Writer/Editor

About SmartAsset:

SmartAsset is on a mission to help people get better financial advice. Our vision is to be the web’s go-to resource for financial advice powering the largest marketplace connecting consumers with financial advisors and financial products.

We have raised $110 Million in Series D Funding bringing our valuation to over $1 Billion to further fuel SmartAsset’s continued growth of its market defining SmartAdvisor platform. Today SmartAsset reaches more than 100 million people each month through its personal finance content custom tools and personalized calculators. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020.

SmartAsset has been featured in hundreds of publications including the Wall Street Journal CNN TechCrunch The New York Times CNBC FOX Business The Washington Post U.S. News World Report TIME Reuters Businessweek and Barron’s.

About the Team:

SmartAsset’s Editorial Team is an agile group of writers editors and data journalists with a shared goal of demystifying complex personal finance topics and empowering readers to make better financial decisions. We do this through comprehensive explainer articles financial news coverage newsletters data-driven studies and columns addressing common financial questions and problems.

About the Job:

SmartAsset is looking for someone with strong writing and editing skills to join our team and help create high-quality personal finance content. The ideal candidate has exceptional writing and editing skills; has produced content for a digital audience with a focus on SEO; has a working knowledge of personal finance; can work within the context of a small team; has the ability to use data and other information to make sound editorial decisions; and can build comprehensive and helpful articles.

Responsibilities:

• Writing and editing informative SEO-optimized articles on a wide range of personal finance topics such as retirement estate planning financial advisors taxes investing and more

• Contributing directly to our marketing newsletter content campaign

• Editing and updating existing articles for accuracy completeness and SEO best practices

• Managing various SEO update projects

Skills / Experience You Have:

• 2+ years working in SEO writing and editing

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Journalism Media Communications English Economics or Finance

• Outstanding writing editing and research skills

• Strong understanding of SEO fundamentals

• Strong communication and collaboration skills within a fast-paced environment

• An eye for identifying and delivering valuable and actionable information to readers

Skills / Experience Preferred:

• Capable of conceiving executing and managing projects with minimal oversight

• Experience writing in multiple content styles and formats including specifically using data methodologies and other facts and figures

• Knowledge of general financial planning or the financial advisor industry

Available Benefits and Perks:

• All roles at SmartAsset are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere in the US.

• Medical Dental Vision - multiple packages available based on your individualized needs

• Life/AD&D Insurance - basic coverage at 100% company paid additional supplemental available

• Short-term and Long-term Disability

• FSA: Medical and Dependant Care

• 401K

• Equity packages for each role

• Time Off:  PTO 3 Month Paid Parental Leave  Secondary Caregiver Leave

• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

• Employee Resource Groups supporting our underrepresented communities

• Pet Insurance

• Home Office Stipend

SmartAsset is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please contact us at [email protected] .

California Colorado Connecticut Maryland Nevada Rhode Island Washington and New York City residents* Minimum Salary of $41400 - 84K  +  equity + benefits.

Salary at SmartAsset is determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills experience and geographic location within the contiguous United States