Editorial Director, Brand & Creative Partnerships

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes sections: Who we are, About Stripe, About The Team, What you’ll do, Responsibilities, Who you are, Working remotely at Stripe, Pay and benefits, etc. We need to use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to decide which sections to include based on content. We have: - Who we are (Stripe description) – could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a heading suggestion but we can use any heading that matches content. The instructions say use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those headings if they match content. But we can also use other headings? It says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those headings only. So we should map content to those headings where appropriate. We have content about: - About the role: maybe "What you’ll do" and "Responsibilities". Could combine. - Responsibilities: list of duties. - Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: "Who you are" includes experience, portfolio, etc. Could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. - Benefits: "Pay and benefits" includes salary range and additional benefits. - Schedule: maybe "Working remotely at Stripe" includes remote definition. Could be Schedule? Not exactly schedule but remote work policy. Could be considered Schedule? Might be better to include a section for Remote work? But instructions only list those example headings; we could still use other headings? It says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. Safer to stick to those. Thus we need sections: - About the role: maybe a brief description of role (What you’ll do). Could be a paragraph. - Responsibilities: bullet list. - Requirements: bullet list of qualifications (experience, portfolio, etc.) - Skills: maybe bullet list of skills (editorial judgment, etc.) Could combine with Requirements. - Benefits: bullet list of benefits (equity, bonus, 401k, medical, dental, vision, wellness stipends). - Pay: salary range. - Schedule: remote work policy. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure we have real content. We must not repeat job title. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. We must preserve all substantive information. We need to remove duplicated lines. Let's extract substantive content. From posting: Who we are Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Companies of all sizes—from ambitious startups to global enterprises—use Stripe to accept payments, grow revenue, and build new business models.The work we do is technically sophisticated, economically consequential, and central to how businesses operate online. Explaining that work well requires more than clear messaging. It requires ideas, judgment, and a distinctive point of view. About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About The Team Stripe’s Narrative & Editorial team brings together Content Marketing, Brand Marketing, Portfolio Product Marketing, Copywriting, Copy Editing, and Customer Marketing. We create coherent, distinctive stories about the businesses, technologies, and economic forces shaping the internet. What you’ll do We are hiring a senior editorial leader to help bring original stories and insights from Stripe–based on our data, expertise, and customer conversations–to a broader audience via media partnerships and other brand marketing channels. This person will be an exceptional editor, writer, and creative partner with strong instincts about what earns attention: an argument worth making, an unexpected angle, an elegant execution, or a piece of work that people genuinely want to share. This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the leader of Stripe’s Narrative & Editorial team. The role will spend most of its time shaping major external media partnerships, with the remainder split between helping with original editorial work and advising partner teams on new ideas and their execution. Responsibilities Lead the editorial and creative direction for Stripe’s most important external media partnerships, including advertising content, research-led collaborations, and original editorial programs developed with respected publishers and creators.Develop work that feels native to the audience and editorial environment in which it appears—not generic brand messaging placed beside someone else’s work.Turn Stripe’s original data analyses, economic insights, customer stories, and more into content pieces that are clear, surprising, useful, and memorable–and that readers and listeners won’t want to skip over.Shape the full editorial process for partnership work: refining briefs, identifying the strongest ideas, directing creative development, and providing decisive feedback on drafts and final deliverables.Direct and manage agencies, external creators, and editorial partners as needed, working within existing partnership structures and commercial agreements.Write, edit, and materially improve high-stakes content across formats, including blog posts, newsletter segments, podcast scripts, ad copy, social posts, and more.Generate original concepts for creative programs, editorial franchises, and nontraditional formats that broaden how Stripe contributes to conversations about the internet economy.Serve as a trusted thought partner to teams across Stripe, helping them clarify ideas, find the strongest expression of their work, and make better creative decisions.Partner with colleagues in Brand Marketing, Brand Design, Content Marketing, Portfolio PMM, Copywriting, and Customer Marketing to make Stripe’s storytelling more coherent and distinctive.Define and uphold a clear quality bar for editorial and partnership work, making well-reasoned calls about what is ready to represent Stripe and what still needs improvement. Who you are We are looking for someone with exceptional editorial judgment and a demonstrated ability to make complicated ideas compelling. You may have developed that experience in a newsroom, independent publication, creative studio, agency, research institution, technology company, or another rigorous creative environment. You have 8+ years of relevant experience in editorial, writing, creative development, journalism, publishing, media, brand strategy, or a closely related field. This may include experience writing consistently for a large online followership, even if not professionally.You have an exceptional portfolio of published or public-facing work that demonstrates strong writing and editing, original thinking, and an ability to make ideas resonate with an audience.You are, in the best sense, very online: an active reader of and contributor to the newsletters, social platforms, and niche communities where people debate new ideas about technology, economics, science, business, and culture. You can spot emerging arguments, voices, and formats early—and engage with them authentically, with intellectual honesty and your own point of view.You are an excellent editor. You can diagnose what is missing from a draft or idea, identify the most interesting argument, and give feedback that makes the work materially better.You have experience developing original editorial work, sponsored media, advertising, creative partnerships, or other high-quality audience-facing programs.You understand the difference between work that is merely on-message and work that is genuinely interesting, useful, or worth discussing.You can translate complex subjects—including technology, business, economics, science, or policy—into work that is accessible without becoming simplistic.You have strong creative instincts and a sophisticated design sensibility. You understand how language, ideas, visuals, format, and distribution work together.You are deeply curious about the technology industry and the broader cultural and economic context in which it operates.You are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, external partners, writers, designers, marketers, and agencies without relying on formal authority.You can move fluidly between strategy and execution: developing the core idea, shaping the brief, improving the draft, and making the final call on quality.You have high standards, sound judgment, and enough pragmatism to help teams make excellent work within real constraints. Working remotely at Stripe A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live. Pay and benefits The annual US base salary range for this role is $191,600 - $287,400. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process. Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. We look forward to hearing from you. At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us. Apply now Please find our California applicant personal information notice here. The application window will remain open for 100 days after the Job Post is published. However, this opportunity will remain open based on the needs of the business, which may cause the application window to close before or after the 100-day mark. We need to remove boilerplate like "We look forward to hearing from you..." etc. That's generic encouragement; maybe considered boilerplate? It's not EEO but still generic. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "We look forward..." is not exactly those but could be considered application encouragement. Might be considered boilerplate? Safer to remove it as it's not substantive detail about role. Also "Join us. Apply now" etc. Remove. Also "Please find our California applicant personal information notice here." etc. Remove. Thus we keep substantive sections: Who we are, About Stripe, About The Team, What you’ll do, Responsibilities, Who you are,