VP Content Marketing

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.
Job Summary
We are looking for the next VP Content Marketing to provide overall direction and leadership for the Associations' Content Marketing strategy and programming. Lead the implementation of collaborative efforts to differentiate our Associations with industry-specific insights and expertise. Emphasis on developing dynamic, customized content to customers via technology platforms. Collaborates closely with VP, Product and Brand Marketing, VP, Digital Marketing, VP, Marketing Enablement and Terrain leads to deliver integrated, impactful content marketing plans.
Customer Marketing Vision & Strategy

Responsible for creating a comprehensive vision and strategy for content marketing across the Associations.
Primary liaison and lead for Terrain across the Associations.
Develop and manage a multi-channel content editorial calendar to define and deliver content to be consumed by customers, prospects, teammates and the market at large.
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of customer behavioral trends and teammate selling process, with a large emphasis on client engagement at all phases of the buyer process.

Content Creation, Editing & Optimization

Oversee writing, editing and developing content for digital marketing campaigns, customer education needs, blog articles, newsletters/magazines, eBooks and white papers.
Build and leverage relationships with subject matter experts to amplify and boost content efforts.
Oversee optimization of content for search engines and social media to increase visibility and engagement.
Provide editorial capabilities as needed, considering setting up an editorial review process for complex content needs
Guide development of best practices to audit, evaluate and curate content.
Drive department center of excellence on use of AI to accelerate content generation effort.

Content Distribution & Performance Analysis

Distribute content and repurpose it across different channels and platforms.
Demonstrate channel and platform expertise, identifying best practices for all content mediums (i.e. podcasts, webinars, newsletters, etc.)
Identify key metrics to track and analyze to identify areas for improvement.

Travel Time

Travel during the day - 20%
Travel overnight - 10%

Education Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Business or Information Systems preferred.

Years of Experience

6+ years of experience in agriculture lending or agriculture sales and marketing with emphasis in technology, adult education or information technology systems.
2+ years of leadership experience.

Why Us:
For qualifying positions, we provide a competitive benefits package designed to support health and well-being, financial security, and work-life balance:

Retirement Plans: 401(k)
Paid Time Off: Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave
Additional Benefits: Life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), wellness programs, tuition assistance, and short-term incentive pay

About Us:
AgCountry has 43 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serving rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today's agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.
AgCountry Farm Credit Services, ACA, Farm Credit Services of America, ACA, and Frontier Farm Credit, ACA are Equal Employment Opportunity employers, and they comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.

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