Content Marketing Specialist II

Role Overview

The Content Marketing Specialist II will work on a variety of projects that support Cisco Content and Messaging, as well as Cisco on Cisco. The role requires a creative and detail-oriented individual with strong storytelling and writing skills, as well as a keen willingness and ability to understand and turn technical jargon into easy-to-digest, targeted content for marketing purposes.

What You Will Do

The responsibilities of the role include developing stories for Cisco on Cisco, sourcing and editing quality Cisco on Cisco use case stories, interviewing technical subject matter experts, establishing and maintaining relationships with SMEs and key stakeholders, delivering case studies and creating supplemental enablement assets, optimizing content for SEO and audience engagement, researching topics and trends to inform compelling and relevant content, and assisting with Messaging and Content team needs.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a proactive attitude with a passion for storytelling and creating high-quality content, excellent organizational and project management skills, strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaborate across teams, and familiarity with Asana, Sharepoint, Generative AI, SEO best practices, and content performance metrics.

Requirements

• Meet one of the following (completed within the past 3 years or expected to be completed within the next 12 months):
• A Master’s degree with 0 years of work experience; or
• A Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of work experience; or
• An educational or workforce development program (e.g., Associate’s, Apprenticeship, Boot camp, or Certification) with 3 years of work experience; or
• A High school diploma (or equivalent) with 4 years of work experience.
• Qualifying education and work experience should be in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or related field.
• Experience in content marketing, blogging, executive and internal communications, editorial work, or related fields in tech.
• Strong writing and editing skills with an eye for detail and accuracy.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Paid time away (vacation, sick time, etc.)
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
• Performance-based incentive pay on top of base salary for sales roles