Senior Communications Officer, Editorial & Production

The role

You will lead the editorial quality and production of GiveWell's communications. You will build the people and systems needed to produce content at scale and personally shape complex content.

What you will do

• Own the editorial quality and production of GiveWell's communications.
• Build and manage workflows, editorial standards, review processes, and production systems.
• Lead planning, prioritization, and resource allocation for the owned-content portfolio.
• Uphold GiveWell's voice and editorial standards across all publications.
• Develop recurring communications and reporting products.
• Create, edit, or shape complex, sensitive, or high-priority content.
• Oversee website content operations, including people and processes for updates.
• Serve as a senior editorial and production partner to teams across the organization.
• Oversee production of design, visual, and multimedia assets.
• Manage and develop a small team of one or two members initially.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading editorial and content-production work.
• Experience setting and maintaining editorial standards.
• Experience managing writers and editors.
• Experience building systems that produce consistently high-quality work.
• Exceptional communications judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Track record of building and leading, including hiring and managing people.
• Recent, hands-on excellence at the craft of editorial or production work.
• Experience producing direct and factual communications.
• Experience advising executives or other senior decision-makers directly.
• Strong alignment with GiveWell's mission and values.

Nice to have

• Ability to engage deeply with GiveWell's research and ideas

Benefits

• Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Four weeks of paid time off per year plus an annual summer break
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Ergonomic home workstations or coworking space memberships
• Automatic contribution equal to 5% of gross salary into 403(b) retirement plan (for U.S. based staff)

Before you apply

• Must be based in the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada.
• Not able to sponsor visas for this role.
• Interview process includes a compensated work trial.
• Application involves written exercises and interviews.

About the company

GiveWell researches the most cost-effective ways to save and improve lives and directs donations to impactful programs. They focus on global health and well-being.