Job description for SEO Editor Intern at Eklipse.gg
About the role:
We are looking for a strong editor who wants to learn how SEO, editorial quality, audience behavior, and business performance work together.
This role is suitable for a journalism student, news editor, content editor, researcher, or aspiring writer with strong editorial judgment and a genuine interest in digital publishing.
You will help produce and improve useful articles that attract organic traffic, remain relevant, and support the growth of the business.
Responsibilities:
- Edit new articles
- Edit articles for accuracy, clarity, grammar, structure, and readability.
- Improve headlines, introductions, subheadings, examples, and calls to action.
- Check whether each article clearly answers the reader’s question.
- Identify missing information, weak explanations, outdated claims, and unnecessary sections.
- Apply basic SEO guidelines with support from the SEO team.
- Give clear feedback to writers and help prepare articles for publication.
Brainstorm new topics:
- Suggest article ideas based on reader needs, search behavior, current events, and content trends.
- Develop practical angles for news, explainers, tutorials, reviews, and comparisons.
- Prioritize ideas based on usefulness, timeliness, search potential, and business relevance.
- Identify topics that can attract new readers and strengthen priority content areas.
Refresh existing articles:
- Review published articles for outdated or incomplete information.
- Research updates and add useful context, examples, instructions, or comparisons.
- Improve headlines, structure, internal links, images, and FAQs where needed.
- Help identify articles that are losing traffic or no longer fully satisfy readers.
Monitor content performance:
- Check basic performance data such as clicks, impressions, CTR, rankings, and traffic.
- Track newly published and refreshed articles.
- Flag unusual performance changes to the SEO or editorial lead.
- Record observations and learn how editorial changes affect content performance.
Support editorial operations:
- Maintain content briefs, article trackers, and update lists.
- Follow editorial and SEO quality-control checklists.
- Conduct basic competitor and source research.
- Work with writers and editors to meet publishing deadlines.
What we are looking for:
- Background in journalism, writing, editing, communications, research, or a related field.
- Strong grammar, structure, and proofreading skills.
- Good instinct for identifying useful and relevant information.
- Interest in news, digital publishing, technology, gaming, or consumer products.
- Curiosity about how people search for information online.
- Willingness to learn SEO tools and content performance analysis.
- Ability to accept feedback and revise work quickly.
- Reliable attention to detail and respect for deadlines.
- Learning outcomes.
By the end of the internship, you should understand how to:
- Edit articles for both readers and search engines.
- Identify useful content opportunities.
- Refresh articles based on evidence and updated information.
- Read basic SEO performance data.
- Connect content quality with traffic and audience growth.
