Investment Writer and Content Creator
Location: Greenwich, CT (onsite 4 days a week)
Reports to: Head of Investor Relations
Compensation: $110-150K base (DOE) plus bonus and excellent benefits package
Global RIA is seeking an Investment Writer and Content Creator to serve as a principal author and editor of the firm’s investment thought leadership. This role sits at the intersection of investment expertise, thought leadership, media positioning, and digital storytelling, with a mandate to elevate the firm’s brand visibility and amplify its presence across investor, media, and digital channels.
The Investment Writer and Content Creator will translate complex investment strategies—particularly across emerging markets credit, alternatives, and multi-asset solutions—into clear, compelling narratives for institutional investors, consultants, and the broader financial community. In addition to producing high-impact written content, this individual will help extend the firm’s reach by supporting media engagement and strengthening the profiles of the firm and its senior investment professionals.
This is a high-impact, highly visible role requiring deep capital markets knowledge, editorial excellence, and the executive presence to work closely with senior investment professionals and firm leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Investment Writing and Thought Leadership
- Serve as a primary investment writer for the firm’s thought leadership, including market outlooks, strategy pieces, white papers, commentaries, and other investor communications
- Proactively translate complex macroeconomic, credit, and portfolio insights—including fragmented thoughts, comments, and short notes from senior investment management—into clear, client-focused narratives and well-written, shareable content for institutional and intermediary audiences.
- Proactively identify timely investment themes driven by market events, portfolio activity, and proprietary research
- Customize content for distinct audiences, including institutional investors, consultants, and prospective clients
- Lead the end-to-end editorial process from idea generation and interviews through drafting, editing, and publication
- Develop deep expertise in the firm’s key quantitative and qualitative data, becoming a subject matter expert who is comfortable using this information to write about and speak on the firm in a clear, informed, and credible manner
Brand Visibility and Media Amplification
- Support efforts to elevate the firm’s brand visibility by developing investment content suitable for external media, public distribution, and earned coverage
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to amplify the firm’s media presence, including background materials, op-eds, bylined articles, and timely “quick takes” for major financial publications
- Help position the firm and its senior investment professionals as trusted voices in emerging and global markets, ensuring written materials are media-ready and aligned with firm messaging
- Curate multimedia content (podcasts, videos, and data visualizations) to scale content distribution and engagement
- Partner with senior investment professionals to help strengthen their individual profiles, ensuring thought leadership content is accessible, timely, and aligned with the firm’s broader narrative
Content Strategy and Publishing
- Support the firm’s editorial calendar, aligning content with fundraising priorities, product launches, and market moments
- Contribute to a newsroom-style publishing model that enables timely, scalable, and globally consistent messaging
- Collaborate with marketing, IR, and other teams to publish content across channels, including web, newsletters, presentations, and social platforms
- Use engagement data and feedback to refine content strategy and improve impact over time
Collaboration, Compliance and Governance
- Coordinate closely with compliance and legal teams to ensure all content meets regulatory and brand standards
- Support senior leadership in preparing written materials for external engagements, conferences, and media opportunities
Qualifications and Experience
- 5+ years of experience in investment writing, editorial, or financial content roles within asset management, financial publishing, or financial services
- Deep understanding of capital markets, with strong expertise in credit, fixed income, and alternative investments; emerging markets experience is additive
- Demonstrated ability to interview senior investment professionals and translate complex ideas into compelling written insights
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills with a strong portfolio of published investment or thought leadership content
- Ability to analyze data, extract insights, and present insights visually and narratively in ways that resonate with diverse audiences and drive engagement
- Executive presence and credibility to work directly with senior portfolio managers and firm leadership
- Experience producing content across multiple formats and channels (long-form research, commentary, presentations, digital, and social)
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to provide guidance and constructive feedback
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
- Meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and intellectual rigor
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Finance, Economics, Communications, English, or a related field