VP, Content and Community at XPRIZE Foundation | USA | $190K/yr – $210K/yr

VP, Content and Community

USA (Unknown)

$190K/yr – $210K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive XPRIZE’s content strategy and editorial leadership to amplify the mission across campaigns, digital channels, and donor-facing materials.

Own the content calendar across social, email, web, and editorial to align prize milestones with proactive planning.
Strong track record leading organization-wide content strategy and cross-channel storytelling.
Experience translating complex scientific subject matter into compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Narrative and Editorial Leadership
Define and steward the XPRIZE brand voice across all written and editorial content, including prize campaign assets, annual reports, op-eds, executive thought leadership, blog and long-form editorial, and digital copy.
Translate complex scientific and technical subject matter into compelling narratives for donors, sponsors, media, and the general public.
Creative Direction and Brand Standards
Own the creative pillar of the marketing department — including brand standards, design systems, visual identity, and creative production.
Oversee both in-house designers and external creative partners to produce high-quality, on-brand assets across foundation publications, campaign creative, event materials, reports, and digital channels.
Lead the creative brief process, establish quality standards, and ensure that visual expression is coherent and intentional across every prize and program.
Digital Strategy and Audience Intelligence
Own the enterprise-wide digital measurement framework and deploy it to inform content and creative strategy.
Develop and maintain email strategy and performance standards, SEO and platform optimization, audience segmentation and journey optimization.
Partner with the Campaign Strategy team to ensure digital intelligence flows into planning, decision-making, and campaign measurement.
Develop sponsor, donor, and executive-facing reporting that demonstrates marketing’s impact on fundraising goals and campaign objectives.
Content Planning and Calendar
Own the content calendar across owned channels — social, email, web, and editorial. Ensure that every major prize milestone, campaign moment, and brand initiative has a proactive content plan.
Establish templates, playbooks, and repeatable frameworks that allow the team to work at speed without sacrificing quality.
Translate research, prize outcomes, and impact data into thought leadership content — including long-form editorial, white papers, and donor-facing narratives.
Owned-to-Earned Partnership
Serve as the primary internal partner to Media Relations, ensuring that owned content strategy and earned media strategy are integrated rather than siloed.
Provide the narrative foundation — messaging frameworks, story angles, and content assets — that enables media relations efforts to land with consistency and impact.
Identify and develop story opportunities that have both owned content and press potential, and ensure that major prize milestones are supported by a coordinated content and communications approach.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in content strategy, editorial leadership, communications, or integrated marketing, with at least 4 years in a senior leadership role managing teams.
Proven ability to develop and execute an organization-wide content and communications strategy that advances brand visibility, storytelling, and thought leadership across digital, social, and owned channels.
Demonstrated experience leading the successful creation, promotion, and distribution of high-impact, cross-platform content that drives audience engagement and expands organizational reach.
A portfolio demonstrating expertise in translating complex, technical, or scientific subject matter into compelling narratives for multiple audiences — including donors, sponsors, media, and the general public.
Demonstrated understanding of the relationship between owned content and earned media. Experience working in close partnership with communications or media relations functions, with an orientation toward integrated narrative strategy across owned and earned channels.
Strong track record of strengthening digital and social channels through data-driven strategy, performance optimization, and audience intelligence — including email, SEO, segmentation, and platform analytics.
Experience managing graphic design work — both in-house designers and external creative partners — to produce high-quality visual assets including lookbooks, campaign creative, annual reports, and event materials.
Demonstrated ability to lead and direct consultants, vendors, and agency partners alongside full-time direct reports.
Experience with marketing technology stacks including project management tools, DAM systems, email platforms, and analytics tools.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities and hard deadlines.

Benefits

The anticipated base salary for this position is $190,000 to $210,000 and may also qualify for an annual incentive.
This role is eligible for our extensive benefits package and generous paid time off including vacation, sick, and holidays.
XPRIZE is a remote-first environment.