Microsoft

Web Content Manager, Minecraft

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in digital content management or program management, with writing/editing experience preferred.
  • 3+ years of managing teams effectively.
  • 4+ years of experience launching products or features to market.
  • 6+ years improving product metrics and customer engagement.
  • Experience managing content for high-traffic consumer websites.
  • Proficient in CMS platforms like Adobe Experience Manager.
  • Strong writing skills to convert complex ideas into engaging web content.

Responsibilities

  • Define content improvement plans to align with business strategy using data-driven insights.
  • Develop partner engagement strategies to enhance content goal alignment.
  • Set expectations for content delivery while managing deadlines and vendor performance.
  • Share insights on industry trends to promote best practices and innovation.
  • Lead content creation across product experiences, utilizing data analysis and GenAI tools.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with passionate colleagues.
  • Opportunity to influence content strategy at a global scale.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools in web development.
  • Engaging company culture focused on creativity and teamwork.
Full Job Description
Overview

Minecraft inspires millions to create together, connects people across the globe, and brings together a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. The Minecraft Web Team is seeking a Web Content Manager to own the strategy, governance, and quality of content across our entire web presence on minecraft.net and its properties. This is a highly collaborative, cross functional role at the intersection of marketing, product, creative, and technical teams-ensuring our website tells a cohesive, accurate, and compelling story to a global and diverse player community at scale.

The Minecraft Web Team has identified a long-term goal around how we want to deliver delightful and creative content that will guide users through new Minecrafty experiences. Minecraft Web has a mix of both creative writing and technical writing, which will guide users through onboarding, game play, purchasing, account management, and marketing spotlights. The ideal candidate will have a passion for Web Content, content writing, a customer focus, and a strong understanding of how to create engaging and informative content for websites. As a Web Content Manager, you will be responsible for creating high-quality content that is optimized for search engines and designed to engage our target audience.

In the end, it's the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you'll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals - all united and working toward a single goal. Come and help us reach it!

Responsibilities

  • Define and optimize content improvement plans aligned with business strategy, leveraging data and technology to enhance content relevance, scalability, and business impact.
  • Influence partner engagement strategies, supporting onboarding, contract changes, and fostering strong partner relations to ensure aligned content goals.
  • Set clear expectations for content delivery, manage deadlines, negotiate with stakeholders, and oversee vendor performance to ensure timely and quality output.
  • Share industry and organizational trends to drive thought leadership, best practices, and innovation across teams and projects.
  • Lead content delivery across complex product experiences by collaborating with design and engineering, applying data-driven strategies and GenAI tools for scalable, high-quality content.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • 5+ years experience in program management, digital content publishing/management, or experience in a writing or editing role
    • OR equivalent experience.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of people management experience.
  • 4+ years' experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
  • 6+ years' experience improving product metrics for a product, features, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
  • 6+ years' experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
  • Experience managing content for large-scale, consumer-facing websites, ideally with high traffic and multiple user personas
  • Hands-on experience with CMS platforms (e.g., Adobe Experience Manager or similar
  • Writing and editorial expertise, ability to translate product features, releases, and marketing moments into clear, engaging web content
  • Experience developing and executing end-to-end content strategies across web properties and user journeys


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Content Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800.00 - $234,700.00 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200.00 - $261,000.00 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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