Content & Editorial Strategist

About the role: 

Join our fast growing beauty brand and become a fundamental member of our expanding team. We are looking for a savvy, passionate Content & Editorial Strategist  who is excited about brand storytelling, copywriting, sustainability, and beauty! The ideal candidate has a passion for language, brand voice, and clean beauty, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and shares our commitment to wellness in both our products and work life balance. Our mission is to create effective, results-driven skincare that is safe for the planet and humankind. 

This role is hybrid, with the expectation to work in-office 1-2 days per week at our Venice, California headquarters. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead editorial and content strategies that support product launches, integrated campaigns and key business objectives.
• Own and evolve OSEA's content strategy and brand voice across all owned channels, ensuring messaging is consistent, differentiated and aligned with the brand.
• Establish messaging frameworks, storytelling pillars and content strategies that guide execution across every customer touchpoint.
• Develop compelling copy for product launches, integrated campaigns, email, social, retail collateral, events and seasonal initiatives while creating scalable content systems that support cross-functional teams.
• Lead the editorial strategy for OSEAMalibu.com, creating engaging content that strengthens the customer experience, supports SEO and brings the brand to life through product pages, editorial features and long-form storytelling.
• Develop and manage the editorial calendar, aligning content priorities with campaign timelines, product launches, seasonal moments and business goals.
• Create content briefs, messaging hierarchies, editorial guidelines and channel-specific frameworks that enable consistent execution across Creative, E-Commerce, Social, Paid and Lifecycle Marketing.
• Partner closely with Creative, Brand Marketing, E-Commerce, Product Marketing, Education and Digital teams to shape integrated campaigns from a content-first perspective.
• Translate ingredient science, clinical results, sustainability initiatives and product innovation into clear, compelling consumer-facing messaging that educates and inspires.
• Use performance insights, SEO data, consumer behavior and competitive analysis to identify content opportunities, optimize existing content and inform future strategy.
• Monitor beauty, wellness, digital and cultural trends to evolve OSEA's storytelling, ensuring content remains relevant, distinctive and connected to the brand's point of view.
• Champion editorial excellence by maintaining brand voice standards, ensuring consistency across channels and continually evolving content best practices.

This job description is a summary of duties. It is by no means an all-inclusive list but is merely a broad guide of expected duties and is subject to change. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (oral, written, non-verbal, intuitive, psychic et al)
• Must be willing to use AI to optimize workflows and speed
• Experience in Figma
• 5+ years of copywriting experience, ideally with beauty, wellness, or lifestyle brands
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills with an impressive portfolio
• Proven ability to adapt voice and tone across platforms (digital, print, social, email, video scripts)
• Familiarity with SEO best practices and performance copywriting
• Strong project management skills; ability to prioritize in a deadline-driven environment
• Must reside in Los Angeles to be considered for this position with the expectation to work on Pacific Standard Time Zone (PST) 
• Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $80,000-$95,000 per year. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a few factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.