Stacker’s CEO is seeking a Director of Strategic Initiatives to play a critical role in scoping out new opportunities, driving forward various strategic initiatives, and owning a variety of operational projects in the office of the CEO. This is a high impact role with the opportunity to work across the business, research and test new initiatives, and work directly alongside the CEO. With a firm understanding of the digital media landscape, you will be responsible for identifying and pushing forward initiatives that guide company strategy and help execute on our vision.
The Company
Stacker is empowering the world’s newsrooms by building the world’s most accessible, widely distributed newswire. Stacker focuses on storytelling through data, using authoritative research and expert analysis to contextualize the news, creating and distributing engaging, research-based journalism to thousands of newsrooms across the country, including Nexstar, MSN, Hearst, Tribune Publishing, and Lee Enterprises.
Today, Stacker stories are read by millions of users each month, both on Stacker.com and our growing syndication network of world-class news outlets. Our Studio offers a turn-key content marketing solution for brands and marketers, natively producing and distributing unique, newsworthy stories on their behalf.
A completely bootstrapped company, Stacker has hit an inflection point and is rapidly expanding, with a number of open roles across every team at the company. We're looking for experienced team members to help scale Stacker's newsroom operations and commercial products.
About You
You’re an entrepreneurial individual with the ability to innovate and project manage complex initiatives. You are passionate about the future of digital media, and excited about scoping out new opportunities for Stacker’s growth. You are equally comfortable researching potential customers for a new product as you are helping plan logistics for a team offsite or putting together pitch materials for a client presentation. You are excited about Stacker’s mission to empower the world’s publishers, and looking for an opportunity to take on a wide spectrum of projects that help drive the business forward.
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Benefits
Employee wellbeing is top of mind for the Stacker team. We offer the following for benefits to all team members:
Stacker is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive newsroom that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage women, people of color, veterans, people with disabilities and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.
Stacker is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.