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Senior Specialist, Executive Content
1800 Duke St, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA Req #1033 Wednesday, February 5, 2025 SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM touches the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally.
Overview : SHRM’s Brand and Marketing Division is looking for a Senior Specialist, Executive Content ,to craft compelling, high-value content that elevates SHRM’s influence with senior executives. Reporting to the Lead, Executive Content, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping SHRM’s thought leadership, writing for the People Strategy Brief e-newsletter, the quarterly People Strategy journal, and supporting the production of the People Strategy podcast. You’ll also contribute to SHRM’s Executive Network website and other outlets as needed, ensuring content reaches and resonates with key decision-makers.
SHRM offers a hybrid work schedule—three days per week in our Alexandria, Va., office and two days working remotely.
Responsibilities :
- Create high-value content on a range of people-centric business topics for a discerning audience of business executives.
- Assist in developing SHRM’s executive content strategy, including contributing ideas for content and programming.
- Support cross-functional initiatives by collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Communications teams to align content with business objectives.
- Assist the Lead in administering the workflow processes and executive content calendar.
- Use online tools—including Adobe Experience Manager, to post content online and create / send a weekly e-newsletter that meets the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, engagement, and adherence to SHRM style guidelines.
- Assist in the creation and production of each quarterly print edition of People Strategy, the premier journal for CHROs and HR executives. This includes brainstorming content ideas, collaborating with outside contributors, editing content, posting articles on SHRM’s Executive Network (EN) website and producing the digital edition of the journal.
- Assist in the creation and production of the People Strategy Brief newsletter, which includes identifying appropriate content / sources, posting articles online, selecting photos for articles, and creating research charts / summaries.
- Assist in the creation and production of the People Strategy Brief podcast, including booking guests, collaborating with the production team, researching, and performing other off-air tasks.
- Write occasional content for various other SHRM publications as time allows.
- Stay abreast of business trends, news and topics that are relevant to executives.
- Occasional travel as needed to cover SHRM conferences and other HR- or executive-related conferences and to report articles.
- Other duties as assigned.
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The hiring range for this position is $80,000 to $98,000 per year. This range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications. SHRM offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. The benefits for this position include professional growth and development, health, dental, vision, well-being, health savings, flexible spending, retirement, open leave, and annual discretionary bonus and incentives.
Salary : $80,000 - $98,000
