Senior Content Marketing Manager

Volleyball World is driving growth, innovation and investment in volleyball around the globe.

Volleyball is the fourth most popular sport globally, with more than 800 million fans and high participation across the world.

We offer an open, dynamic, and challenging environment where volleyball takes center stage. Our Lausanne lakeside office is evolving into a vibrant international hub, bringing together a talented team dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for volleyball fans around the globe.

At Volleyball World, we foster an active and collaborative atmosphere where everyone is encouraged to strive for excellence and reach their full potential. Here, your work matters, and you’ll be part of a team that includes some of the best in their respective fields.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to fairness and inclusiveness ensures that decisions around recruitment, development, and retention are free of discrimination and promote a positive, diverse work environment.

We are actively seeking a

to serve as the editorial and strategic spine of Volleyball World's Content Factory for Indoor & Beach Volleyball. This role owns the content marketing vision end-to-end: from narrative planning and editorial governance to campaign execution and third-party content amplification.

The Senior Content Marketing Manager sits at the intersection of editorial direction, production oversight, athlete storytelling, partner marketing and influencer marketing. They work in close coordination with the production orchestration function, the athlete strategy function, and the broader commercial and marketing teams to ensure that content output is coherent, high-quality, and aligned with the company's commercial and brand priorities.

This role has functional leadership across a global network of community managers, agencies and content partners, and is supported by a Content Planning Specialist.

This role requires up to 25% international travel to support Volleyball World events, meetings and other business activities.

The Senior Content Marketing Manager owns the editorial strategy that drives content production to deliver audience, brand and commercial impact.

• Defines and owns the global editorial calendar across all Volleyball World platforms, competitions, and campaigns
• Sets narrative priorities: key rivalries, athlete storylines, competition arcs, and culturally relevant moments to amplify globally
• Translates business and commercial objectives into content themes, content hierarchies, and storytelling mandates that deliver high levels of fan engagement and business impact
• Provides editorial direction to community managers, content creators, and the production team through structured briefs, narrative frameworks, and performance reviews
• Identifies emerging story opportunities in real time during competition periods and makes editorial decisions under time pressure
• Builds and maintains a volleyball knowledge base (players, domestic leagues, national team dynamics, fan culture by market) that informs content prioritization across all formats

• Leads the governance and operational framework of the Content Factory
• Oversees the implementation of brand and storytelling standards across markets and agencies
• Ensures global markets and partners receive timely, high-quality assets aligned with brand priorities
• Maintains oversight of content access permissions and distribution channels across platforms and agencies
• Develops, manages, and monitors the Content Factory operational budget in line with company objectives.
• Builds and maintains an operational…