3 Content Strategy jobs in Bahrain

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are looking for an outstanding content marketing team manager to lead our content efforts and manage a team of brilliant writers and content strategists. Canonical has a robust portfolio of open source products and offers support for a wide range of open source technologies. This role is for someone who cares deeply about narrative quality and wants to elevate our brand positioning. It requires process discipline and creative smarts, leadership skills and performance-driven strategy to ensure our content aligns with our business objectives.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They would love to gain experience optimizing content processes, coaching others on their narrative skills and building brand authority. They enjoy learning and improving themselves, the team and the organization. They problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier. To succeed in this role, the candidate must be metrics-driven, highly organized and skilled at team development, capacity planning and cross-functional collaboration.

This role reports to the Director of Communications.

Location: This role is home based in the EMEA region.

What your day will look like

• Develop and execute a content marketing strategy that aligns with our business goals, SEO and brand.
• Manage our content calendar end to end, ensuring content is efficiently produced with minimum friction and process clarity.
• Ensure content quality, consistency and brand alignment in everything we produce.
• Collaborate with our web and growth engineering teams to optimize content for search engines, building on proven SEO expertise.
• Supervise quarterly content planning sessions and work closely with content specialists, product management and marketing to optimize content plans.
• Monitor and report on KPIs for our content program and use analytics tools to identify improvement opportunities.
• Align messaging to ensure integrated campaign support across channels, working closely with our marketing, product and brand teams.
  
  

• At least 5 years of work experience in content or related roles, preferably at technology companies, with 2+ years of experience as a manager or team lead.
• Proven experience creating authoritative and engaging content. Portfolio of written work required.
• Applied knowledge of SEO, experience with SEO tools and SEO-driven content calendars.
• Excellent project management and interpersonal skills with the ability to create highly efficient processes for content production and reuse.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or a relevant discipline.
• Someone who is passionate about technology and open source.
• A problem solver: you don't shy away from taking on challenges and see projects through to completion.
• Attention to detail and appreciation for standards: you value quality and accuracy but can adapt quickly when the need arises.
  
  

Job Title: Assistant Professor in Content creation & management for digital platforms.

Department: Mass Communication and Public Relations

Program: Master's degree in Mass Communication

College: Administrative and Financial Science

Introduction: The Master of Media program at the Gulf University is designed to develop the media competencies for students; who wish to keep abreast of the remarkable developments in specialized media studies, public opinion measurements, local and international media management, and linking them to the local community. By developing their knowledge in the fields of media and developing research methods and their skills. It also targets students with some prior experience in the media.

• Expected Qualifications:
• PhD degree in Content creation & management for digital platforms.
• Membership of a Media and Mass communication professional body is desirable.
• A TOT Professional certificate from Adobe is desirable.
• Expected Experience:
• A minimum of three years’ experience of teaching different courses in Content creation & management for digital platforms (in the specialization and other related courses).
• A minimum of two years of relevant industrial experience in the field of specialization.
• Experience in developing course specifications as per the National Qualification Framework and international accreditation standards.
• Experience in utilizing different software relevant to the Media specialization.
• Required Skills:
• Ability to create and maintain effective work relationships with staff.
• Ability to develop teaching curriculum and manage quality enhancement in the higher education environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solid research experience in the field of specialization.
• Ability to teach both in Arabic and English language.
• Rules and Responsibilities:
• Teaching and learning: must be able to deliver classes for different levels of the program's specialization domains.
• Contribute to different committees at college and university levels that support the achievement of the program mission.
• Research engagement: must be engaged in different research and scholarly activities related to the specialization field.
• Community engagement: contributes to different community engagement activities organized by the college and university.
• Documents needed:
• Application Form.
• Copy of earned credential (BSc, Master, and PhD).
• Current Curriculum Vitae.
• Cover letter.
• Teaching, learning, and research philosophy.
• Three referees' contact information (email as well their telephone numbers).
• Any additional documentation that you feel is relevant to your application.