Editorial Lead

About Clay

Clay is a creative tool for growth. Our mission is to help businesses grow  — without huge investments in tooling or manual labor. We’re already helping over 100,000 people grow their business with Clay. From local pizza shops to enterprises like Anthropic and Notion, our tool lets you instantly translate any idea that you have for growing your company into reality. We’re looking for sharp, low-ego people to help us turn every business's creative ideas into a reality.  Check out our wall of love to learn more about the product.

Why is Clay the best place to work in New York?

• Customers love the product (100K+ users and growing)

• We’re growing a lot (10x YoY for the past two years) 

• Incredible culture (our customers keep applying to work here)

• In-person work (beautiful office space in Flatiron)

• Well-resourced (raised a Series B expansion in Winter 2024 from investors like Sequoia and Meritech)

We’re looking for a sharp, strategic editor to lead our GTM thought leadership content. In this role, you’ll craft creative essays that challenge conventional thinking in operations, marketing, sales, and customer success. Your writing will position Clay as a go-to source for novel GTM insights and be shared among GTM executives. 

What you’ll do

• Interview GTM leaders – Speak with executives to uncover unique insights and perspectives. Distill their raw thoughts into clear, engaging content while managing follow-ups with busy leaders and respecting their time.

• Write engaging, differentiated GTM essays – Use these interviews to create strategic and tactical essays that stand out in the GTM content ecosystem. Deep expertise in Clay isn’t required, but familiarity with the GTM landscape is essential. Expect to produce around three high-quality essays per week.

• Manage freelance writers – Scale content production by working with freelance writers, ensuring their work meets quality and consistency standards while staying on schedule. You will hire and retain our existing talent pool of freelance writers.

• Collaborate with GTM newsletters – Work directly with high-profile GTM newsletters, whether partnering with their editors or the newsletter owners themselves. Ensure that content published on partner newsletters aligns with their unique voice, tone, and audience expectations.

• Support additional content needs – While thought leadership essays will be your primary focus, you may also contribute to Clay’s newsletter, case studies, or other written content.

What You’ll Bring

• Portfolio of engaging GTM essays. You have an existing portfolio of engaging go-to-market essays that are creative, insightful, and stand out in a crowded space. 

• Writing is therapy. You love writing and editing. A perfect day is putting on headphones and writing without distractions – no meetings, Slacks, or emails. 

• Endless curiosity. You want to understand how someone thinks and what makes them tick. You love going deeper. You don’t stop at the surface. 

• Collaborative energy. You set a high editorial standard while making the editing process enjoyable and collaborative. Your thoughtful, empathetic feedback creates a space where writers and editors learn from each other and continuously improve.

• A fresh perspective. You aren’t regurgitating other GTM writing. You find a unique way to position your writing that stands out amongst the noise. 

Life @ Clay 

Based out of a central office on 19th Street in Manhattan's Flatiron District. We love the energy of in-person collaboration while also offering the flexibility to work from home when needed.

• Competitive salary and role trajectory: Roles, responsibilities, and comp grow as we do

• Health insurance: Fully funded, high quality health, dental & vision coverage (including 80-100% therapy coverage)

• Visa sponsorship: We get it - it's an arduous process, but we're not scared of it

• Paid time off: We expect team members to take at least 3 weeks fully-disconnected per year, with a flexible vacation policy beyond that

• Free lunch: Lunch is provided in office every day

• Parental leave & fertility support: IVF fertility benefits, egg freezing, and 4 months of paid parental leave

Learn more about Clay and what it’s like to work with us right here!