Managing Director, National

Managing Director, National, COURIER

About COURIER:

COURIER is a pro-democracy news network that builds a more informed, engaged, and representative America by reaching audiences where they are online with factual, values-driven news and analysis. Our eleven local newsrooms + national brand provide Americans with news centered on the people and policies affecting their lives. Our reporting is primarily produced for the social media platforms and online channels our audiences spend their time on, with an emphasis on video, graphics, and skimmable newsletters to inform and engage our audiences in the ways they consume information today.

Topline:

COURIER seeks a Managing Director to lead COURIER’s national division into its next phase, articulating a clear vision for the COURIER brand and national product suite.

Managing a team of producers and editorial staff, this executive-level role will be responsible for providing direction and concepting new products, partnerships, and content streams across web, newsletters, video, podcasts, and social.

Role & responsibilities include:

• Manage high-level national content, talent, and business partnerships
• Lead big-picture content strategy for COURIER’s national newsletter, web, social video, and podcast products
• Direct the planning and execution of a division-wide strategic plan
• Supervise COURIER’s national content production team, including editorial, comms, marketing, and creative
• Track industry competitives and identify opportunities for cross publishing, distribution and other collaboration with like-minded individuals and organizations
• Recruit talent and work with team to develop new original programming across key platforms
• Collaborate with revenue team to deploy national product monetization strategies
• Set growth + marketing goals / KPIs for the COURIER national content production team and its suite of products
• Oversee COURIER national division budget and planning process
• Participate in COURIER leadership team meetings and processes

The ideal candidate will have some of the following:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in media or politics with at least 5 years in a high-level leadership position overseeing a marketing, content, or editorial team
• A passion for people management, and an ability to navigate relationships with external talent and contractors is required
• Strong knowledge of social media platforms and the changing media industry
• An ability to identify talent and bring creative concepts to market from ideation to execution
• Some experience with platform monetization, revenue generation, or grassroots fundraising (preferred)

Courier Newsroom offers the following benefits:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 11 paid holidays a year
• Full suite of health benefits
• Flexible working arrangements

Courier Newsroom is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly urged to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical conditions.