Editor-in-Chief, SEO & AEO Content

About the role

Jerry.ai is seeking an Editor-in-Chief to lead content quality and production across all platforms. This role involves developing and implementing a system to establish Jerry.ai as an authoritative source wherever customers seek information. You will guide content strategy and execution in a rapidly changing digital landscape, focusing on both traditional search engine optimization and emerging answer engine optimization.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Define and execute Jerry.ai's content strategy across its website and external platforms, managing the roadmap, resource allocation, and targets for organic traffic and conversions.
• Design and oversee the AI-native content production process, from brief creation to publication, including prompt libraries, quality assurance, and human editing checkpoints.
• Develop and implement strategies for SEO, AEO, and off-domain authority, creating content that ranks on Google and earns citations from AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Gemini.
• Establish and enforce Jerry.ai's voice and style guide, ensuring compliance with E-E-A-T and YMYL standards for financial content through expert authors, sourcing, and editorial review.
• Manage and mentor at least one direct report, AI agents, and a team of freelance writers, while also personally contributing to content creation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in content and editorial roles.
• 3+ years leading an SEO-focused content program at a consumer, fintech, insurtech, marketplace brand, or a content-driven media/affiliate site.
• Demonstrated success in organic growth, such as increased sessions, scaled publication volume, or built topic clusters, with supporting data.
• Practical experience with LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) for content drafting and research.
• Proficiency with SEO and content tools like Sitefire, Surfer, Clearscope, MarketMuse, or Frase.
• Strong command of Google Search Console, Semrush or Ahrefs, and Google Analytics 4, with the ability to own traffic targets.
• Experience managing writers or freelancers, alongside personal content production.
• A portfolio showcasing strong writing, editorial judgment, and accuracy, beyond just keyword density.
• Proven experience shipping an AI-assisted content pipeline in a production environment, with established guardrails for quality at scale.
• Current practice in AEO, tracking brand presence in AI answer engines and understanding what drives impact.
• Background in regulated or high-stakes content categories (insurance, personal finance, health, legal), emphasizing accuracy.

Practical notes

Jerry.ai offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401(K) with employer matching, and wellness benefits. Equity opportunities are also part of the total compensation. Only full-time salaried employees residing in specified US states or Ontario, Canada, are eligible.