Responsibilities

• Deeply understand the IT and security professional audiences and ideate on technical-first content targeted at these personas across both written (longform thought leadership, infographics, whitepapers, etc) as well as video media
• Partner with Creative team to develop a video series showcasing more in-depth features of our various products via explainer videos
• Source participants such as internal experts, external partners, and passionate end users to contribute to content; serve as a technically-minded moderator in video or audio content
• Potentially launch a newsletter targeted at IT professionals with original content as well as aggregated content that would be of interest to this audience
• Test other channels (e.g., podcast series) that could resonate with this audience and develop associated content calendar
• Demonstrate advanced editorial craftsmanship, storytelling, and copywriting skills in all content including both written content and video scripts
• Ensure adherence to Verkada brand guidelines, tone of voice and style consistency

Qualifications

• Preferred technical background, former IT professional is a strong plus
• 4 years of proven content marketing experience, with experience across a variety of content types including longform content (e.g., thought leadership pieces), short form content (e.g., infographics) and video script writing
• Proven ability to communicate technical information and concepts in an engaging manner to a technical audience
• Experience creating short (<10 min) video explainer content describing functionality of technical products, either hardware or software
• Strong writer, with excellent storytelling, copyediting, communication and project management skills
• Experience independently developing and owning a content calendar across multiple channels and content types (newsletters, video channel, podcast, etc)
• Strong work ethic, team-player mentality, and comfort and experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment 
• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university, liberal arts college, or film school