Managing Editor Marketing - Los Angeles - Full Time - Remote

Cantina, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 230,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

42 days of paid time off

Parental leave & fertility support

401(k) retirement savings plan

Lifestyle spending account

Complimentary lunch and snacks

One Medical membership

Job summary

Cantina, Inc. is building a social platform powered by an advanced AI character creator.

We craft lifelike bots for online interactions across voice, video, and text, with scalable content and seamless group chat. We’re hiring a Managing Editor to lead outbound messaging across content, marketing, and thought leadership, own the long-term strategy, and run day-to-day execution with executives, comms, and the community team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-person creative or content marketing team.
• Exceptional persuasive writing skills for capturing attention.
• Fast-shipping, experiment-driven mindset and willingness to post often.
• High taste in content curation with clear feedback ability.
• Curiosity for new channels, algorithmic trends, and content strategies.
• Data-driven approach with metrics to iterate on strategy.
• Chronically online instincts for spotting timely messaging opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee outbound copy across long-form, social, paid, and executive thought leadership.
• Hire, train, and manage Cantina’s editorial team across growth and recruiting.
• Collaborate with executives and comms leadership on messaging.
• Develop brand voices for Cantina’s core accounts and executives.
• Execute the content calendar across all channels.
• Help develop platform-native media properties.
• Apply the latest editorial GTM strategies to win attention.
• Coordinate content amplification with the community team.
• Seize narrative opportunities from news, trends, and debates.

Skills

Team management

Persuasive writing

Fast iteration

Editorial judgment

Content strategy

Data-driven

Industry trend awareness

Job description

Cantina is a new social platform founded by Sean Parker with the most advanced AI character creator. Our bots are lifelike, social creatures that can interact wherever people are online—across voice, video, and text. Create yourself, imagine someone new, or choose from thousands of characters to share infinitely scalable, personalized content and seamless group chat.

If you’re excited about how AI can shape creativity and social interaction, come help us build what’s next.

About the role

Cantina is looking for a Managing Editor to lead our outbound messaging across content, marketing, and thought leadership to drive user growth, creator adoption, partnerships, recruiting, and fundraising. You’ll own the long-term strategy and day-to-day execution of our content marketing machine, working closely with executives, comms leadership, and our community team.

What you’ll do

• Oversee all outbound copywriting across long-form, social, paid, and executive thought leadership.
• Hire, train, and manage Cantina’s editorial team across consumer growth, creator growth, and Labs recruiting.
• Collaborate with executives and comms leadership to build and maintain key marketing messaging.
• Develop brand voices for Cantina’s core social accounts, Labs account, and executives.
• Populate and execute the content calendar across all channels.
• Help Cantina develop its own thriving, platform-native new media property.
• Learn and apply the latest editorial GTM strategies to beat the algorithms and win attention.
• Coordinate content amplification campaigns in collaboration with our community team.
• Seize on narrative opportunities that arise out of news, trends, and X debate.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing a multi-person creative or content marketing team.
• Exceptional persuasive writing skills for capturing attention.
• A fast-shipping, non-perfectionist, experimental mindset: you’d rather post five times today and learn what works than spend a week polishing one announcement.
• High taste as a curator, with the ability to quickly sort good content from bad and give clear, direct feedback.
• A voracious appetite for learning the latest channels, algorithmic hacks, and content strategies.
• A data-driven approach, using metrics to iterate on content strategy.
• Chronically online instincts for spotting opportunities for rapid messaging.

Bonus Points For:

• Hands-on experience organizing internal communities to amplify content.
• Previously a managing editor of a modern media outlet.
• Former mid-to-late stage consumer content marketing team leader.
• A track record founding and growing a solo new media property.

Compensation

The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is between $230,000-$380,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered, including skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

• Competitive salary and generous company equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
• 42 days of paid time off, including:
  • 15 PTO days
  • 10 sick days
  • 15 company holidays
  • 2 floating holidays
• Generous parental leave & fertility support
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like
• Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
• One Medical membership, and more!