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You'll set the strategy and creative direction for campaigns while also rolling up your sleeves to bring them to life. Sometimes you'll write the story yourself; sometimes you'll edit and shape content created by colleagues; and sometimes you'll identify and manage the right freelancer or creative partner to deliver it.\nYou'll collaborate closely with channel owners across web, social, email, and other platforms to build integrated channel strategies and ensure our stories reach the right audiences.\nYou'll also be responsible for demonstrating the impact of this work. You'll identify the metrics that matter, use data and insights to understand campaign performance, and communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leaders.\nResponsibilities\nShape our strategic brand storytelling\nDevelop and evolve the strategic storytelling approach for Cell Press, connecting communications activity to our brand strategy, mission, vision, values, and business priorities. \nIdentify proactive storytelling opportunities that showcase the people, processes, papers, and initiatives that make Cell Press unique. \nTurn business and brand priorities into clear communications strategies, campaign concepts, narratives, and content plans. \nDevelop creative approaches to major Cell Press moments, milestones, and editorial initiatives. \nMaintain a strong understanding of our audiences and the broader scientific and publishing landscape to ensure our storytelling remains relevant and differentiated. \nHelp maintain a consistent Cell Press brand voice and narrative across communications. \nCreate and commission compelling content\nWrite and edit high-quality brand and strategic communications content for external audiences, translating complex ideas into clear and engaging stories. \nExercise strong editorial judgment about which stories to pursue, which formats will work best, and how stories should be framed for different audiences. \nDevelop clear creative briefs and commission content from freelancers, agencies, and other creative or brand partners. \nManage external contributors from briefing through delivery, providing thoughtful editorial direction and ensuring work meets strategic, creative, brand, budget, and timeline requirements. \nCollaborate with internal subject-matter experts and stakeholders to uncover strong stories and translate their expertise into accessible, compelling content. \nBuild integrated channel strategies\nDevelop campaign-level channel strategies designed around audience needs and communications objectives. \nPartner closely with channel owners across social media, email, web, and other channels to translate campaign strategies into coordinated execution. \nEnsure content is appropriately adapted for different channels and audience segments rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach. \nBring channel partners together around clear objectives, audiences, messages, roles, timelines, and measures of success. \nApply audience and performance insights to continually improve how Cell Press stories are distributed and amplified. \nMeasure and demonstrate impact\nDefine meaningful KPIs and measurement plans for strategic brand storytelling campaigns, connecting communications metrics to broader brand and business objectives. \nUsing familiarity with tools like HubSpot, Cision, Braze, Adobe Analytics, and other analytics and reporting platforms, track and report on content and campaign performance. \nAnalyze performance across channels and audiences to understand what worked, what didn't, and why, with a strong sense of when to pivot to ensure success. \nTranslate data into actionable insights and recommendations that improve future campaigns and inform our broader storytelling strategy. \nDevelop clear, compelling reports and presentations that demonstrate the impact and business value of strategic communications activity. \nLead campaigns and influence stakeholders\nOwn strategic storytelling campaigns from initial ideas through planning, production, activation, measurement, and retrospective. \nManage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, establishing clear plans, timelines, responsibilities, dependencies, and deliverables. \nBuild strong working relationships across Cell Press and collaborate effectively with marketing colleagues, editors, journal teams, channel owners, and other stakeholders. \nDevelop high-quality strategic and creative presentations that make complex ideas easy to understand. \nPersonally present campaign strategies, concepts, recommendations, and results to senior leaders and other stakeholders, building understanding, enthusiasm, and alignment around proposed approaches. \nManage freelancers and external partners effectively, providing clear direction and maintaining accountability for quality and delivery. \nRequirements\nHave 3-6 years of relevant experience in brand communications, strategic communications, content marketing, brand marketing, journalism, or a related discipline. \nExperience developing strategic storytelling or integrated communications campaigns for external audiences. \nDisplay excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex subjects clear, engaging, and relevant. \nHave exceptional strategic thinking and editorial judgment, including the ability to identify which stories will advance brand and business objectives rather than simply creating content in response to requests. \nDisplay project management skills and experience leading multi-stakeholder campaigns from strategy through execution and measurement. \nExperience developing multi-channel strategies and collaborating with channel owners or specialists across areas such as web, social media, and email. \nDisplay understanding of audience segmentation and the ability to tailor content, messaging, and distribution strategies to specific audiences. \nHave a data-informed approach to communications, with experience identifying meaningful KPIs, interpreting campaign performance, and translating results into actionable recommendations. \nPossess excellent presentation and stakeholder-management skills, including experience developing persuasive strategic decks and confidently presenting ideas and recommendations to senior stakeholders. \nExperience briefing, commissioning, and managing freelancers, agencies, or other external creative partners. \nHave familiarity with HubSpot and Cision, or comparable communications, marketing automation, and measurement platforms. \nAble to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and to work effectively across multiple concurrent priorities. \nHave curiosity, creativity, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach. \nValued experience\nExperience in scientific or scholarly publishing, science communications, or another science-related organization. \nFamiliarity with researchers, authors, and the scientific community as an audience. \nExperience working with complex scientific or technical subject matter and translating it into accessible, engaging stories. \nExperience with paid social media campaigns and/or targeted email marketing. \nExperience using audience insights, segmentation, and targeting to im \nWork in a Way That Works for You\nWe promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working options. Our benefits include wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals-supporting both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.\nWorking for You\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:\nHealth benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage\nRetirement benefits: 401(k) with match and Employee Share Purchase Plan\nWellbeing: wellness platform, Headspace subscription, and Employee Assistance Programs\nInsurance: short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death, critical illness, and hospital indemnity\nFamily benefits: parental leave, adoption, and surrogacy support\nSavings accounts: HSA, FSA, dependent care, and commuter benefits\nPaid time off, plus volunteer and Employee Resource Group participation days\nAbout the Business\nAs a global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes. By combining trusted content with advanced analytics, we support research, education, and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to solving global challenges and building a more sustainable future.\n\nU.S. National Base Pay Range: $71,600 - $119,400. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.\n\nIf performed in New York, the base pay range is $78,700 - $131,400.If performed in New York City, the base pay range is $85,900 - $143,300.If performed in Rochester, NY, the base pay range is $71,600 - $119,400.\n\nThis job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.\n\nWe know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Clickhereto access benefits specific to your location.\nWe are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. 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