Editor, Digital Content

About the Role

The Editor, Digital Content, works directly with Bain's senior partners and thought leaders to help them produce published insights capturing Bain's point of view on the most pressing challenges facing business. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring a rare combination of skills: the ability to write and edit with authority in both long- and short-form formats, and a deep fluency in digital content presentation—including data visualization, infographics, and other web-native formats—that together allow Bain's insights to reach time-starved executives in the most compelling, succinct ways possible. A strong grasp of high-level business concepts and genuine intellectual curiosity about the issues facing global business leaders are fundamental to success in this role.

Where You'll Fit Within the Team

The Editor works directly with Bain's partners to shape and sharpen their ideas, challenging them to hone their insights and find the most compelling messages. They are a recognized subject-matter expert in digital content production and bring both strategic thinking and hands-on execution to every project. It's essential that you have a sophisticated understanding of how to use artificial intelligence in the content development process to accelerate every facet of that process while producing copy that reflects the genuine human voice of Bain's experts.

Responsibilities

• Developing, creating, and curating high-quality content that reflects Bain's industry and capability points of view across a range of digital formats, including long- and short-form articles, data visualizations, infographics, interactive features, and email newsletters.
• Fluidly moving between text-based storytelling and visual presentation of data and insights to produce content that serves a sophisticated, time-starved executive audience.
• Working directly with Bain's partners from the inception of an idea through to publication—providing editorial feedback to sharpen the concept, developing outlines, and editing drafts—while demonstrating the ability to push back on senior stakeholders and challenge them to hone their insights and surface the most compelling, provocative messages.
• Posting and displaying content on Bain.com and other online channels, and creating and maintaining documentation of Bain's online publishing processes.
• Leveraging AI tools and platforms throughout the content development process to accelerate production while preserving the genuine human voice of Bain's experts and the firm.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8–10 years of experience in digital publishing, corporate communications, or a closely related field, with demonstrated expertise in web content production and digital storytelling
• Experience working directly with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Excellent writing skills across long- and short-form formats, with writing samples demonstrating the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, compelling content
• Deep fluency in digital content formats and web presentation, including the ability to fluidly integrate text, data visualization, infographics, and other web-native formats to tell a cohesive story
• Demonstrated ability to use data visualization tools (e.g., Flourish, Tableau, Infogram) and content management systems (e.g., Optimizely/OptiServer, WordPress)
• Proficiency in or sophisticated curiosity about AI platforms and their application to content development
• Working knowledge of design tools such as Adobe Photoshop and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within and across teams, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate in an open, direct fashion
• Intellectual curiosity about business concepts and a genuine interest in the issues and challenges facing global business leaders
• Proactive orientation toward adopting and applying new digital tools to strengthen storytelling and content production
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining a strong team orientation
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and remain flexible, resourceful, and efficient

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree; degree in journalism, English, communications, publishing, or a related field
• Experience in a B2B or professional services environment
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing content for a senior executive audience
• Experience with content workflow management systems (e.g., Kapost, Optimizely, Smartsheet, Trello)
• Experience with Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator
• Familiarity with Bain's publishing ecosystem or comparable professional services content environment

Pay

In Illinois, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $109,500-131,500; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training, and skill level.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date
• Bain pays 100% of individual employee premiums for medical, dental, and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Annual fitness reimbursements