Trent Alan Rhode Editor · Writer · Content Management, Marketing, and QA · AI Workflows

In an age of automation, a human touch is an advantage.

I help publishers, agencies, and content teams bring editorial judgment, search awareness, and quality control to content operations.

Available for consulting and open to long-term roles in editing, writing, content management, and content operations, with hands-on experience creating, refining, and working within AI-assisted and human-led editorial workflows.

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Flexible editorial support for AI-orchestrated workflows, human-written content, and everything in between.

The Range

The right level of editorial involvement, wherever the work starts.

Some projects start with AI agent-orchestrated workflow output and the systems behind it. Others start with a brief, a blank page, a CMS queue, or a story of what, why, when, and who.

I can create inside existing systems, improve the rough spots, or help build practical workflows from scratch when the team needs them.

20+
years of editorial experience in publishing, technology, finance, education, and mission-driven content
50+
clients served for publishers, agencies, and in-house content teams

Proof at Scale

Broad production support, backed by measurable editorial results.

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Turnaround
40%
faster editing turnaround
Volume
260–300+
articles produced and QA'd per month
Reach
177%
increase in total article views in month one
Per writer
740%
increase in average views per writer within three months

Track record

Experience
20+
years of writing and editing experience
Written
3,000+
articles written
Edited
8,000+
pieces edited
Clients
50+
clients in publishing, technology, finance, education, agencies, and content teams

Where I Fit

Content operations from editorial decision to publishable page.

I can work inside the editorial lane, handle practical production tasks, make scoped HTML/CSS updates, support practical page builds, fixes, and updates, or write clear specifications for deeper developer work.

Editorial direction and production QA

Editing Content QA SEO & GEO Standards Workflow notes

Editorial support for teams that need content to move quickly without losing structure, accuracy, voice, or search usefulness.

  • Turn rough input into clear briefs, outlines, pages, and reviewable content.
  • Create practical style guides, templates, SOPs, checklists, and prompt or workflow notes.
  • Review pages for accuracy, tone, structure, links, metadata, formatting, and retrieval signals.
  • Use search data, performance gaps, and reader intent to prioritize useful updates.
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CMS, media, and light implementation

CMS HTML/CSS Visual assets Video Developer specs

Practical production support for the work within editorial, marketing, and design.

  • Publish and update pages in WordPress, Drupal, Contentful, and Airtable.
  • Select images, prepare simple visual assets, and edit video when the project needs it.
  • Handle HTML/CSS fixes for CMS pages, content blocks, embeds, and visual layout issues.
  • Write implementation notes, acceptance criteria, and developer-ready specifications.

Audience-focused writing and education

Public messaging Community education Content planning

Writing and editing for teams that need complex, technical, environmental, or mission-driven work to be understandable, useful, and credible to the people it is meant to reach.

Next step

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