Managing Director, Content Innovation Lab

Job description

Come be a part of building the future at McClatchy Media! McClatchy, where accurate, credible and relevant content forms the foundation of our 169-year legacy of excellence, is seeking a Managing Director to lead content creators and aligned teams, dissect and act on analytics, and strategically target areas of opportunity for the McClatchy Content Innovation Lab, the company’s next-generation approach to content. The lab is built to experiment relentlessly and pivot quickly, so this role demands urgency and a bias toward action. New wide-reaching and audience-rich brands will launch quickly, and the managing director, who will report directly to the senior vice president of the lab, will assist in recruitment, hiring and content direction. The company’s future depends upon merging talent, personality and subject matter expertise with current and emerging technologies, a mission that requires a fearless commitment to break old habits. The managing director will be on the ground floor with the lab’s new national and regional communities of interest to ensure a steady stream of reader-focused, high-quality content. AI and emerging tools will fuel experimentation and productivity. The...