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 the long-form and strategic content program for a tech infrastructure leader, turning complex WD tech into enterprise narratives while owning governance, measurement, and cross-functional storytelling.

  • Content Strategy & Calendar: Align editorial priorities with marketing campaigns, product initiatives, and industry trends across Corporate and Product Marketing.
  • YouTube & Video Execution: Build scripted series, product explainers, and executive interviews with internal and external production partners.
  • Performance Engine: Define KPIs, SEO, and distribution to grow blog, site, social, and thought leadership reach.

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.
  • Drive content distribution and activation strategy across owned channels, partnering with creative, social, web, and digital teams to maximize reach and impact.
  • Support executive thought leadership through authored articles, speaking abstracts, presentations, keynote content, and industry commentary.
  • Own content performance — establishing KPIs, applying SEO best practices, and using analytics to continuously improve effectiveness, engagement, and discoverability.
  • Build and govern WD's editorial standards, style guide, and content quality framework across all corporate marketing outputs.
  • Manage content budget including tools, production, and external resources.

Western Digital

3.8 Glassdoor

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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Traffic Source Mix
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46.7%
Direct
40.1%
Referral
10.6%
Social
1%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~22.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
520 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
7.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

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Last Raise
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

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