Senior Director, edX Brand & Content

Crystal City, TX (Hybrid)

$188K/yr – $194K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive edX brand, content strategy, and AI-enhanced content across SEO, lifecycle, and partner experiences to boost trust, traffic, and conversions.

  • Must-have: 8-10+ years in brand/content with business accountability
  • Standout: End-to-end content strategy across SEO, social, and lifecycle with measurable outcomes
  • Proven ability to boost non-branded organic visibility and conversions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define clear, differentiated positioning for edX vs competitors
  • Translate into consistent messaging across site, lifecycle, and partner experiences
  • Ensure every experience reinforces brand clarity, credibility, and trust
  • Build scalable frameworks to maintain consistency across partners and programs
  • Own the end-to-end content strategy across SEO, social, and lifecycle
  • Align content to measurable outcomes: traffic, conversion, revenue
  • Create engaging, persuasive, and learner-focused content that drives conversions and builds brand trust
  • Build and scale a high-output content system aligned to traffic, conversion, and revenue
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance the creative process, increase output, and accelerate testing
  • Define the content and authority strategy required to win in AI-driven discovery in partnership with the SEO team
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2U

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The company behind edX. We connect 99M+ learners to world-class, free-to-degree online education in partnership with top universities and industry experts.

Founded in 2008
Arlington, Virginia, USA
3K employees (209 in marketing)
36% recommend to a friend
13% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
133.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.3%
Direct
57.5%
Referral
9.2%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
168 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$426.9M
Last Raise
$331M
Post IPO Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2018
    Post IPO Equity • $331M
  • Oct 2013
    Series D • $5.1M
  • Apr 2012
    Series D • $26M

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