Manager, Content Insights & Planning

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To lead the planning and operational alignment of QF’s Newsroom by translating strategic communication objectives into actionable editorial plans, streamlining workflows, and fostering seamless collaboration across entities. The Manager, Content Insights & Planning combines strong organizational skills with audience and performance insight to deliver high-impact content

Key Result Areas

• Lead the development and management of the newsroom’s editorial calendar, aligning annual, quarterly and monthly content plans aligned with the CCO’s Divisions and QF’s strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with leadership to define annual content themes, editorial pillars and priority campaigns.
• Anticipate trends and integrate forward-looking coverage opportunities into planning cycles (e.g., national, regional, global events).
• Collaborate with leadership to set annual newsroom content themes, editorial pillars, and messaging priorities.
• Support editors and creators by interpreting content performance data and audience engagement insights to inform editorial judgement and strengthen creative decisions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with divisions and entity focal points to ensure proactive integration of campaigns and initiatives.
• Own and continuously improve newsroom planning frameworks, tools, and systems (e.g., editorial calendars, event schedules, workflow trackers) to ensure visibility and accountability.
• Streamline workflows, identifying redundancies and resolving bottlenecks to ensure efficient resource allocation.
• Interpret content performance data and audience insights to guide editorial judgement and strengthen decisions.
• Lead the newsroom’s KPI tracking, operational dashboards, and performance reporting for leadership.
• Develop workload forecasting models and implement mitigation plans for scheduling conflicts or missed opportunities.
• Draft and enforce SOPs, workflows, and editorial governance standards, ensuring compliance with brand and policy frameworks.
• Research, adopt and embed global best practices and innovative planning technologies (e.g., AI-assisted tools).
• Mentor Newsroom staff, support task delegation, identify training needs, and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications and Requirements

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Analyst

Industries

Non-profit Organizations

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