This role is for one of Weekday's clientsMin Experience: 5 yearsJobType: full-time
Requirements
About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented
AEM Author
to join our digital content and web experience team. This role is ideal for a candidate with deep hands-on experience using
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.4 or higher)
and a strong understanding of content strategy, digital asset management, SEO, and publishing workflows. As an AEM Author, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of web content, ensuring consistent user experience, content accuracy, and brand alignment across all digital platforms.This is a cross-functional role requiring collaboration with marketing, UX, development, and QA teams to publish and manage high-quality digital content. Your goal will be to maintain and enhance the performance of our digital properties by leveraging AEM's powerful content management and delivery capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, edit, and manage web pages and content using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.4 or higher), ensuring consistency with brand guidelines and web standards.
- Manage Content Fragments and Experience Fragments to support modular and scalable content reuse across platforms.
- Organize and maintain assets in the Digital Asset Manager (DAM) including metadata tagging, version control, and asset lifecycle management.
- Support site taxonomy and navigation structure by maintaining internal linking, breadcrumbs, tags, and categories.
- Collaborate with content strategists, designers, and developers to ensure that new content aligns with design and technical specifications.
- Apply SEO best practices to content including metadata, alt tags, keyword placement, and structured data when necessary.
- Conduct thorough QA of webpages before publishing, identifying bugs, design inconsistencies, or broken links and documenting issues clearly.
- Utilize HTML and CSS knowledge to make minor layout and formatting adjustments within AEM components and templates as needed.
- Ensure all published content is responsive, accessible, and aligns with web compliance standards.
- Work with analytics teams to set up tracking tags and ensure content is measurable.
- Maintain and update internal checklists and documentation related to authoring standards, workflow, and publishing processes.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years of experience working as an AEM Author or in a related web content management role.
- Strong expertise in Adobe Experience Manager (6.4 or above), with hands-on experience managing templates, components, and page authoring.
- Familiarity with Content Fragments and Experience Fragments, with practical implementation in AEM environments.
- Proficient in DAM usage and taxonomy management.
- Understanding of SEO principles and experience applying them within a CMS.
- Ability to QA web content for design, copy, and functionality.
- Working knowledge of HTML and CSS for content layout and web formatting.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and multitasking skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work across creative, technical, and marketing teams.
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with Agile development environments and sprint-based workflows.
- Experience with personalization and targeting features in AEM.
- Basic understanding of web analytics tools like Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics.