American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Senior Manager - Writing & Editing

Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 years in marketing communications, content marketing, or editorial roles.
  • 2 years of experience leading content teams.
  • Experience in audience-driven written content across channels.
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead editorial strategy for audience-focused content across channels.
  • Manage a team of writers and editors, setting priorities and promoting collaboration.
  • Oversee collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to align content with program goals.
  • Ensure editorial quality and adherence to style and accessibility guidelines.
  • Manage workflows to balance creative quality with project efficiency.
  • Champion innovative practices, including AI usage in content creation.
  • Provide senior-level leadership on complex programs, ensuring messaging clarity.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements promoting work-life balance.
  • Diverse and inclusive team environment.
  • Comprehensive healthcare options and retirement benefits.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Mental health support resources and employee assistance programs.
  • Investment in continuous learning and development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the Role:

You will lead a team of writers and copy editors responsible for producing, audience-focused content that supports marketing and communications goals across channels. You will ensure that all written content advances strategic goals, strengthens the brand, and inspires engagement and action, while meeting the highest standards for clarity, accuracy, and consistency. You will collaborate with leaders from across our Design, Multimedia, and Experience Management teams. Additionally, you will work with internal subject-matter experts and other partners. Your collaboration will guide editorial strategy and continuous improvement. You will report to the Senior Director - Creative, Content & Publishing and use a hybrid work schedule.

You Will:
  • Lead editorial strategy for written content, ensuring written content across campaigns, programs, and channels is audience-driven, on brand, and in consideration of business and marketing goals.
  • Manage a high-performing team of writers and copy editors, setting clear priorities, providing feedback, and promoting editorial excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead a team responsible for collaborating with Design, Multimedia, Experience Management, internal subject-matter experts, and other important partners. This collaboration aims to create content that aligns to program goals, audience insights, and messaging strategies.
  • Oversee editorial quality and best practice standards, ensuring all marketing and communications content follows style, tone, accessibility, and editorial guidelines while maintaining appropriate author voice and technical accuracy.
  • Manage and evolve written content workflows and operational processes, balancing creative quality with efficiency to support evolving our needs and delivery across multiple projects and channels.
  • Champion responsible innovation, including thoughtful use of AI and latest technologies and practices to improve the effectiveness, consistency, and scalability of content creation.
  • Provide senior-level editorial leadership for high-visibility, complex, or critical programs. You will ensure clarity, accuracy, consistency, brand and campaign strategy alignment and messaging.
  • Maintain and govern the Association Style Guide and editorial standards, ensuring they stay current with brand, best practices, marketing communications strategy, and audience expectations.


Qualifications

You Have:
  • 8 years of experience in marketing communications, content marketing, editorial, or agency environments.
  • 2 years of experience leading writers or editors producing marketing and communications content.
  • Experience supporting campaign-based, audience-driven written content programs across channels.
  • Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.


How We Support You:

We provide flexibility to help you achieve a good work-life balance. You'll be part of a global, diverse team who foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where you are valued for who you are and where you come from.

We offer benefit options in and out of the workplace, including healthcare, retirement, paid time-off, parental leave, an employee assistance program. We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs. We care about our employees' welfare and focus our benefits package on the benefits which support your wellbeing. We also recognize that everyone has different priorities, so in addition to our core benefits to support your health we offer flexible options for you to choose benefits that are right for you, your family and your lifestyle.

We believe in non-stop learning and are committed to investing in learning opportunities that help you reach your full potential and support your continued development.

The Annual Salary Range for this role is: $105,000 - $136,000

Please note, this is a standard range and exact compensation may vary based on experience and location. If you'd like to understand more on the salary range, please contact the recruiter listed on this posting.

If you're interested in this role, please apply before 10 July

While this role can work remotely in the US, please note that we are unable to employ individuals in the state of California.

About American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the national professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States, with more than 431,000 members worldwide. The AICPA sets ethical standards for the profession and U.S. auditing standards for private companies, nonprofit organizations, and federal, state, and local governments. It also develops and grades the Uniform CPA Examination.
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