[Hiring] Market Commentary Writer @Wealthfront

Role Description

Wealthfront is looking for an experienced financial writer and editor to support our growing market commentary vertical and newsletter, Vested Interest. The goal of this growing vertical is to empower digital natives to make informed financial decisions through timely, unique content that connects the prevailing macroeconomic news with their personal finance goals.

This role will be responsible for ideating and writing engaging, sharable stories for the Vested Interest newsletter. This will include creating a mixture of short and long-form content in both written and video formats, as well as translating topics into social media content. To support Wealthfront’s editorial strategy, this role will help build and manage a team of experienced content creators, and will work closely with multiple teams across the company including Social Media, Editorial, Investment Research, Creative, Compliance, and more.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market and macroeconomic news daily and generate high-quality, timely content ideas for the Vested Interest newsletter (and potentially other platforms including social media, short- and long-form video, and audio) that help young professionals navigate market trends and build their financial confidence.
• Help build and manage a team of freelancers to bring these ideas to life across different platforms, with a focus on developing unique content that delivers value to Wealthfront’s audience.
• Partner with Lifecycle, Social Media and Creative teams to distribute content to clients and prospects across our channels.
• Evaluate new content formats and distribution channels and make recommendations on which to pursue.
• Partner with internal teams to measure the impact of content and develop strategies to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience writing and editing timely and engaging financial market and macroeconomic stories at top-tier news outlets.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing a variety of timely financial content, from newsletters to video scripts to social media posts, and more.
• Familiarity with investing and personal finance strategies, macroeconomic data, and how overarching financial trends impact young professionals.
• Storytelling creativity and expertise in translating financial news and data into unique, digestible content.
• Experience developing and/or producing video and audio content is preferred, but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Requirements

• This will be a 6-month, full-time temporary role, with the opportunity to transition to a permanent position at the end of the 6-month period.
• Estimated annual salary range: $160,000 - $180,000 USD.
• This position is not eligible to receive equity or bonus compensation during the initial 6-month period.

Company Description

Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.

• A Cash Account that, through our partner banks, offers one of the highest annual percentage yields on uninvested cash in the industry, while providing instant and secure access to your money with no account fees and a full suite of checking features.
• A zero-commission Stock Investing Account with 50+ handpicked collections that help DIY investors discover new companies and make smarter investing decisions.
• Multiple automated investing portfolios designed to unlock tax savings through sophisticated strategies like fixed income, tax-loss harvesting, and direct indexing—which we offer at industry-leading low costs and accessible minimums.

Our award-winning products have attracted over 1 million clients who trust us with more than $90 billion of their hard earned savings—and we're far from done. If you’re inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let’s talk!