Account Director, Content Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$100/hr – $125/hrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own content strategy and editorial execution for consumer brands with a must-have focus on cross-channel storytelling and platform-specific narratives.

  • Own content strategy, editorial calendars, and platform-specific narratives across channels.
  • Lead writing and messaging for brand materials, social, website, LinkedIn, and long-form pieces with cross-functional collaboration.
  • Use data-driven analytics, SEO, and AI to optimize content and inform future calendars and creative ideas.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage creative content strategies for consumer brands.
  • Lead the development and management of editorial calendars, ensuring a consistent and compelling narrative across all platforms.
  • Write sharp, engaging brand narratives and messaging, media materials, social and website copy, LinkedIn content strategies and posts, long-form articles, speeches, and more.
  • Use analytics, SEO, and AI to optimize all content and make strategic recommendations.
  • Collaborate with internal CX, earned media, design, and analytics teams to ensure a cohesive and user-centric approach to all content.
  • Lead presenting of content concepts and strategies to internal teams and clients, articulating creative vision and platform expertise.

Requirements

  • 5-7 years of content strategy experience with a focus on consumer brands, CPG, or lifestyle sectors.
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates a clear understanding of both consumer short-form work and thought leadership work on topics including sustainability, marketing, supply chain, and AI.
  • A versatile portfolio showcasing expertise across a variety of channels, from developing and executing content strategies to social media and video scripting to website development and email marketing.
  • Experience creating content for CPG C-suite executives via LinkedIn posts, speeches, and long-form think pieces.
  • Strong knowledge of SEO and AI search principles and how to apply them to content.
  • Strong experience in analyzing content performance and using data-driven insights to inform future editorial calendars and creative ideas.
  • Exceptional collaboration skills, with a history of working effectively with cross-functional teams, including CX, design, and analytics.
  • The ability to expertly prioritize and manage the review process for all creative work to ensure quality and adherence to client guidelines.
  • Client-facing experience with the ability to lead conversations and articulate creative concepts and content strategy.
  • A proactive, self-starter interested in helping build a growing team.

Preferred

  • Agency experience is preferred.
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

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74.1K
Traffic Source Mix
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36%
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46.1%
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11.7%
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Current headcount: ~4.4K

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