Deputy Director of Content Strategy

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Content Strategy in establishing priorities for the team and ensuring we act with urgency to deliver impact in the newsroom.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of audience strategists and editors.
• Cultivate a culture of experimentation, data-driven decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, including coverage, audience development, operations, product and marketing.
• Translate newsroom priorities into clear, measurable content strategies.
• Champion analytics across the newsroom and turn audience data into actionable insights.
• Present to senior leaders and share learnings broadly to inform coverage.
• Launch and shepherd deep-dive content analyses that shape and plan coverage, and answer strategic questions about and beyond coverage.
• Anticipate emerging news trends and innovate story formats—text, live blogs, visuals, video, podcasts and other mediums—to maximize impact and keep coverage ahead of the curve.
• Relentlessly advocate for the needs of our audiences.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in digital newsrooms with expertise in editorial strategy and some combination of audience development, analytics, reporting and editing, video and audio, production, or project management.
• Proven ability to lead teams that achieve substantial audience growth and boost subscriber engagement.
• Exceptional analytical skills—adept at extracting insights from data, crafting clear narratives for news leaders, and recommending actionable solutions.
• Expertise with web analytics tools; SQL, Python, or other data-analysis languages are a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a talent for influencing senior stakeholders and driving cross-departmental alignment.
• Demonstrated success in building trust, collaborating effectively, and forging consensus across teams.
• Deep understanding of and passion for the competitive digital-news media landscape.
• Self-starter comfortable identifying challenges and opportunities, with the drive to develop and implement solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with SQL, Python, or other data-analysis languages.

Qualifications

• Educational background is not explicitly specified in the description.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary range of $140,000 - $170,000.
• Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, including physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits.
• Flexible compensation offers tailored to experience, industry knowledge, location, skills, and other relevant factors.
• Pay-for-performance strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people.