Head of Content

Irvine, CA (On-site)

$140K/yr – $186K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own WD content from concept to scale, shaping the editorial engine for enterprise tech and AI topics across blogs, video, executive storytelling, and thought leadership.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Build the content system, KPI tracking, and governance across Marketing, Product Marketing, Communications, and Social.
  • Content Engine: Own original assets across blog, site, social, customer stories, video scripts, and external platforms.
  • Video & Thought Leadership: Lead YouTube/video strategy including executive interviews with cross-functional execution.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own WD’s corporate content strategy and editorial roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities, marketing campaigns, product initiatives, and industry trends.
  • Define content KPIs, build reporting frameworks, and present content performance and strategy recommendations to marketing leadership.
  • Identify gaps in content capabilities and make recommendations for tools, talent, and processes to scale the function.
  • Develop, write, and publish original content across WD’s blog, website, social media channels, executive communications, customer stories, video scripts, presentations, and external thought leadership platforms.
  • Serve as the primary author for strategic content initiatives, transforming complex technical concepts into compelling narratives that resonate with enterprise, technology, and executive audiences.
  • Develop and lead WD's YouTube and video content strategy, including scripted series, product explainers, executive interviews, and event content; partner with internal creative teams and production partners on execution.
  • Lead and manage WD’s shared editorial and content calendar, coordinating priorities across Corporate Marketing, Product Marketing, Communications, Social Media, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Partner with product marketing, engineering, research, and executive teams to gather insights, conduct interviews, and develop technically accurate content that reflects WD’s innovation leadership.
  • Manage relationships with external content vendors, freelancers, and production partners; develop a scalable content operating model as the function grows.
  • Identify and proactively develop content opportunities around key industry themes including AI infrastructure, cloud, data storage, digital transformation, and emerging technologies.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in content strategy, content marketing, journalism, corporate communications, or editorial roles within the technology industry.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills with a portfolio demonstrating the ability to create high-quality content across multiple formats and channels.
  • Proven experience independently developing original content from concept through publication.
  • Ability to translate complex technical subject matter into clear, engaging, and audience-focused narratives.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional content planning processes and align editorial priorities across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Experience developing and executing B2B YouTube or video content strategy, including scripting, series development, and channel growth.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working directly with technical subject matter experts and senior leaders.

Preferred

  • Experience in enterprise technology, AI, cloud infrastructure, data storage, semiconductors, or related B2B technology industries.
  • Experience supporting executive thought leadership and corporate storytelling initiatives.
  • Familiarity with SEO, content analytics, and content performance optimization.
  • Experience developing multimedia content, including video scripts and presentation content.
  • Understanding of emerging trends shaping AI, cloud, and data infrastructure markets.

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.

WD

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At Western Digital, our vision is to unleash the power and value of data. For decades, we have been at the forefront of storage innovation, which fuels our mission to be the market leader in data storage, delivering solutions for now and the future. We are committed to providing scalable, sustainable technology for the world’s hyperscalers, enterprises, and cloud providers, and delivering cutting-edge innovation that will drive the next generation of AI-driven data workloads. All that we do is powered by our people, who are united in a common purpose of creating solutions that move the world forward. Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

Founded in 2003
San Jose, California, USA
23K employees (792 in marketing)
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