Investment Writer

Introduction

A leading Investment company is searching for an Investment Writer to join their team. The Investment/Financial Writer will work closely and collaboratively with the Chief Investment Officer, Fund and Equity analysts as well as the Marketing department in the creation of investment-based communications and marketing collateral. The candidate will be an active and participative member of the marketing team and may be required to work irregular hours and deal with the pressure associated with meeting deadlines.

 

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Content generation, editing and copywriting
  • Proofreading and editing daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly communications
  • Creation and editing of brochure ware as required and briefed by the respective business units
  • Assist in managing the CIO’s social media and public relations strategy and schedule.
  • Collaborate in identifying newsworthy content and writing/editing of the copy for various macroeconomic, investment management, equity related and geopolitical content requirements.
  • Assist in project management of communications from brief to distribution.
  • Knowledge and experience of CMS systems (similar to Umbraco), as well as communication distribution systems similar to SendGrid, social media channels, WhatsApp
  • Monitoring media across all channels to stay abreast of economic and market news
  • Actively scanning the competitor landscape and improve on current processes and content ideas.
  • Internal Communications: Assist in managing, creating, editing and proofreading various internal communication requirements.

 

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum requirements:

  • BCom Degree (Marketing related qualification, Financial Journalism qualification or similar)
  • A minimum of 4 years’ experience within a similar role with a passion for writing and creating content in various formats.
  • An understanding and passion for the fund management/financial markets/macroeconomics would be advantageous
  • Basic html knowledge advantageous
  • Ability to generate content across multiple channels
  • Ability to grasp financial and market concepts and when required generate content in plain language that is accurate, data-driven and confirms to the company writing style and tone.
  • Proofreading skills with strong attention to detail

 

Please consider your applicaiton as unsuccessful should you not have had a response within 14 Days

Interested?

Talent Match Consulting

Ilan I
P.O. Box 2646, North Riding
2169 Gauteng
https://talentmatchconsulting.co.za/

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