deliver outreach training to staff on web standards, processes, and content quality.
• Provide quality control over data and content.
• Ensure Section 508 accessibility compliance for web pages and documents.
• Use graphics applications to crop, recolor, resize, and manipulate web images.
• Translate engineering and research language into content suitable for both technical audiences and public transparency.
• Ensure meticulous attention to formatting, referencing, and copyright compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level