Content Lead
We’re hiring a Content Lead. This role is responsible for building and leading CEA's content function to grow EA's reach and influence. This is a senior management position on our Marketing and Communications team, reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications and collaborating with Media and Marketing colleagues, CEA program teams, and EA-aligned organizations.
About CEA
The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) stewards the movement of people putting effective altruism principles into practice to solve the world's most pressing problems. We’re working to build a flourishing future by applying evidence, reason, and compassion to challenges like global poverty, animal suffering, and existential risks.
Our work centers on growing and supporting a global community of people who rigorously analyze where they can do the most good—and take action on those insights. Current strategic priorities include increasing understanding of effective altruism and its principles, growing the number of people who are motivated by EA principles to take significant action to address pressing problems, and diversifying funding sources for high-impact work.
We had significant success in 2025, building momentum within CEA. Our headcount grew from 42 to 66 core staff. Program participation (e.g., events, courses, groups) grew by 20-25% year over year. We merged with EA Funds and are rapidly scaling up our capacity for grantmaking and associated fundraising: our first Fund staffed with full-time employees (EA Animal Welfare Fund) raised almost as much as the previous three years combined.
In 2026, we’re maintaining ambitious momentum while building the foundations for a step-change in the wider EA ecosystem’s growth trajectory from 2027 onwards.
About the Marketing & Communications team
We're a small, global, remote-first team shaping how people encounter and understand effective altruism, often for the very first time. Our work sits at the intersection of ideas, storytelling, and impact. We build the systems, narratives, and campaigns that help people make sense of questions like: What does it mean to do good effectively? What problems matter most? What role could I play? Our remit spans brand strategy, editorial storytelling, campaigns, digital, and product marketing, all in service of helping people engage more deeply and more thoughtfully with EA.
This role is an opportunity to shape how millions of people come to understand effective altruism, not just by growing CEA as an organisation, but by contributing to the clarity, credibility, and reach of an entire movement that influences careers, funding decisions, and how impact is pursued globally.
The team itself is relatively new, though we’ve had some early wins. In the past year, we've been featured in The New York Times, run campaigns that brought thousands of people to the largest EA event in its history, and grown our social media following by over 500%. In 2026, we're launching a flagship thought leadership program and establishing brand foundations that will serve the movement for years. We're still early in our journey—building structure, testing approaches, and raising the bar for what great looks like.
About the Role
We're looking for a Content Lead to build and drive our content function as we scale EA's reach and influence. This is both a creative and strategic role, and we expect it will look different from typical content leadership positions in a few key ways:
You'll be building from scratch. You're not inheriting established systems or managing steady-state operations. You're creating the playbook: bringing our flagship owned media platform to life, hiring and developing your team (content, production, social media, and design specialists) and establishing the standards and systems that will scale EA's content.
You'll need deep EA expertise. This isn't the type of content marketing role where you can learn your product in a few weeks. You'll need to understand EA concepts, live debates, and key uncertainties well enough to make strategic decisions about how we communicate ideas that could shape careers and funding decisions. You'll balance movement-building with brand and marketing, stewarding how people understand and engage with ideas that matter.
You're excited about building something big. We're not looking for someone to manage steady-state operations. We need someone hungry to grow EA's reach, willing to take creative risks, and genuinely excited about the possibility of turning EA into a brand that reaches millions. If you're energized by the challenge of scaling impact and don't mind failing fast to find what works, this role is for you!
You'll balance leadership with hands-on work. You’ll need to balance strategic leadership with hands-on work as you build the team. You'll collaborate deeply on creative direction and content, not just delegate it. As your team grows and develops, you'll shift toward enabling their work through vision, systems, and coaching—but getting there requires rolling up your sleeves.
This is a highly collaborative role. You'll work closely with the Head of Marketing and Communications as a strategic thought partner on brand and content decisions. You'll also coordinate across the MarComms team, CEA programs (Online/Digital Product, Growth, Events, Courses, EA Funds), and EA-aligned organizations. Success requires building trust, aligning priorities, and navigating competing needs across multiple timezones.
Key Responsibilities
Because we're a dynamic and growing organisation, responsibilities may evolve based on organizational needs and your unique strengths and interests. You should view the content in this section as directionally correct but subject to change.
Here are some sample projects that you might work on early in your time at CEA:
We’re investigating launching a new podcast. You could be responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the podcast and hiring the host and producer.
We expect EA Funds to grow significantly this year, but we don’t have a clear communications strategy. You could collaborate with the experts leading our funds and shape our communications approach to donors, grantees, and the broader community, highlighting key wins, updating the website, creating donor-facing content, and more.
We're planning EA's next breakthrough moment. You could partner with the Head of Marketing and Communications to define what form this takes (book, documentary, press tour?) and build the strategic foundations for launch in 2027-2028.
Beyond these launch projects, you'll establish the systems and team to make content a sustainable growth engine for EA. Here are some ongoing responsibilities we expect:
Build and lead your content team
Recruit, onboard, and manage content editors, producers, social media, and potentially videographers and designers
Set strategic direction and decision frameworks that enable independent execution
Coordinate with Media and Marketing leads to align content, earned media, and amplification
Manage performance, resolve conflicts, and make resource allocation decisions
Drive content strategy and execution
Own content strategy across major campaigns (Giving Season, EA Funds growth, brand launches) and always-on channels (social, website, newsletters)
Partner with CEA program teams on engagement and community building
Establish editorial guidelines that maintain intellectual rigor while reaching broader audiences
Set success metrics and optimize based on audience growth, engagement, impact
What we're looking for
We're looking for a content leader who can operate at both strategic and creative levels—someone who can envision what EA's content ecosystem should become while building the team and systems to make it real.
We're hiring for one role at two possible levels depending on experience:
Content Lead: Building and executing content strategy with simultaneous opportunities to build leadership experience as you scale your team
Head of Content: Leading a content function from day one, with proven experience building teams and driving breakthrough growth
Below is a list of characteristics we're seeking. We expect strong candidates to demonstrate depth in some of these areas while actively developing in others. If you’re genuinely excited about contributing to the team, we encourage you to apply even if you aren't sure you're fully qualified.
At a minimum, we want a candidate who meets the following:
Have strong values alignment with EA principles (which does not necessarily require strong familiarity with the community). You'll need to have or quickly develop strong opinions on how EA ideas should be communicated to grow the movement's reach and influence
Have a track record of developing content strategies that drive measurable brand and audience growth
Thrive in ambiguity and early-stage environments where you're building systems from scratch, making tough prioritization calls, and adapting quickly as you learn
You might also be a good fit if you:
Have proven experience building and leading teams, including hiring, developing, and managing content and creative talent
Have experience launching owned media programs like podcasts or video series, ideally taking something from concept to sustainable operation
Have experience growing brands through content, with a strong point of view on brand strategy, visual identity, and what makes content feel modern and compelling
Have strong project management and stakeholder management skills, with experience coordinating across multiple teams, timezones, and organizations
Bring strong editorial instincts and can coach others on writing, messaging, and content strategy
Are comfortable with modern content tools, analytics platforms, and distribution channels
To be considered at the Head of Content level, you must demonstrate:
You've built and managed high-performing content teams, including hiring, developing talent, managing performance, and making difficult personnel decisions
You've taken a content function from early stage to operational maturity, establishing systems, processes, and team structures that enabled sustainable growth
You can point to specific metrics showing how your content strategy drove measurable audience, engagement, or revenue growth (e.g., "grew YouTube audience from X to Y," "generated $X in attributed conversions")
Your content work demonstrably influenced organizational goals beyond vanity metrics—fundraising, partnerships, talent acquisition, or community growth
Other information
This is a full-time, remote position. We prefer applicants who are able to work in time zones between US Pacific Time and CET.
We have an office in Oxford, UK, that you would have access to.
Start date: We'd ideally have you start as soon as possible, but would consider a later start for the right candidate.
Reports to: Head of Marketing and Communications
Compensation
Content Lead
US: total compensation package of $131,988, comprising a base salary of $119,989, and a 10% unconditional 401k contribution
UK: total compensation package of £79,402, comprising a base salary of £72,184, and a 10% pension contribution
Head of Content
US: total compensation package of $157,435, comprising a base salary of $143,123, and a 10% unconditional 401k contribution
UK: total compensation package of £94,711, comprising a base salary of £86,101, and a 10% pension contribution
Other locations: For candidates outside the US and UK, we base compensation on our UK salary structure and adjust for the cost of employment and fixed local benefit costs to create an equivalent package
Benefits in the US/UK include private insurance, flexible work hours, a $6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance, a $6,000 / £5,000 mental health support allowance, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, 25 days of paid vacation, and more.
This role will involve travel. Expect a minimum of 4 trips annually to attend team retreats and other events, including several international trips.
We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We especially encourage applications from self-identified women and people of colour who are excited about contributing to our mission. The Centre for Effective Altruism is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, or have any other questions about applying, please contact jobs@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
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Interview plan
We expect the interview process to include the following steps, subject to minor changes:
Application
Test task 1
Short interview
Test task 2
Final interviews (3-4, non-sequential)
1-2 day work trial (may be done partially asynchronously)
Reference checks