Senior Content Marketing Specialist

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

Executes an overarching messaging strategy, related content strategy, and calendar. Creates content for digital, email, social, and event channels, ensuring overall alignment of the brand story. Delivers communications, messaging, and presentations for events and speaking engagements. Works cross-functionally with design, sales enablement, internal communications, and legal teams to execute content assets and campaigns. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Develops content for website, blog, email, social, video, and event channels to drive engagement with target audiences.

• Writes and edits articles, marketing emails, social posts, scripts, and presentations according to brand and style guidelines. Contributes to the production of visual and multimedia assets.

• Manages content calendars and review workflows with marketing, SMEs, and legal to ensure on-time delivery and compliance adherence of content assets and campaigns.

• Establishes relationships with SMEs and conducts interviews and research, synthesizing key insights and data to drive content strategy and development.

• Creates social media content and manages social media calendar to support overall marketing goals.

• Supports earned and paid media campaigns to achieve business objectives and key results.

• Collaborates with creative and research vendors to support marketing projects.

• Stays abreast of content marketing industry trends and makes recommendations for content optimizations.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences, Business Administration and Management, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, or Analytics.

• 2+ years of experience with Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Integrated Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, or related.

• 4+ years of experience with Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Integrated Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, or related.

• In lieu of education, 4+ years of experience with Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Integrated Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, or related.

Preferred Qualifications 

If we had our say, we’d also look for: 

• 6+ years of experience in Business, Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Integrated Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, or related field

• A portfolio of published writing and content samples

• Basic understanding of business-to-business (B2B) marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, email marketing, and public relations

• Experience or interest in payment services and financial services

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize projects in a fast-paced environment

• Organizational awareness: understanding of key partners; ability to collaborate and communicate

• Interest in developing expertise in new topics and a curiosity to learn

• Confidence creating and adhering to processes and workflows to maintain operational excellence in a highly regulated environment

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Feb-10-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $67,000.00 to $113,000.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skil