Content Lead

Profound

$150K — $210K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in content marketing or educational content production
  • Proven ability to own content operations and editorial systems
  • Exceptional writing skills for complex and technical concepts
  • Experience with video or multimedia content production
  • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects
  • Familiarity with AI tools for content creation and iteration
  • Passion for learner outcomes and effective application of knowledge

Responsibilities

  • Own the content production pipeline from research to delivery
  • Write and structure comprehensive course lessons and modules
  • Architect learning paths with clear competencies and scaling
  • Manage the production calendar to ensure timely course launches
  • Coordinate on-camera talent and oversee the production process
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to inform curriculum
  • Design assessments to evaluate applied competencies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including equity options
  • Opportunity to work in a high-growth, innovative environment
  • Possibility for career growth and expansion within the company
  • Dynamic team culture focused on learning and improvement
  • Access to cutting-edge educational resources for personal development
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• New York, New York
• In-office

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As Content Lead, you will run the content production engine behind Profound University. You are the person who turns raw knowledge from internal experts, field practitioners, product teams, and research into structured, rigorous course material at high volume. You will write lesson scripts, build course architecture, manage production operations, coordinate on-camera talent, and make sure every course ships on time and holds up under scrutiny.

You are building the definitive course catalog for a field that does not have one yet. You have editorial ownership over how it gets structured, written, and produced. The content ships as a product that people study, get graded on, and earn certifications against. This is greenfield, high-volume, and yours to build.

What you'll do
  • Own the content production pipeline for Profound University from research and outlining through scripting, review, and final delivery to production
  • Write and structure course lessons, modules, and certification tracks rooted in Marketing Engineering as a discipline, not product walkthroughs, but structured thinking that makes someone genuinely effective in the field
  • Architect learning paths across introductory, practitioner, and advanced tiers with deliberate difficulty scaling and clear competency gates
  • Build and manage the production calendar so courses ship on a predictable cadence without sacrificing rigor
  • Coordinate on-camera talent by preparing scripts, facilitating studio time, coaching delivery, and managing the feedback loop across internal subject matter experts and leadership
  • Collaborate with Data, Research, AI Strategy, and Product teams to translate evolving frameworks, product capabilities, and field insights into current curriculum
  • Design assessments that test applied competency including recorded walkthroughs, live builds, diagnostic exercises, and capstone projects
  • Write certification rubrics and grading criteria that are defensible, specific, and draw real lines between skill levels
  • Continuously version and update existing courses as the discipline, platform, and market evolve
  • Build repeatable systems and templates that allow course production to scale beyond a single person


Who you are
  • 4 or more years of experience in content marketing, content strategy, editorial operations, or educational content production at a high-growth startup, technology company, or learning platform
  • Experience building or significantly contributing to a content operation, owning systems such as editorial calendars, production workflows, quality standards, and throughput
  • Exceptional writer who can take complex, ambiguous, and technical material and turn it into structured, clear lessons that teach someone how to actually do the work
  • Experience working with on-camera talent or subject matter experts to produce video or multimedia content
  • Organized operator who can manage production timelines, multiple concurrent projects, and cross-functional dependencies without dropping threads
  • Comfortable using AI tools in your workflow for drafting, research, and iteration while maintaining high editorial standards
  • Deep curiosity about AI, search, and how information discovery is changing
  • Motivated by learner outcomes above all else, with a focus on whether learners can apply what they learn
  • Comfortable shipping at high volume without sacrificing quality and understanding how to build systems that support both


Location

This is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $150,000 to $210,000. Profound's total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.

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