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Recruiting A Content Developer.

The recent post observed that some companies could be short changing themselves by classifying their Content Developers as employees devoted simply to supporting a company website. If you take a look at the job listings that we run in the far right column here on ContentDeveloper.com (thanks to ) you’ll likely see a current example or two of a company in the early stages of putting this type of organizational structure into action.

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Perhaps there’s nothing inherently wrong with a precisely constructed gig, and in some organizations of a certain scale it may even be the best way to go. Still, in many situations the approach seems to risk limiting the upside possibilities for both the company and the employee. That’s why it was encouraging to run across a job description for a Content Developer that broke out of those narrow confines to capture what being a Content Developer can be all about.

The job description is from New York and New Orleans based and reads as follows:

Senior Content Developer – Prolific idea generator. Develops numerous useful and useless ideas and content for a broad range of clients/oversees creative development among creative group according to specific client responsibilities. Continuously seeks new creative extensions, opportunities and ideas on behalf of client brands. Current on what

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Filed under industry by david cummings on Saturday 4 November 2006 at 12:57 pm

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