Senior Marketing Strategist

Position Overview

Join the future of news at The Washington Post. We are on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling that reinvents news for all of America. As the Senior Marketing Strategist on our Client Solutions team, you will bring deep tech category expertise and strategic instincts to forge innovative brand partnerships while working collaboratively with cross-functional teams—including editorial, product, creative, and research—to drive revenue and elevate our journalistic mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal expert by bringing fresh intelligence, competitive insights, and strategic rigor to inform high-impact, cross-category client solutions.
• Work closely with SIP/newsroom to customize, elevate, and socialize category-specific templates for newsroom initiatives and products.
• Leverage audience insights, behavioral data, and market research to create compelling narratives.
• Partner closely with Sales to shape go-to-market narratives that are persuasive, differentiated, and built to win.
• Manage multiple opportunities concurrently, operating with urgency and discipline in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactively raise the team's strategic bar through tools, training, playbooks, and templates that scale.
• Represent The Washington Post's strategic capabilities in client-facing settings, including pitches and thought-leadership sessions.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic marketing, integrated marketing, or brand strategy (agency or media experience strongly preferred).
• Proven ability to translate client goals and industry dynamics into compelling, insight-led marketing solutions.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of digital media platforms, branded content, and the evolving advertising ecosystem.
• A strategic thinker with exceptional written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Highly proficient in presentation development.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to juggle multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
• Self-starter with a solutions-oriented mindset and a collaborative spirit.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience working with or selling into clients or agencies preferred.
• Strong grasp of the news media landscape preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary: $149,900 - $278,300 Annual
• Compensation: May include bonus or incentive programs based on individual performance.
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
• Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
• Nine paid holidays and two personal days
• 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
• Robust mental health resources
• Backup care and caregiver concierge services
• Gender affirming services
• Pet insurance
• Free Post digital subscription
• Leadership and career development programs