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The Senior Specialist, CEO Content is responsible for the strategic planning, execution, and oversight of SHRM’s CEO-focused content. This role requires both a strategic mind to conceive of content ideas that will captivate busy CEOs and the technical expertise to realize that vision. The job demands frequent coordination with multiple other internal stakeholders, ensuring that all CEO-specific content is timely, suitable, and resonates with our organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

Content Development: Ideate content strategies that captivate the CEO audience.
Content Production: Lead the creation and refinement of content in various mediums including articles, videos, podcasts, presentations, guides, and other assets, ensuring they uphold our quality benchmarks.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work together with internal stakeholders and external partners for maximum content impact, maintaining consistent messaging across all channels, and understanding the needs, challenges, and feedback regarding CEO-centric content and messaging.
Project Management: Coordinate project schedules with supporting agencies, freelancers, and internal teams.
Research and Ideation: Support the ideation process and contribute to comprehensive stories offering unique insights into significant corporate and industry trajectories.
Innovation: Stay updated with industry trends, economic fluctuations, and global incidents to recommend advancements in content strategies and integration of cutting-edge media technologies.
Relationship Cultivation: Foster and uphold relationships with influential industry personnel, corporate leaders, and subject matter experts to obtain exclusive information and insights.
Performance Analysis: Assist in the monitoring and reporting of content initiatives’ performance, utilizing data to suggest approaches for enhanced engagement and wider coverage.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Business, or a related field.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience creating published content aimed explicitly at CEOs, and a portfolio of CEO-focused content highlighting excellent storytelling and editorial skills.
Experience with content management systems (Adobe Experience Manager preferred).
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and steer content projects.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Strong understanding of the needs and mindset of CEOs.
Impeccable communication capabilities (oral and written) with the ability to produce engaging narratives for a discerning and busy CEO audience.
Ability to independently cultivate sources, conduct interviews, and research topics of interest to a CEO audience.
The capability to execute content projects with minimal supervision.
Analytical acumen to simplify intricate information into appealing and accessible content.
Proficiency in digital media tools, multimedia storytelling methods, and content management systems.
Insight into business principles, economic theories, and corporate atmospheres.
Adaptability to evolving priorities and the competence to juggle multiple assignments concurrently.
Project management capabilities, with emphasis on producing superior content within deadlines.
Enthusiastic about SHRM's mission and committed to advancing the HR profession.

Physical Requirements

Capable of performing essential duties with reasonable accommodations.
Work involves sitting, talking, hearing, and typing, with visual acuity required for keyboard usage, data analysis, and computer terminal operation.
Occasional light lifting may be necessary.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work is typically conducted in a blend of office and conference environments, using standard office equipment.
Presence in the office for at least 3 days a week is required.
Minimal travel requirements, less than 10%.

The hiring range for this position is $80,000 to $95,000 per year. This range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications. SHRM offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. The benefits for this position include professional growth and development, health, dental, vision, well-being, health savings, flexible spending, retirement, open leave, and annual discretionary bonus and incentives.

Our employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.

SHRM is an equal opportunity employer (Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran).

We do not sponsor applicants for work visas.

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