Director of Content

Join Mimecast, a leading cybersecurity company, as the Director of Content. In this role, you will lead our editorial thought leadership program, shape campaign content strategy, direct our social media program, and build an operating model for content creation that integrates human creators and AI agents. You will report to the Vice President of Brand and Communications and work to raise Mimecast's profile in the security ecosystem. Your responsibilities will include developing content strategies, overseeing content creation and publication, optimizing content for SEO, and managing the content budget.

• Lead the editorial thought leadership program, shape campaign content strategy, and direct the social media program to raise Mimecast's profile.
• Define integrated campaign content strategies across paid, earned, social, and owned channels, connecting the Mimecast APEX Platform story to the needs of growth.
• Develop content around the real problems security and business leaders face, from risky behavior and AI adoption to data protection and compliance.

• Hands-on experience using AI to scale content programs, including prompt engineering, workflow design, and AI-human collaboration models
• Experience overseeing social media strategy and creators, alongside a firm grasp of the marketing funnel and how content supports it
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics for different audiences and cut corporate jargon so content stays authentic, conversational, and engaging
• Knowledge of SEO, AEO, content distribution, and analytics, and experience working collaboratively with stakeholders, content creators, and subject-matter experts
• A record of leading content teams and programs in content marketing, journalism, or technical writing, with the judgment and autonomy to set strategy, direct creators, and own program performance in cybersecurity, enterprise technology, or another complex B2B category
• A working understanding of cybersecurity and enterprise technology, plus the curiosity and discipline to learn quickly from subject-matter experts
• A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field
• The creative judgment to guide visual content and maintain a consistent brand identity across written, visual, and multimedia formats