Content Architect

Job Description Location Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire Salary £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience Hybrid working 3 days / week on site The Content Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the structural foundations of the organisation’s content ecosystem. This role ensures that content is structured, reusable, and optimised for delivery across multiple platforms and channels. The Content Architect collaborates closely with content strategists, product teams, and developers to enable scalable, high-quality, and AI-ready content operations. Responsibilities Content Modelling & Architecture Define and maintain content models, taxonomies, and metadata frameworks to support structured authoring and content reuse. Develop modular content structures (e.g., DITA components, reusable blocks) that enable scalability across formats and channels. Implement and manage semantic tools (e.g., taxonomy, ontology), structured metadata, and version-controlled assets. Standardise how content is created, stored, and reused by implementing content modelling, supporting automation, personalisation, and localisation at scale. Platform & Systems Support Support the administration and optimisation of core content platforms, including CMS (Contentstack), CCMS, CDP, and DAM. Oversee the integration of content models with enterprise systems such as marketing automation, product information management, and translation management systems. Ensure content structures are AI-ready, web-first, and optimised for multi-channel delivery. Content Lifecycle & Migration Enable and promote content reuse across platforms, divisions, and product lines to improve efficiency and reduce duplication. Facilitate migration of technical and website content from legacy systems to new, structured content models (e.g., DITA, Contentstack). Support the authoring, transformation, and delivery of structured content across multiple formats (e.g., PDF, HTML, XML). Governance & Best Practices Develop and maintain content governance frameworks, standards, and policies for content structure and metadata. Champion best practices in accessibility, localisation, SEO, and user-centred design within content architecture. Ensure compliance with brand, accessibility (WCAG), and regulatory standards in all content structures. Collaboration & Enablement Work closely with content creators, administrators, marketers, and developers to ensure content models meet business and user needs. Provide training and documentation on content modelling, metadata, and platform best practices. Act as a subject matter expert for structured content, taxonomy, and metadata. Innovation & Optimisation Stay ahead of emerging trends in content technology, modelling, and operations. Pilot and implement new tools and methodologies to future-proof the content ecosystem. Support AI innovation and automation initiatives related to content structure and delivery. Skills & Experience Experience in content modelling, taxonomy design, and structured authoring (e.g., DITA, XML, modular content). Strong understanding of content management systems (CMS, CCMS, DAM) and digital content workflows. Familiarity with metadata standards, semantic tools, and content governance frameworks. Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate complex concepts clearly. Knowledge of accessibility, SEO, localisation, and multi-channel content delivery best practices. Impact The Content Architect ensures the organisation’s content is structured, scalable, and future-proof, enabling efficient content operations and high-quality digital experiences across all platforms and markets. Benefits When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family. Please click here for further information about our benefits. At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com. Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw. Employment Type: Permanent Time Type: Full time Requisition Number: R8867 Content Architect (Open) Renishaw is a FTSE 250 global engineering and scientific technology company, with core skills in measurement, motion control, additive manufacturing, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing. We supply products and services that push the boundaries of what is possible in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. We are also a world leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where we design and make industrial machines that ‘print' parts from metal powder. We currently have 77 offices in 36 countries, with around 5,200 employees worldwide. Over 3,000 people are employed within the UK where we carry out the majority of our research and development, and manufacturing. With a global presence in a broad range of sectors, we aim to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse global communities we serve. Every year we welcome a wide range of new employees, from apprentices to experienced professionals. By joining Renishaw you will be making a difference to the world in which we live, in a global company that encourages innovation and personal achievement. Our people help us to pursue this purpose so that we can continue to be a world leader in precision technology and deliver on our vision to innovate and transform capabilities in manufacturing, science and healthcare through unparalleled levels of precision, productivity and practicality.

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