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Job Description

The Managing Editor and Lead Content Strategist will build a content engine that aligns with business objectives and the company's long-term strategy, serves both internal and external audiences, and ensures consistency in company style and brand. Responsibilities of this position include developing a content strategy that spans planning, creation, review, and approval, as well as distribution across all Albemarle-owned communication channels. This role will focus on using data-driven insights to continually optimize the strategy, so we are delivering the right message to the right audience at the right time.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Build and lead a comprehensive content strategy that drives key company-wide initiatives and serves the corporate brand and business units.

• Form partnerships and gain alignment with key stakeholders across the organization to better understand business objectives and facilitate the content development process.

• Identify opportunities to improve content, channels or tactics; proposing and developing solutions.

• Create high-quality, compelling, and on-brand written content, including newsroom articles, web site content, brochures, presentations, social media posts, town hall content, speeches, interview talking points and more.

• Supervise Social Media Manager to elevate and execute best-in-class social media strategy.

• Write and edit content as needed; serve as final approver on all content.

• Develop and maintain editorial content calendar for the Communications team that aligns to business objectives.

• Lead weekly editorial meeting to ensure all content meets deadlines and takes advantage of omni-channel distribution.

• Provide editorial functions, such as ensuring consistency in tone, style, clarity, and alignment with the company values, brand and strategy.

• Ensure that content aligns with SEO best practices and is optimized for search engines.

• Collaborate with web and social teams to monitor and analyze content performance, adjusting strategies.

• Collaborate with the Social Media Manager and graphic designers to create visually appealing and cohesive content assets.

• Stay informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitor activities to inform content strategy.

• Deliver content strategy insight reports that continually inform the development and distribution of content.

Who You Are:

• A trusted advisor who is able to think strategically and display sound judgement

• Highly proactive, organized and detail-oriented

• A superior writer well-versed in AP-style

• Someone who works well under pressure with the ability to adapt to changing project requirements and deadlines

What You Bring

• Superior writing and verbal skills

• Strong interpersonal skills; collaborative; confident and comfortable when working with executive stakeholders

• People leadership experience.

• Broad understanding of how content enhances brand identity

• Experience working cross-functionally and collaboratively

• Ability to bring together multi-channel, integrated programs to amplify content

• 12+ Experience working in communications, public relations or external affairs.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in English, journalism, communications, or marketing

Travel

• 5%. This individual will be based in our corporate office in Charlotte, N.C; weekly hybrid framework.

We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.