Content Operations Manager

Our family of brands is comprised of Schoolhouse, the lighting, home furnishings, and lifestyle brand based in Portland, Oregon; Food52, the community-driven cooking and home company, based in Brooklyn, New York; and Dansk, the heritage home brand founded in 1954.

Food52 is a next-generation cooking and home company, named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, with a monthly reach of more than 25 million people. Food52 challenges the models of traditional media and retailers, combining content, commerce, and community around the belief that the kitchen is the heart of the home and that food is the center of a well-lived life. Food52 inspires, informs, and supports its engaged community with recipes, videos, podcasts, events, and a curated selection of well designed, high-quality products.

About the Role:

We’re looking for an organized, detail-obsessed, and content-savvy Content Operations Manager to help drive efficiency and collaboration across our content ecosystem. In this role, you’ll be the connective tissue between editorial, creative, marketing, and product teams—ensuring that stories, campaigns, and assets flow smoothly from idea to publication.

You’ll oversee the systems and processes that keep our content on-brand, on-time, and optimized for our growing audience across digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Content Workflow: Build and maintain scalable processes for content planning, production, approvals, and publishing across teams.
• Social Platform Expertise: Must be fluent in backend content posting natively across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, with a strong grasp of platform-specific formats, scheduling tools, and native publishing workflows.
• Project Coordination: Serve as the point person for tracking cross-functional content initiatives—ensuring clear timelines, deliverables, and accountability.
• Tool & Systems Management: Champion tools like Asana, Airtable, and our CMS to streamline operations and foster transparency.
• Performance Tracking: Partner with analytics to monitor workflow KPIs, identify bottlenecks, and suggest process improvements.
• Freelancer & Vendor Oversight: Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and payments with freelance contributors and creative partners.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Act as the operational hub for teams involved in content—from photo and video production to digital publishing and email.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 5 years of experience in content operations, editorial production, or project management
• A deep understanding of digital content workflows, publishing processes, and editorial cycles
• Fluency in project management tools (e.g., Asana) and content platforms (e.g., CMS, DAM systems)
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with an eagle eye for details and deadlines
• Experience working cross-functionally in a creative agency and/or media environment
• A passion for storytelling, food, home, and lifestyle content is a big plus
• Bonus: Familiarity with SEO, content strategy, or ecommerce-driven content planning

COMPENSATION

This is an exempt role.

The target pay range for this role is between 70k - 90k

This role is eligible for a bonus.

WORKING AT FOOD52

Food52 is committed to providing our team with a competitive benefits package. Some of our benefits include:

• Health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• Unlimited paid time off
• Monthly fitness reimbursement
• Citibike (NYC) or BikeTown (PDX) company-sponsored annual membership
• Generous employee discount across our brand portfolio
• 401K
• FSA / HSA

EEO STATEMENT

Food52 is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. We value diversity and recruit, hire, and promote individuals solely based on talent, qualifications, competence, and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.