A strong content analyst should have a broad range of skills, including content auditing, data analysis, KPI goal setting, analytics dashboard creation, and more.

Content analysts should know how the content creation and product/web design and development process works and must understand how to analyze user and content data to both inform strategy and make continuous improvements.

Content analysts assemble a system of content intelligence that enables organizations to make smarter decisions about content.

To help you hire the right candidate, we put together a sample content analyst job description. This description is based on our deep experience consulting on hiring for content roles. It lists all of the core skills you should look for in a content analyst. You can use this sample content analyst job description as the foundation for your next content analyst hire and build in specifics for your company or organization. 

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