Guides Editor, QA Specialist

IGN is looking for a Guides Editor to expand and elevate our game help and strategy coverage by creating and maintaining highly useful, discoverable content around evergreen games players care about. This full‑time project manager and contributor role is based in the United Kingdom. The role follows a standard working schedule, although you may be required to work outside of normal hours for major game releases. No travel is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain quality game help content across major games, including those from IGN’s massive archive.
• Identify opportunities for connecting IGN content with new and veteran players.
• Monitor community feedback and project‑manage the backlog of corrections, updates, and additions.
• Create evergreen, highly competitive, data‑driven strategy guides that deliver site traffic over years, not just days.
• Edit and refine guide content from staff, freelancers, and contributors to improve clarity, usefulness, and discoverability.
• Partner closely with editors, SEO, and GEO specialists to shape content angles, headlines, and publishing strategy.
• Use trend tools, search data, and performance insights to guide short‑term decisions and long‑term content planning.
• Help maintain editorial standards and best practices across game help content.

Job Qualifications

• Significant experience creating published video game guides, walkthroughs, or service‑driven editorial content.
• Strong understanding of SEO/GEO best practices and search intent within gaming content.
• Proven ability to write and edit quickly without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
• Experience editing contributor work and improving copy for both audience value and performance.
• Familiarity with tools used to track trends, search demand, and content performance.
• Deep knowledge of current gaming trends, player communities, and live‑service content cycles.
• Ability to independently prioritize high‑value opportunities in a fast‑paced editorial environment.
• Proficiency in content planning for large team projects.
• Comfortable collaborating across editorial, audience development, and content strategy teams.

Competitive salaries and robust health and wellness‑focused benefits are offered. Work‑life balance is a priority with paid time off when needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has always been about fairness, equal opportunity, and belonging. If you have a disability or learning difficulty that requires accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to hr@ign.com.