Senior Associate Director, Digital Content Editor

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $88,000 - $102,000.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Senior Director of Content and Editorial, the Senior Associate Director, Digital Content Editor brings Columbia Business School’s thought leadership to a wider audience, primarily but not exclusively through a growing portfolio of newsletters. This individual writes and edits across the School's content channels, turning faculty research, scholarship and thinking into clear, timely, compelling narratives for business practitioners and other key audiences.

The Senior Associate Director will own the day-to-day writing, editing, and production of the School's newsletters, and will lead the development and launch of new ones in partnership with the Senior Director. Outside of newsletters, the incumbent will bring fluency in digital content creation to other formats, spearheading editorial packages and ideas across channels.

Equal parts writer, editor, and audience strategist, this person can sit down with an academic paper and come away with a subject line that earns the click and a headline that earns the open, shapes copy so it resonates with the right audience at the right time, and thinks constantly about what readers already know, what they need, and what would bring them back. The role also brings fluency in digital content creation to formats beyond newsletters, spearheading editorial packages and ideas across channels, and carries a working understanding of how AI is reshaping management, organizations, and the work of building a business.

About Columbia Business School

For over a century, Columbia Business School (CBS) has helped develop leaders and builders of enterprises who drive value for their stakeholders and society at large through our MBA, MS, PhD, and Executive Education programs. We are equally committed to cultivating new scholars and teachers and to creating and disseminating pathbreaking knowledge, concepts, and tools that advance the understanding and practice of management through our faculty research and PhD programs. Our vision is simple: to develop ideas and leaders that transform the world, from the very center of business.

Our ever-evolving curriculum, featuring pioneering courses, STEM certification, and immersive experiential learning, prepares students to excel in key areas such as digital transformation, entrepreneurship, innovation, twenty-first-century finance, the intersection of business and society, and climate and sustainability. The CBS administration enables CBS’s educational and scholarly mission through strategic and operational guidance and support, optimizing School resources through well-designed, transparent processes with a culture of respect for all.

Responsibilities

Newsletters and Audience Growth

• Own newsletter strategy for CBS audiences, including decisions on audience, format, voice, and cadence, and lead the development and launch of new products within a growing portfolio.
• Set and manage channel strategy across email and LinkedIn, and advise on expansion into other channels.
• Drive subscriber growth and retention through welcome series, segmentation, cross promotion, and acquisition, and propose new concepts and formats with the rationale, audience evidence, and launch plan for each.

Writing and Editing

• Write, edit, and curate content across digital formats, including long and short form articles, explainers, Q&A, data visualizations, and interactive features, with fluency in combining text and the visual presentation of data for a professional business audience.
• Translate faculty research and working papers into reader first writing, working directly with faculty and researchers and applying editorial judgment to determine what should travel, how it should be framed, and for whom.
• Define and maintain voice and style standards for the newsletter portfolio, advising faculty, staff, and other contributors on applying them so each product feels cohesive, credible, and native to the inbox.
• Own the newsletter content calendar and help lead broader editorial planning