Editor-in-Chief

Stefanini Group; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group in Dearborn, MI is seeking an Editor-in-Chief to lead corporate communications across ET channels, establish publishing schedules, curate high-impact stories, and ensure consistent voice and narrative standards.

You will own channel governance, define standards for branding and messaging, manage the channel-recommendation AI, analyze readership data, and translate insights into executive-facing reports, driving alignment and efficiency across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, editorial management, or internal media channels within a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience establishing editorial guidelines, brand standards, and formal channel governance models.
• Proven track record of evaluating and optimizing multi-channel communication networks and publishing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Editorial Leadership & Channel Governance.
• Editorial Direction & Content Curation: Lead primary ET channels with publishing schedules, curate high-impact stories, and enforce quality, voice, and narrative standards.
• Brand & Marketing Standards: Define ET-wide communication, visual, and narrative standards aligned with corporate guidelines; ensure modern, audience-first messaging.
• AI Tool Ownership & Adoption: Own lifecycle, iteration, and maintenance of the channel-recommendation AI assistant; pilot features and drive adoption.
• Channel Integrity & Guidance: Serve as the primary steward for channel usage and governance when requests misalign with strategy.
• Analytics, Measurement & Operating Strategy: Pull, validate, and analyze readership data to establish a unified reporting baseline.
• Executive Insights & Reporting: Translate engagement metrics into executive-level reporting on audience trends and outcomes.
• Channel Optimization & Alignment: Collaborate to reduce noise, streamline workflows, and improve cross-team alignment.

Skills

Communications

Microsoft 365

Employee Engagement

Strategic Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SharePoint

Teams

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Copilot

Job description

Stefanini Group is hiring!

Stefanini is looking for Editor-in-Chief, Dearborn, MI.

Responsibilities

• Editorial Leadership & Channel Governance
• Editorial Direction & Content Curation: Serve as the Editor-in-Chief for primary ET communication channels (e.g., weekly newsletter, MS Teams, Viva Engage), establishing publishing schedules, curating high-impact stories, and enforcing quality, voice, and narrative standards.
• Brand & Marketing Standards: Define, document, and maintain ET-wide communication, visual, and narrative standards aligned with corporate guidelines; ensure all ET-level messaging reflects modern, audience-first storytelling rather than transactional updates.
• AI Tool Ownership & Adoption: Own the lifecycle, iteration, and maintenance of the channel-recommendation AI assistant; actively pilot features, gather user feedback, and drive adoption among communicators across ET.
• Channel Integrity & Guidance: Serve as the primary steward for channel usage, guiding communicators toward appropriate channels and maintaining firm governance when requests do not align with channel strategy.
• Analytics, Measurement & Operating Strategy: End-to-End Metrics Ownership: Directly pull, validate, and analyze readership and engagement data across ET communication channels to establish a consistent, unified reporting baseline.
• Executive Insights & Reporting: Translate engagement metrics into executive-level reporting that highlights audience trends, experimental outcomes, and data-driven recommendations to evolve channel strategy.
• Channel Optimization & Alignment: Collaborate with communicators and stakeholders across ET to reduce communication noise, optimize shared publishing workflows, and improve overall alignment across distributed teams.

Skills Required

Communications, Microsoft Office, Employee Engagement, Strategic Planning

Experience Required

• 8+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, editorial management, or internal media channels within a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience establishing editorial guidelines, brand standards, and formal channel governance models.
• Proven track record of evaluating and optimizing multi-channel communication networks and publishing workflows.

Technical Proficiency

• Advanced proficiency across the Microsoft 365 suite (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Copilot).
• Hands-on experience extracting and analyzing platform analytics, e.g., SharePoint metrics, Viva Engage analytics, email campaign metrics, etc.
• Familiarity with AI tools and workflow-enablement technologies, including testing, prompt refinement, and user adoption.

Communication & Influence

Exceptional editorial and written communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional peers, challenge assumptions constructively, and present findings to senior leadership.

Organization & Autonomy

High degree of self-direction and accountability to manage publishing deadlines, maintain operational tools, and lead cross-organizational initiatives independently without direct reports.

Education Required

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. Stefanini is a CMM Level 5 company.