Content Marketing & Editorial, Sr. Manager

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401K Plan

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Institute of Foundation Models seeks a Content Marketing and Editorial Director to shape editorial vision and content strategy for a deeply technical lab. You will lead how IFM communicates research, Foundational Models, and World Models to AI developers, industry influencers, press, policymakers, and the broader AI community.

This hands-on role blends strategy, editing, and publishing. You’ll set the narrative and develop content pipelines, from research mining to thought leadership, ensuring

Qualifications

• 8-10 years in content marketing or research communications, with exposure to technical/scientific fields (AI, ML, or similar).
• Proven track record developing credible long-form content (reports, indices, technical blogs) and short-form content.
• Experience translating dense technical work for a broad audience from researchers/engineers.
• Bias toward action in delivery and decision-making.
• Excellent writing/editing, able to be the final editor for external publications.
• Passionate about technology, AI, Open Source, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the editorial voice, calendar and strategy end-to-end for a deeply technical lab.
• Collaborate with engineers to extract narratives from dense work.
• Own the editorial pipeline: generate, prioritize, produce and distribute content across formats.
• Build video and multimedia storytelling to reach diverse audiences.
• Oversee owned channels (blog, social, YouTube) and align with design.
• Manage a social media manager and coordinate with communications teams.
• Shape communications for new models, benchmarks, and demos via owned channels.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on annual flagship research reports.
• Iterate by building a freelance writing team over time and tracking metrics.

Skills

Content marketing

Research communications

Technical writing

Collaboration

Writing & editing

Open Source

Job description

About the Institute of Foundation Models

We are a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our mandate is to advance research, nurture the next generation of AI builders, and drive transformative contributions to a knowledge-driven economy.

The Role

IFM is looking for a Content Marketing and Editorial Director to shape the editorial vision and content strategy for IFM. This role will not only lead how IFM communicates its research, Foundational Models and World Models to AI developers, AI industry influencers press, creators, policymakers, and the broader AI community, but also identify emerging trends that help IFM participate at the center of the AI conversation.

This is a hands-on role: part strategist, part editor, part publisher. You'll set the narrative, build the processes behind it, and personally shape the flagship pieces that help build the IFM brand.

This role is about creating content aligned to IFM’s business objectives with responsibilities covering research “mining” and storytelling, owned channel and content development for launch communications, and thought leadership, community building and forming a point of view that earns the attention of our audience.You'll need to be comfortable translating dense technical work into content that's rigorous enough for experts and clear enough for a broader audience.

The role is based in our beautiful new Sunnyvale, CA office.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own the editorial voice, calendar and content strategy end-to-end for a deeply technical lab, from long-form narrative to short-form content.
• Build relationships and partner with IFM engineers so you can sit with them and pull a sharp story out of potentially dense technical work.
• Own the editorial pipeline — Build and run the content engine. Owns the systems behind the work: how ideas are generated, prioritized, produced and distributed across formats.
• Push the work past the page. Build a video and multimedia approach where a brand story, a conference clip, and a long-form report all reach an audience in a way that is appropriate.
• Oversee IFM's owned channels (blog, social, YouTube, and potential new channels) and align them with the website/visual design function.
• Manage a social media manager
• Partner with Communications Lead, Research and Product to shape how new models, benchmarks, and demos are communicated via IFM’s owned channels
• Must be able to collaborate across a team.
• Work cross functionally on an annual IFM flagship research report — coordinating with research teams, setting methodology-transparency standards, and managing the report from data to publication.
• Build out a freelance writing team over time
• Track metrics

Qualifications

• 8-10 years in content marketing, or research communications, ideally with some exposure to technical/scientific fields (AI, ML, or adjacent deep tech).
• A track record of developing credible, well-sourced long-form content — reports, indices, technical blog posts, as well as short-form content.
• Experience working directly with researchers or engineers to translate technical work for a broader audience.
• Work with a bias toward action.
• Excellent writing and editing skills; comfortable being the last read on anything IFM publishes externally.
• Passionate about technology, AI, Open Source—intellectually curious and always learning.

$190,000 - $240,000 a year

Compensation

$190,000 – $240,000/year + discretionary performance bonus + benefits

The posted salary range represents the company’s good faith estimate of the base compensation for this position upon hire. The actual base compensation offered may vary within this range depending on individual qualifications, including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, education, certifications, and specific business needs. In addition to base salary, total compensation includes an annual discretionary performance bonus and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits Include

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Bonus
• 401K Plan
• Generous paid time off, sick leave and holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance and disability

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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