Resume Headlines for a Content Marketer

3 resume headlines + 2 LinkedIn variants for content marketers, written from real outreach data on what triggers recruiter replies in 2026. Copy, swap in your numbers, ship.

The pattern that works in 2026: Content marketers should always lead with growth (traffic or sub count) AND attribution (pipeline) — not 'wrote 200 articles'.

Resume headlines for Content Marketers

Content Marketer | Grew blog traffic 40k → 600k/mo · Generated $1.8M pipeline

Content Marketer | Built newsletter to 80k subs in 18 months · 42% open rate

Content Marketer | Ghost-wrote thought-leadership for 3 Series B CEOs · 12M+ impressions

LinkedIn headlines (220 char limit)

LinkedIn truncates at ~220 chars on mobile — keep the punch up front.

Content Marketer @ Stripe · Long-form · Editorial · Currently obsessed with B2B writing voice

93 chars

Content Marketer · SEO + brand · Loves a good interview-based piece

67 chars

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