Head of Content

About Jubilee Media

Jubilee Media creates stories designed to deepen understanding and strengthen human connection. The company focuses on showing the nuance in people’s lives, encouraging audiences to think differently, feel more deeply, and recognize shared humanity across experiences. Its work centers on people-first storytelling with the goal of shifting perspectives through meaningful content.

Role Overview

Jubilee is hiring a Head of Content to lead its Creative team and guide the direction of content across platforms. This position blends creative leadership, strategic planning, and operational ownership. The right candidate will help develop new shows, improve existing formats, and ensure the company’s work stays mission-aligned, culturally relevant, and high-performing.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the overall creative direction and long-term content roadmap for Jubilee’s productions.
• Advance the quality and originality of existing series while building new mission-driven concepts that connect with audiences and reinforce the brand’s cultural relevance.
• Support department heads with senior-level guidance while empowering Senior Creatives to fully shape and deliver their ideas.
• Bring fresh creative perspective informed by audience diversity and current cultural shifts.
• Promote a talent-first production approach while weighing budget impact and making sound prioritization decisions.
• Support casting and post-production efforts, including drawing on personal talent and agency relationships when useful.
• Coach and develop creative leaders so they strengthen both management and creative decision-making skills.
• Define success measures for shows and pilots, then use analytics to evaluate results and guide improvements.
• Apply audience data and YouTube analytics to shape programming choices, content themes, and distribution plans across channels.
• Share performance expectations and results clearly with the team to support accountability and ongoing improvement.
• Oversee creative budgets and make trade-offs that balance experimentation, financial discipline, and return on investment.
• Partner with Finance, Brand Partnerships, and Creative teams to improve production efficiency, monetization, and scheduling.
• Make senior-level decisions on priorities and resource allocation so the team focuses on the highest-impact work.
• Contribute to broader company strategy affecting content, brand positioning, and audience growth.
• Work with HR on hiring and developing creative talent.
• Collaborate across Production, Finance, Analytics, and Brand Partnerships to execute strategy effectively.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience creating for YouTube or a similar digital content environment, with the ability to both imagine ideas and bring them to life.
• Sharp strategic judgment with the confidence to balance creative risk, financial consequences, and prioritization decisions.
• A leadership style rooted in talent development, mentorship, and team empowerment.
• Comfort using audience insights and performance data to drive content decisions.
• Working knowledge of multiple digital platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, and similar channels.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to turn creative direction into practical action for teams and stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, and cross-functional operations with an understanding of ROI and production economics.
• Adaptability and a willingness to test, adjust, and iterate while keeping mission-driven work central.
• Commitment to inclusive, diverse creative work that reflects the audiences the company serves.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $150,000 to $180,000 annually. Benefits include flexible paid time off, a year-end week-long reset, medical/dental/vision coverage, team retreats and bonding activities, catered lunches, a stocked kitchen, an annual learning stipend, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and stock options.

Work Model

This role follows a hybrid schedule. Team members are expected in the El Segundo office three days per week and work remotely for two days. Candidates should be local or prepared to relocate.