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Senior Director of News & Storytelling — Strategic, Hybrid Leader

Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA, USA ·

Pay:
187.000 - 223.000
Job type:
Full Time

Stanford University is seeking a Sr. Director, News and Storytelling to lead a writers, editors and visual team within the Office of University Communications.
The role oversees storytelling across audiences and channels, shaping editorial strategy and content that highlights Stanford’s research and educational impact. The successful candidate will collaborate with schools and units, manage complex stories, mentor staff, and contribute to crisis communications and channel strategy at a

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About Stanford University

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) produces a wide range of editorial content for leaders of nonprofits, businesses, and governments around the world engaged in social innovation. Its goal is to provide a media platform for these leaders to share ideas, research, and experiences to advance the field of social innovation. SSIR operates like a small media company within Stanford University, producing a quarterly paid-subscription magazine; a website that publishes new articles, podcasts, and videos daily; webinars; conferences; foreign-language editions (Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean); and other content. Every year millions of people around the world read SSIR articles, listen to SSIR podcasts and webinars, and attend SSIR conferences. There are nine full-time employees at SSIR, five in editorial and four in publishing, as well as a number of part-time contract employees. SSIR is a part of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, an academic center within the School of Humanities and Sciences, that brings together faculty, students, and practitioners to develop and share knowledge about philanthropy, civil society, and social change.

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