Associate Investment Writer BlackRock Investment Institute (BII)

About this role

Joining BlackRock means becoming a part of a community of smart and curious people who are tackling some of the world’s most complex financial challenges. And our founder-led culture has maintained its entrepreneurial feel — we work hard we work fast and we work with purpose.

What team will you be on?

The BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) team is at the heart of BlackRock's investment debate and portfolio construction. BII provides a platform for BlackRock’s portfolio managers to debate timely topics affecting markets – and disseminates actionable conclusions through internal summaries and client publications. This nimble global team has outsized impact on BlackRock’s performance commercial success and brand.

Are you passionate about financial markets? Do you enjoy turning a views data and facts into concise and engaging publications? Are you ready to learn something new every day and leverage LLMs to help reshape our workflow? If so this is the role for you. We are looking for an ace financial writer and storyteller to join our publishing team in New York to produce high-quality thought leadership across media platforms.

Why is your role important?

The New York-based investment writer spearheads BII’s flagship Global Weekly Commentary. The position is responsible for producing investment insights for BlackRock clients and portfolio managers across media. It’s part of the global BII publishing team and supports BII’s array of other publications and digital tools.

Responsibilities:

• Being a lead writer of BII’s Global Weekly Commentary

• Collaborating with BII’s investment strategy macro and portfolio construction teams to create content

• Harnessing AI to improve transform editorial and production processes while maintaining writing quality and accuracy

• Partnering with Digital Marketing to produce social and digital content to magnify BII’s impact.

• Working with compliance and public policy teams to produce BII publications

• Collaborating with Marketing and Communications teams to further BlackRock’s thought leadership

• Interacting with senior BlackRock portfolio managers to summarize views and put together investment insights

Qualifications:

• Superb writing editing and storytelling abilities

• Knowledge of and passion for economics and global financial markets

• A self-starter with loads of creativity team spirit versatility and persistence

• Ability to work very quickly deliver on or before deadline and go the extra mile

• Work experience of at least 5 years with a preference for real-time financial journalism. We will consider candidates with more experience.  

• Intense attention to accuracy detail and consistency

• Intellectual curiosity

• Adept at working with AI tools data mining and using Excel to create graphics

Our benefits
To help you stay energized engaged and inspired we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan tuition reimbursement comprehensive healthcare support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients and the people they serve are saving for retirement paying for their children’s educations buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed valued and supported with networks benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race creed color national origin sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression) sexual orientation age ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religion citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

What We Do

As the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals including firefighters nurses teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven focused on clients and risk management and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions simplify complexity and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning wealth building or navigating market shifts we’re here to help clients invest more easily more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com

Why Work With Us

Without our people technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees clients shareholders and society alike.

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