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Content editor resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a content editor resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in content editor-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some content editor interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical content editor skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some content editor interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a content editor resume:

  • Digital Content
  • Web Content
  • Digital Marketing
  • WordPress
  • Video Content
  • Content Marketing
  • Instagram
  • Edit Content
  • Content Strategy
  • Proofreading
  • HTML
  • PowerPoint
  • Project Management
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Content Creation
  • Content Development
  • Content Management System
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Style Guides
  • Curate
  • Subject Matter Experts
  • Google Analytics
  • User Experience
  • Blog Posts
  • Video Scripts
  • Quality Standards
  • News Stories
  • House Style
  • XML

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How to structure your work experience

A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.

How to write content editor experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are examples from great content editor resumes:

Work history example #1

Copy Editor/Page Designer

The Register-Guard

  • Developed search-engine optimization for community content through online publishing with an emphasis on growing audience and engagement via social media.
  • Gained outstanding knowledge and experience with Adobe InDesign.
  • Compiled and copy edited physician disclosure and affiliations for online production.
  • Designed local, national and world pages using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
  • Named News Journal Manager of the Year for 2007 and Gannett Co. Inc. Chairman's Award Winner in 2008.

Work history example #2

Features Editor

Bucher & Christian Consulting

  • Compaq-Managed compilation and testing of course documentation developed in Word and PowerPoint and delivered in Acrobat PDF format for Web distribution.
  • Processed community event submissions, curated content and determined monthly features for two local magazines.
  • Utilized Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, and Cintiq tablets.
  • Promoted company initiatives externally and internally via blogs, Twitter, Chatter, and other social media channels.
  • Performed read-behinds and layout proofreading for articles by other writer-editors.

Work history example #3

Content Editor (Part-Time)

McGraw-Hill Education

  • Directed design/production artists to produce electronic and online versions of printed material.
  • Edited and accuracy checked online supplemental material for Schiller's Economics textbooks.
  • Fixed links and XML/HTML coding in CMS.
  • Edited, verified, wrote and created content for online high school social studies products
  • Edited digital assets and instructional materials; collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop new online programs.

Work history example #4

Features Editor

The Dallas Morning News

  • Developed plans for online content.
  • Collaborated with design and layout teams to build sections around advertising, and edit multiple rounds of proofs for copy/design elements.
  • Managed all entertainment social channels including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and lead the company in the use of Snapchat.
  • Developed search-engine optimization for community content through online publishing with an emphasis on growing audience and engagement via social media.
  • Trained other web editors in HTML and content management system.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from content editor resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in english

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

2014 - 2017

Highlight your content editor certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on content editor resumes:

  1. Adobe Digital Publishing
  2. Professional Certified Marketer (PCM)

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