Audience Growth & Monetization Lead, Specialized Support Team

• Lead support delivery and partnerships for audience growth and monetization across portfolio organizations.
• Drive portfolio understanding of excellence in audience development and monetization through briefings, workshops, and coaching.
• Manage a network of specialist contractors and vendors, defining scopes of work and ensuring quality.
• Develop insights and learning experiences (accelerators, playbooks) to build core competencies.

This role helps rebuild local news in communities across the country, strengthening civic engagement and democracy by enabling sustainable, independent news organizations that serve the public.

• Senior leadership experience with direct ownership of audience growth and/or revenue in a newsroom or media organization.
• Demonstrated ability to design and lead effective support strategies for media organizations.
• Deep experience guiding complex expert-led projects, scoping ambiguous problems, and using data to iterate.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to translate complex concepts into actionable insights.

Competitive total compensation package in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Salary range: $175,239–192,763. Benefits include health insurance, retirement, and more (see benefits page). Fully remote, distributed team with a supportive culture.

The American Journalism Project (AJP) is a nonprofit that invests in and supports sustainable local news organizations across the US, aiming to rebuild local journalism to strengthen democracy and civic engagement.