Content Manager, Creator & Editor – Cisco Talos

The application window is expected to close on: 12/ 23/2024

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Talos has a unique culture predicated on passion for the thing you do motivated by insatiable curiosity. Talos is the epitome of a fast-paced and dynamic environment, one that encourages continued development and honing your talents and skills every day. Talos deeply values diversity of thought, opinion, and background.

Your Impact

We are searching for an experienced content creator and editor to help us polish and uplevel security research content and ensure it will be understood by everyone, from security hobbyist to c-suite executive. This position will collaborate with a world-class team of security researchers, analysts, engineers and incident responders to improve content, publish it externally and amplify it across social to reach its intended audiences. The right candidate will be excited to generate their own security-oriented content, from tweet to podcast to newsletter, to aid in Talos’ overall communication strategy.

• Edit and polish all external-facing and high stakes content, written by a variety of contributors, including highly technical and ESL authors, for structure, clarity, style and accuracy
• Manage written style guidelines and enforce standards across the organization
• Uplevel and reformat technical content for a variety of audiences
• Work in a matrixed team setting, crafting new content as a member of the creative team while collaborating with the marketing team to achieve joint objectives
• Build, brainstorm, write and edit original content for a weekly security newsletter and as a contributing blog author
• Manage CMS content curation, organization for the Talos blog and throughout Talosintelligence.com
• Assist in managing social media accounts and share published content to channels
• Produce multimedia content in the form of videos, podcasts for Talos broadcast channels
• Use an analytics-based approach to monitor content performance and make strategic content marketing decisions

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience writing and editing content in a professional environment
• Strong knowledge of AP Style guidelines
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, marketing or communications or related fields
• Proven ability to quickly learn and understand complex subject matter

Preferred Qualifications:

• A working knowledge or strong curiosity about cybersecurity, or a background that includes working with complicated technical content
• Superb written communication skills, with a keen eye for detail
• Experience working in Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, Audition and InDesign
• A background that includes video or podcast production
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-starter with the ability to create relationships across an organization
• Excellent organization and project management skills

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.