Overview
At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community.
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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about **requesting accommodations.**