Director, Content & Communications

How youll make an impact:

Werelooking for a strategic yet hands-on Director of Content & Communications to shape and scale our companys content thought leadership PR and corporate communications engine. This leader will define the editorial vision strengthen our narrative in the market and build a high-leverage team that drives measurable business impact across demand generation brandandcustomer engagement.Key responsibilitiesof this role include:

Content & Editorial Strategy

• Build and lead the company-wide content strategy across campaigns lifecycle stages and vertical markets
• Translate business priorities into editorial themes content roadmaps and storytelling frameworks
• Ensure consistency in voice tone and brand narrative across channels
• Design andoperatea scalable editorial model including decisions on in-house vs. outsourced work.
• Communicate tradeoffs priorities and performance clearly to executive stakeholders.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-impact teamthrough clear roles strong coaching and thoughtful use of external partners and modern writing tools and platforms
• Act as a player-coachproviding strategic direction while rolling up sleeves as needed.
• Foster a culture of excellence creativity and accountability

Thought Leadership and Executive Comms

• Partner with key stakeholders to drivethe company narrative POV and thought leadership agenda.
• Partner with executives on authored content speeches and social presence.
• Overseetheteam responsible for creationof long-form assets (reports research white papers) and short-form content (blogs socialcase studies).
• Align vertical and industry content with product marketing and revenue goals.

PR Media and Social

• Set and manage PR and media strategy partnering with our agency
• Measure earned media impact
• Align social strategy with content and communications goals balancing organic and paid amplification in partnership with demand generation
• Ensure a consistent credible voice across all owned and earned channels.

Scalable Systems and Outcomes

• Tie content and communications performance to business outcomes such as pipeline brand lift and adoption.
• Establish clear intake prioritization and governance processes to reduce friction across teams.
• Decide what content to scale refresh or retire based on performance and strategic value.
• Communicate results in executive-ready language and dashboards.

AI and Modern Content Practices

• Use AI and modern content platforms to scale output and efficiency without compromising quality accuracy or brand voice leveraging tools such as generative AI assistants (e.g. ChatGPT Claude Jasper Writer) SEO and content intelligence platforms () and analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics Search Console HubSpot).
• Establish clear guardrails and governance for responsible AI use including standards for voice consistency factual accuracy IP protection and human review.
• Design content for discoverability across traditional search and emerging environments including SEO AEO and LLM-driven search and answer engines.
• Build and train teams on effective ethical and repeatable AI-enabled workflows that improve speed-to-market while preserving editorial quality and strategic intent.

Whatwerelooking for:

• Minimum10 years of experience in content editorial leadership or communications with a proven record of driving business impact.
• Experience leading lean teams and scaling content through strong systems and prioritization.
• Background in PR marketing or communications agencies strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of editorial processes SEO/AEO analytics and content management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to link content strategy to revenue pipeline or measurable brand outcomes.
• Experience inhigh-growth SaaS/softwarepreferred; Healthcare Financial Services and/or Higher Educationindustryvertical experience is a plus.
• Exceptional leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.

Estimated Salary Range: $125000 - $150000

Actual salary will be determined based on factors including but not limited to skill set and level of experience. This salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Strata also provides discretionary variable pay programs based on addition Strata provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits health and welfare benefits paid time off parental leave life and accident insurance and other voluntary and well-being benefits.

Find out more about Strata benefitshere.

How we work:
The preferred location for this role is in Chicago IL or St. Louis MO. We value our people spending time together and have campuses hosting in-person events located in both are truly a hybrid environment with all team members experiencing the flexibility to work from home.

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Here @ Strata
Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. We embrace learning collaboration and continuous career growth. Together we lift our customers our products our company and our community.

We believe that each of our team members unique perspectives and experiences is what drives innovation and positive change. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. We foster a culture of inclusion equity and belonging regardless of race religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin.

Our Core Values:
While we celebrate what makes each member of our team unique our core values are what connect us. They set clear expectations for how we approach our work and how each of us can positively influence the experience of our team and our customers.

• We connect with positive intent.
• We are helpful.
• We own it.
• We get better every day.
• We are humble.