Senior Content Strategist; Medical & Scientific Publishing; LA Times Studios

Senior Content Strategist (Medical & Scientific Publishing) (LA Times Studios)
Job Description

The L.A. Times Studios LLC vision is to be the premier studio for groundbreaking and impactful storytelling, setting high standards for excellence in content creation and production. We push the boundaries of traditional media, exploring new formats and platforms to reach diverse and global audiences. By championing innovative ideas and diverse voices, we aspire to create a more connected world through storytelling and events supported by robust revenue streams from advertising sales, branded content, event production, products and business development.

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The Senior Content Strategist plays a key role in supporting content strategy development, editing, implementation, and execution efforts across several content categories to drive brand awareness, engagement, site traffic, and conversions. This individual collaborates closely with cross-functional partners to implement multi-platform content initiatives, support content planning and research, and ensure consistency in brand voice, SEO strategy, and audience engagement.

For this specialized role, the Senior Content Strategist will also lead content development, optimization, and dissemination for scientific, medical, and academic publishing. This includes ensuring accuracy, editorial quality, compliance with medical publishing standards, and alignment with organizational goals for journal and research-based content.

Responsibilities:

Standard Senior Content Strategist Responsibilities:

• Assist in creating and editing high-quality, brand-aligned content across multiple channels and formats.
• Collaborate with content leadership, creators, designers, and cross-functional teams to gather content requirements and maintain brand alignment.
• Post content across platforms including social media and websites.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to support content insights and strategy.
• Support content audits and partner with SEO specialists to improve keyword tagging, metadata, search optimization, structure, and categorization.
• Use Google Analytics and Power BI to review traffic and performance trends.
• Support leadership in developing and executing multi-platform promotion strategies.
• Stay informed on industry trends, platforms, emerging technologies, and content marketing best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Medical & Scientific Specialization:

• Lead strategy, development, optimization, and execution of content for medical journals, research summaries, newsletters, and digital publishing channels.
• Collaborate with the Content Director and cross-functional teams—including medical writers, peer-review coordinators, and designers—to produce scientifically rigorous and ethically compliant content.
• Oversee manuscript-to-publication workflows, including metadata tagging, DOI management, indexing preparation, and compliance with COPE, ICMJE, and Pub Med/MEDLINE standards.
• Direct keyword strategy and SEO approaches specific to scholarly and medical content to enhance discoverability.
• Manage and align editorial calendars with journal schedules, scientific events, and publication priorities.
• Analyze content performance using medical/scientific analytics tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Altmetric, etc.).
• Maintain content accuracy and timeliness within CMS platforms while ensuring compliance across journal communications.
• Conduct ongoing audits to maintain quality, consistency, and adherence to publishing standards.
• Stay informed on trends in open-access publishing, indexing requirements, digital dissemination, and scientific communications.
• Mentor content staff to ensure consistent editorial execution and adherence to scientific publishing standards.

Requirements:

Standard Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communication, Journalism or Life Sciences and 8+ years of experience in content and digital marketing, digital communications, content strategy, editing, or related fields OR 10+ years of experience in marketing, digital communications, content strategy,…