Senior Content Strategist

Zinnia; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

401(k)

Incentive/bonus opportunity

Tuition reimbursement

Equal Opportunity employer

Job summary

Zinnia is seeking a Senior Content Strategist to lead content across life and financial protection topics within our regulated insurance-focused platforms. You will define governance, editorial standards, and roadmaps, coordinating with Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and Product to ensure accuracy and regulatory alignment.

Responsibilities include shaping content strategy, optimizing for organic growth, managing external agencies, and ensuring consistent disclosures and documentation across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in content strategy, content marketing, editorial strategy, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with Legal and Compliance teams to develop and approve customer-facing content.
• Experience managing external content agencies, freelance writers, or editorial vendors.
• Experience managing large content libraries and content refresh programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive content strategy focused on life insurance, disability insurance, and related financial protection topics.
• Build and manage editorial roadmaps informed by SEO insights, customer needs, market trends, and business priorities.
• Establish content frameworks, standards, and governance processes to ensure consistency across all channels.
• Identify content opportunities that support organic traffic growth, customer acquisition, and consumer education.
• Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to ensure all content is accurate and meets regulatory and company requirements.
• Lead content review and approval workflows, ensuring efficient collaboration among stakeholders.
• Maintain content governance standards, disclosures, disclaimers, and documentation requirements.
• Manage relationship with external agency, providing content briefs, editorial guidelines, and quality standards.
• Review agency deliverables to ensure strategic alignment, factual accuracy, regulatory compliance, and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Legal, Compliance, and Executive stakeholders to align content initiatives with business goals.

Skills

Content strategy

Stakeholder collaboration

Editorial planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, Business, or related field

Tools

CMS

SEO platforms

Analytics tools

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

WHO YOU ARE:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Content Strategist to lead the development, governance, and optimization of content across our insurance properties. This role is responsible for defining and executing a content strategy that drives organic growth, supports customer education, and maintains the highest standards of regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate combines deep content strategy expertise with significant experience operating in highly regulated financial services environments. They will serve as the primary liaison between marketing, legal, compliance, and external agency partners to ensure all published content is accurate, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive content strategy focused on life insurance, disability insurance, and related financial protection topics.
• Build and manage editorial roadmaps informed by SEO insights, customer needs, market trends, and business priorities.
• Establish content frameworks, standards, and governance processes to ensure consistency across all channels.
• Identify content opportunities that support organic traffic growth, customer acquisition, and consumer education.
• Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to ensure all content is accurate and meets regulatory and company requirements.
• Lead content review and approval workflows, ensuring efficient collaboration among stakeholders.
• Maintain content governance standards, disclosures, disclaimers, and documentation requirements.
• Manage relationship with external agency, providing content briefs, editorial guidelines, and quality standards.
• Review agency deliverables to ensure strategic alignment, factual accuracy, regulatory compliance, and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Legal, Compliance, and Executive stakeholders to align content initiatives with business goals.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in content strategy, content marketing, editorial strategy, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with Legal and Compliance teams to develop and approve customer-facing content.
• Experience managing external content agencies, freelance writers, or editorial vendors.
• Experience managing large content libraries and content refresh programs.

BONUS POINTS:

• Experience in life insurance, disability insurance, or insurtech industries.
• Knowledge of content management systems (CMS), SEO platforms, and analytics tools.
• Experience supporting marketplace, lead-generation, or direct-to-consumer digital businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Zinnia offers excellent career progression and competitive compensation with the goal of retaining and growing talented team members. The salary range for this role is a good faith estimate, it is estimated based on what a successful candidate might be paid in certain Company locations. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000. All offers presented to candidates are carefully reviewed to ensure fair, equitable pay by offering competitive salaries that align with the individual’s skills, education, experience, training, and geographic location. The range may vary above or below the stated amounts. We offer great benefits, including health/dental insurance, parental leave, 401(k), incentive/bonus opportunity, tuition reimbursement, and so much more. We’re looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

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