Descript

Content Strategist

San Francisco, CA or Remote, US

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$165kDetected 7 days ago

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About the role

Content is one of Descript's most powerful channels-but only when it's strategic, original, and built to reach the right audiences.
Up to this point, our content program has been focused on generating awareness amongst individual creators and small businesses.
Being a great writer is the baseline, and this person knows what great content looks and sounds like.

Build a measurement framework that connects content activity to brand and pipeline outcomes
Build an AI-native content production system that enables quality output at scale without sacrificing originality
Optimize for AI discovery as the content and search landscape evolves
Partner with Demand Gen, PMM, and Field Marketing to develop assets that support pipeline programs
Deliver a documented content strategy with channel prioritization, audience segmentation, and measurement framework
We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.
a system rooted in subject matter expertise and user data that produces compelling content across formats, optimizes for AI discovery, and supports both brand and demand.

Experience at a PLG or product-led company
Background in media, creative tools, or video/audio adjacent categories
Success In This Role
Within your first 12 months, you will:
Launch an AI-native content engine with defined production workflows, tooling, and editorial standards
Ship a flagship demand-enabling asset (e.g., original research report or interactive tool)
Show measurable improvement in content's contribution to brand reach and pipeline
Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA.

Portfolio showing strategic content work-evidence of content systems and measurable outcomes, not just production volume

include a generous healthcare package, 401k matching program, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time.
You'll bring both the vision and the do-er energy to make it real.
For our hybrid roles, we're flexible, and you're an adult-we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day.

Develop a subject matter expertise content program, drawing on Descript employees and customers as sources

employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status

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