About the position
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Responsibilities
- Transform rich survey data Splunk commissions into atomized content across multiple formats, including infographics, video, audiograms, as well as derivative summaries and articles for key industry verticals and geographies.
- Collaborate with our internal creative team and external agencies to bring content to life, via thoughtful analysis of how visuals complement and build off of the content you create.
- Support fellow content marketers by reviewing, fact-checking, and proofing original research reports and other related assets.
- Brainstorm and pitch article ideas to internal technical experts and executives on topics such as cybersecurity, observability, data management, and AI.
- Conduct thorough interviews with internal executives and external customers, often requiring preliminary research to ensure that interviews are thoughtful.
- Create engaging related campaign content for our digital channels (landing pages, email, newsletter) to promote and amplify the content our team produces.
- Uphold Splunk's unique tone and voice across many different bylined authors via a deep understanding of our brand.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in journalism, content marketing, communications, or similar writing-forward roles, with experience in the B2B technology space.
- Experience writing for cybersecurity, IT professionals, and executives, with a strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to turn complex topics into conversational stories.
- Ability to bridge diverging stakeholder perspectives and bring technical topics to life.
- Organized with attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines consistently.
- A genuine passion for storytelling with an excellent vocabulary, impeccable grammar, and style, with a penchant for cross-team collaboration.
- Strong conceptual thinker who understands how the written word and story can drive visuals created by our design team.
- Passion for learning and growth.
Benefits
- Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Numerous wellbeing offerings.
- Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday.
- Vacation time off accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for non-exempt new hires.
- Flexible Vacation Time Off policy for exempt new hires.
- Sick Time Off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually.
- Paid time away for critical or emergency issues.
- Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
