Senior Content Strategy & Digital Storytelling Lead

Harvard University; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Wellbeing resources

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Harvard University’s Harvard College seeks an Associate Director of Content Strategy & Digital Storytelling to lead editorial planning, content creation, and storytelling efforts across communications channels. The role reports to the Senior Director of Harvard College Communications & Marketing and drives a comprehensive annual content strategy aligned with college priorities.

Responsibilities include managing editorial staff, developing timelines, ensuring quality and brand consistency, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in journalism, higher education communications, content strategy, editorial operations, marketing communications, or a related field.
• Experience supervising, managing, and developing professional staff.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a comprehensive content and editorial strategy that advances Harvard College priorities and strategic objectives.
• Translate institutional goals into a cohesive annual content plan with story themes, audiences, formats, channels, collaborators, timelines, and success measures.
• Lead editorial planning processes and oversee creation, editing, and publication of content across channels.
• Write, edit, and assign stories ensuring accuracy, engagement, and alignment with brand guidelines.
• Coordinate content production schedules and workflows to support timely execution.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Storytelling

Content strategy

People management

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CMS platforms

Job description

Harvard University’s Harvard College seeks an Associate Director of Content Strategy & Digital Storytelling to lead editorial planning, content creation, and storytelling efforts across communications channels. The role reports to the Senior Director of Harvard College Communications & Marketing and drives a comprehensive annual content strategy aligned with college priorities.

Responsibilities include managing editorial staff, developing timelines, ensuring quality and brand consistency, and