Part-Time SEO Content Editor & Publishing Assistant
• *About the Role** Stepter Law is a plaintiff-side employment law firm in Columbus, Ohio representing workers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and wage and hour cases. The Firm is looking for a skilled freelance editor and content assistant to support our blog publishing workflow on an ongoing part-time basis. Blog content may be drafted by you using AI tools, drafted by you without AI, or drafted in-house by the attorney and passed to you for revision and refinement. Your job is to produce, refine, fact-check, and publish content while preserving the attorney's distinct voice and ensuring legal accuracy.
- *What You Will Do**
- Draft blog posts using AI tools, traditional research, or a combination of both depending on the assignment - Review and edit attorney-drafted or AI-drafted blog posts for tone, clarity, and voice consistency - Fact-check legal claims against applicable federal statutes, regulations, and relevant case law - Add jurisdiction-specific details, local references, and examples where content feels generic - Optimize meta descriptions, headlines, and calls to action for search intent - Publish finalized posts to our WordPress website including formatting, tags, and internal links - Execute keyword research using your own Ahrefs, Semrush, or equivalent SEO tool and compile findings into a simple spreadsheet - Maintain a content calendar and flag outdated or underperforming posts for refresh
- *What The Firm Is Looking For**
- Background in legal writing, paralegal work, or editing attorney-produced content - Ability to verify legal citations and claims using reliable legal research resources such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, Google Scholar, Cornell LII, or equivalent — please describe in your application what tools and process you use to check legal accuracy - Familiarity with SEO fundamentals — keyword intent, meta descriptions, internal linking - Experience with WordPress publishing - Strong attention to detail especially around legal accuracy - Ability to absorb an attorney's existing writing and replicate their voice and tone in new content - Experience with AI-generated content and ability to identify where it sounds generic or legally imprecise - Access to your own Ahrefs, Semrush, or comparable SEO keyword research platform
- *Preferred But Not Required**
- Prior work with solo or small law firm websites - Experience with Frase or similar AI-assisted SEO content tools
- *What to Include in Your Application**
Please address the following in your application: 1. Describe your process for verifying legal claims and citations — what tools do you use and how do you confirm accuracy before publishing 2. Describe how you would approach learning and writing in an attorney's voice and tone — what steps would you take to understand their style, and how would you ensure new content sounds like them rather than generic AI output 3. Confirm what SEO keyword research tool(s) you have access to 4. Briefly describe your experience with legal content editing and WordPress publishing