Senior Communications Officer, Editorial & Production

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the editorial quality and production of GiveWell’s communications.

• Act as the senior editor, upholding GiveWell’s editorial standards.

• Develop and oversee workflows, editorial guidelines, review processes, and production systems.

• Lead the planning, prioritization, resource allocation, and dependency management for content under your purview.

• Maintain and promote GiveWell’s voice and editorial standards throughout published materials.

• Create and enhance recurring communications and reporting products.

• Generate, edit, or significantly influence complex, sensitive, and high-priority content.

• Manage the operations of website content and the publishing process.

• Collaborate with teams across GiveWell on critical projects, formats, roles, reviews, and timelines.

• Supervise the production of design, visual, and multimedia assets along with related staff and contractors.

• Initially manage and develop one or two team members, with plans to scale the function over time.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Communications while working alongside other Senior Communications Officers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience leading editorial and content production initiatives.

• Extensive experience in managing communications within complex, high-stakes environments.

• Proven track record in setting and maintaining editorial standards.

• Experience in managing writers and editors effectively.

• Skilled in building systems that consistently deliver high-quality work.

• Comprehensive ownership of editorial and content production tasks.

• Precise editing capabilities for complex or technical content.

• Proficient in understanding and communicating detailed data.

• Familiarity with writing, editing, design, audio, graphics, websites, and various other formats.

• Outstanding communications judgment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proven history of creating or significantly reconstructing a team or function.

• Experience in hiring, developing, and managing personnel.

• Recent hands-on excellence in producing or significantly shaping work.

• Background in creating direct, factual, engaging, and effective communications.

• Intellectual curiosity with the ability to engage deeply in research and ideas.

• Experience advising executives or other senior decision-makers directly.

• Strong alignment with GiveWell’s mission and values, emphasizing truth-seeking, transparency, and accurate communication.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully covered health, dental, vision, and life insurance (100% of premiums within the US for you and your dependents).

• Four weeks of paid time off annually.

• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.

• Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships available.

• 403(b) retirement plan.

• Flexible hours and remote/office work options.

• Visa sponsorship support for U.S. work visas.

• Up to 100% of relocation expenses covered on a case-by-case basis.

• Three week-long retreats annually.

• Compensated work trials.