Staff Editor & Content Strategist (18-Month Fixed Term Contract position)
Burnaby, Canada
Mid Level
Temporary
Top Benefits
Company equity
401(k) plan
$500 parental/guardian contribution
About the role
- We are currently seeking a Staff Editor & Content Strategist to join our Content Strategy team
- Own and deliver high-visibility writing and thought leadership initiatives across Marketing, PR, and executive communications
- Serve as the final editor and quality gate for externally visible and executive-facing content
- Ghostwrite and shape executive content including announcements, keynotes, presentation narratives, statements, and internal communications
- Ensure consistency in voice, tone, and messaging across high-impact work
- Reduce revision cycles and senior stakeholder review burden by elevating clarity and precision upfront
- Act as a project mover and unblocker when work is at risk due to capacity constraints, complexity, or competing priorities
- Step in to drive initiatives across the finish line during peak demand or team transitions
- Translate strategy into clear, executable next steps that teams can move on quickly
- Identify delivery risks early and proactively course-correct
- Partner closely with PR, Brand, SEO, Growth, and Corporate Communications on shared initiatives
- Serve as connective tissue across teams to ensure alignment, continuity, and quality
- Support executive and leadership stakeholders with trusted editorial and strategic input
- Contribute to foundational discussions around content strategy by bringing historical context, editorial perspective, and delivery insight
- Provide real-time signal on capacity, sequencing, and execution tradeoffs
- Enable better prioritization and decision-making by surfacing what is feasible, what is at risk, and what matters most
Benefits
- Company equity
- 401k
- $500 contribution when you become a parent and/or guardian
- RRSP-matching
- Pension plans
- 4-week minimum vacation
- Work from home when you need to (role-specific)
- Parental leave options for moms and dads
- Customizable extended health benefits (including $2000 per year to spend on counseling)
- Wellness programs including an onsite naturopath physiotherapist, and RMT (location-dependent), healthy snacks, and exercise classes- You are trusted for your craft, relied on for your judgment, and valued for your ability to make others better without needing formal authority
- You are a seasoned editor and content strategist with exceptional editorial judgment and a deep understanding of how high-stakes work gets done inside a fast-moving organization
- You influence strategy through insight and experience, while remaining hands-on in execution
- You bring calm to complexity, clarity to ambiguity, and momentum to work that risks slowing down
- You care deeply about quality, but you care just as much about shipping
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Proven experience supporting executive-facing or high-stakes communications
- Exceptional editorial judgment and the ability to improve work quickly and decisively
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills without formal people management responsibility
- Extensive experience in senior writing, editing, and content strategy roles
- Experience in B2B SaaS or complex, regulated industries
- Familiarity with large-scale thought leadership initiatives and flagship content programs
- Deep understanding of how content, brand, PR, and growth intersect