Officer, Digital Content & Audience
Miami, Florida
Knight Foundation is a nonpartisan and community-centered organization that promotes a healthy and engaged democracy. By fostering access to information, supporting free and creative expression and encouraging inclusive economic growth, Knight aims to help communities across the country become stronger, more vibrant and more resilient.
We are seeking a digital content professional with strong editorial judgment and operational discipline to manage our day-to-day digital publishing engine and continuously improve performance across platforms. This person thrives at the intersection of storytelling and systems. The Officer, Digital Content & Audience reports to the Director, Marketing & Creative and works closely with the full Communications team. In this role, you will own and manage our editorial calendar, bring focus to priorities and workflows, and ensure our website, email and social channels reflect a clear, consistent and compelling institutional voice.
This is a full-time position based in our Miami, Florida headquarters.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Own and operationalize Knight Foundation’s editorial calendar, establishing a reliable weekly planning cadence that stakeholders trust and a sustainable publishing rhythm across channels.
- Develop efficient workflows, including documented processes, templates and quality controls that reduce friction, increase speed and maintain high editorial standards.
- Write, edit and produce digital content, including website articles and features, email newsletters, and social media posts and assets.
- Package and publish content across channels, adapting framing, format and length while maintaining brand standards and institutional voice.
- Partner with the Director, Marketing & Creative on design needs and brand alignment.
- Execute on a community management strategy with a focus on engagement and amplification of grantees.
- Develop and execute distribution plans for individual content items, including posting schedules, cross-channel repurposing and basic SEO and newsletter optimization.
- Track performance data, identify patterns and synthesize findings into actionable insights that improve audience engagement and email and social performance.
- Source, brief and manage freelancers and vendors, ensuring they meet editorial standards, deadlines, brand guidelines and budget expectations.
- Monitor audience behavior, platform changes and relevant cultural trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations that inform content themes, formats and strategy.
Things we look for in a successful candidate:
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with demonstrated experience producing digital-first storytelling.
- Strong editorial judgment and fluency in platform-native storytelling, particularly on LinkedIn and Instagram.
- Proven ability to operate an editorial calendar and manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
- Experience managing social media accounts for high-profile brands, organizations or public figures.
- Comfort using analytics tools and translating performance data into clear recommendations for improvements.
- Experience managing freelancers and vendors, including clear briefing, scoping and quality control.
- Familiarity with mission-driven organizations, philanthropy or civic impact storytelling.
About Knight Foundation:
We ignite in every person the power to shape thriving communities.
John S. and James L. Knight believed that a well-informed community could best “determine its own true interests” and was essential to a well-functioning, thriving democracy. For 75 years, Knight Foundation has continued their work by supporting people, organizations and insights that lead to healthier communities. The foundation invests in local journalism, arts and culture and community development in the 26 cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers. Since our founding in 1950, we have been committed to the communities we serve and to providing those communities with the tools they need for residents to thrive.
We believe in freedom of expression and in the values expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. We believe an informed citizenry is essential for representative democracy to function effectively. We believe in engaged, equitable and inclusive communities. We believe in the power of diverse perspectives to foster positive change and build stronger more equitable communities.
Our drive to create positive change is amplified by our ability to collaborate internally and with our partners. We look for authenticity, agility, and accountability, knowing we are at our best when we leverage our collective strengths and experiences. We proactively approach our work with a sense of pride and responsibility–adapting, as needed, to the changing realities in our communities.
Knight Foundation offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer.
To Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to: recruiter@kf.org
For more on Knight Foundation, visit www.kf.org
