OpenAI

Audience & Content Growth Lead, SMB Ads

OpenAI$135K — $160K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in content marketing, audience development, or customer education for SMBs
  • Proven track record in creating and distributing impactful content
  • Strong editorial judgment in translating complex topics into engaging material
  • Experience with various content formats including webinars and videos
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and align strategies across departments
  • Skilled in measuring content effectiveness and audience engagement
  • Adaptability to global markets and regional audience needs

Responsibilities

  • Set global SMB content strategy based on customer insights and industry trends
  • Create engaging content formats like case studies, videos, and playbooks
  • Launch educational programs through workshops and webinars
  • Develop growth strategies for audience engagement via multiple channels
  • Initiate creator-led content and programs that resonate with audiences
  • Scale content initiatives to fit local markets with regional teams
  • Oversee editorial planning and maintain content quality using AI
  • Measure and analyze audience engagement to enhance content delivery

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with in-office days required
  • Opportunity to shape a new content strategy from the ground up
  • Engage directly with small businesses and have a meaningful impact on their growth
  • Access to professional development and education programs
  • Collaboration with diverse teams to enhance content distribution
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for an Audience & Content Growth Lead to build the global content and education programs that inspire, inform and engage SMB advertisers.

This is a zero-to-one opportunity to shape how small businesses discover and understand advertising with OpenAI. You will turn customer needs, product capabilities and advertiser success stories into compelling content-from webinars and educational video series to case studies, industry-specific playbooks and creator-led programs.

The role combines two areas of ownership: developing content specifically for SMB audiences and building effective ways to distribute it. You will lead programs directly while partnering with teams that own web, social, lifecycle marketing, growth and regional channels to reach the right audiences at scale.

Success means building an engaged SMB audience and helping businesses move from awareness to understanding, confidence and action.

In This Role, You Will
  • Set the global SMB content strategy and editorial roadmap, grounded in customer needs, industry priorities, and advertiser maturity.
  • Create compelling customer stories, case studies, vertical playbooks, guides, videos, and thought leadership that make advertising accessible and actionable.
  • Launch repeatable education programs through webinars, expert sessions, workshops, and on-demand learning that help businesses get started and improve their advertising.
  • Grow audiences through owned, shared, and partner channels. Build distribution plans with web, social, growth, lifecycle, and regional teams.
  • Develop creator-, expert-, and customer-led programs that combine credible education, authentic storytelling, and relevant audience reach.
  • Scale programs across markets with regional teams. Adapt formats, languages, customer stories, and distribution to local needs.
  • Lead editorial planning, production, agencies, and creative contributors. Maintain quality, accessibility, and accuracy, using AI to support content creation, adaptation, and reuse.
  • Measure audience quality, engagement, learning, and advertiser action with Growth, Lifecycle, and Data Science. Use experiments and feedback to improve content and distribution.

You Might Thrive in This Role If You
  • Bring 10+ years of experience in content marketing, audience development, or customer education, including programs for SMBs or advertisers.
  • Demonstrate ownership of content creation and distribution that grows relevant audiences and drives customer action.
  • Translate complex products into clear, engaging content through strong editorial judgment and storytelling.
  • Build repeatable programs across formats such as webinars, video, customer stories, vertical playbooks, and creator-led content.
  • Lead cross-functional and partner-led distribution, aligning teams around shared priorities and measurable outcomes.
  • Measure learning, intent, and business impact alongside content consumption.
  • Adapt global programs to different markets and audiences in partnership with regional teams.
  • Combine strategy with hands-on writing, editing, creative briefing, and program execution.

Preferred Experience
  • Bring experience with advertising platforms, marketplaces, or technology businesses serving SMBs.
  • Build on experience in advertiser education, customer advocacy, creator partnerships, or partner-distributed learning.
  • Draw on experience in both established technology organizations and startup or zero-to-one environments.

Workplace & Location
  • San Francisco, CA. This role requires a hybrid schedule with an in office requirement from Monday - Wednesday.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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