Vice President of Content

FIA NOW Employment Solutions • Bethlehem, PA

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About The Position

Our client, a mission-driven media organization, is seeking a transformational Vice President of Content to lead the evolution of a modern, audience-centered media ecosystem across digital, broadcast, social, audio, newsletters, live experiences, and emerging platforms. This is not a traditional newsroom leadership role. The organization is looking for a strategic media executive who understands how content, audience behavior, technology, community engagement, and operational systems work together to drive growth, relevance, and long-term sustainability. The ideal candidate has successfully led integrated media teams through transformation, understands digital-first audience engagement, and knows how to build scalable systems that connect journalism, storytelling, participation, and innovation into one cohesive strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years leading content, editorial, media, publishing, streaming, or integrated digital media organizations
• Experience overseeing multi-platform content ecosystems at scale
• Proven success growing digital audiences, newsletters, memberships, subscriptions, engagement, retention, or participation-based platforms
• Strong understanding of audience behavior, digital consumption trends, and engagement strategy
• Demonstrated success redesigning workflows, integrating teams, and leading operational change
• Experience building scalable systems within high-growth or evolving organizations
• Deep understanding of digital publishing, social ecosystems, newsletters, video, livestreaming, audio, and emerging media formats
• Experience developing audience participation initiatives, contributor ecosystems, or community-driven storytelling models
• Practical understanding of AI-assisted workflows and emerging technologies impacting media and content operations
• Ability to leverage technology to improve efficiency, scalability, and audience experience
• Strong executive presence with the ability to align stakeholders, lead teams through change, and translate strategy into execution
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while driving clarity, accountability, and momentum
• A transformation mindset
• Operational discipline
• Audience-centered thinking
• Collaborative leadership
• A bias toward execution
• Thrives while building, modernizing, and scaling organizations during periods of growth and change.

Nice To Haves

• This is not a traditional newsroom leadership role.
• The right leader understands modern media consumption habits and knows how to create content ecosystems that encourage ongoing interaction across digital and community platforms.
• This role requires an executive who can reduce silos, improve accountability, streamline execution, and implement scalable operating models within a fast-changing media environment.
• A strong experimentation mindset and comfort with rapid iteration are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and unify content strategy across all platforms, ensuring editorial, creative, production, audience, and distribution teams operate within one coordinated ecosystem.
• Develop scalable systems that strengthen audience experience, improve collaboration, and align content efforts with organizational growth goals.
• Build audience-centered strategies that increase engagement, retention, repeat usage, participation, and long-term audience loyalty.
• Design structured frameworks for audience participation, contributor engagement, and collaborative storytelling.
• Create scalable systems that allow community voices and partnerships to grow while maintaining editorial quality, trust, and operational consistency.
• Modernize workflows, operational structures, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Identify and implement AI-enabled workflows, emerging technologies, and modern publishing strategies that improve efficiency, scalability, audience engagement, and operational effectiveness.

Benefits

• This executive will help shape the future direction of a growing media organization by building a more connected, digitally integrated, and community-centered content ecosystem designed for long-term audience impact and organizational relevance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed