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Financial Writer and Marketing Specialist
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Overview
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Hiring Company:
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Capital Group Companies
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Location:
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Los Angeles, CA
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Job Type:
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Full Time
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Company Sector:
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Asset Management, Wealth Management
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Years of Experience:
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5+ to 7 years
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Posted:
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9/1/2010
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Job Description
Capital Group Private Client Services was founded specifically to serve the unique needs of wealthy individuals, their families and foundations and provides world-class investment management expertise on a personal scale.
The Financial Writer is responsible for the following contributions:
- Under the direction of the senior marketing manager, formulate, write and edit a variety of articles and marketing pieces on a range of investment and financial planning topics
- Create a broad array of materials including brochures, thought pieces, white papers, presentations, e-mail communications, letters, investment commentaries, website content, webinars, video/audio scripts, talking points, fact sheets and position papers
- Cultivate in-depth expertise of the firm's philosophy and process, investment counselor needs and industry trends to create effective marketing materials
- Gather relevant information, conduct interviews with thought leaders, perform necessary independent research, and act as the department's primary writer and presentation developer
- Take on multiple assignments of varying scope and impact simultaneously
- Manage pieces through a vigorous and important internal editorial, content and compliance review
- Oversee content updates of existing materials, including scheduling, routing, editing, proofing and maintaining appropriate inventory levels
- Gauge effectiveness and timeliness of marketing materials and make recommendations for improvement
- Maintain strong relationships and provide marketing support to internal business partners
- Assist with the production of videos and webinars, including photography and editing
- Liaison with other writers and marketing specialists throughout the firm to gather ideas, materials and best practices
- Explore new applications for networking and messaging
- Take part in weekly communications team strategic meetings
- Adapt written materials from others divisions of the firm for our target audiences
- Take on other non-writing-related marketing assignments as needed
What are we looking for?
- Five or more years of professional writing and presentation development experience, ideally as a financial journalist or financial services professional. Communications professionals with strong writing and presentation development backgrounds will also be considered.
- Proven experience writing about the equity and fixed-income markets, financial planning and general economic topics
- A portfolio of marketing and editorial content that exemplifies superb writing skills and an ability to develop creative solutions
- Strong knowledge and experience with print, web, email and multimedia marketing
- Excellent project management and organizational abilities
- Understanding of financial markets, mutual funds and the financial services industry
- Experience marketing financial services, especially to a high net worth audience preferred
- Self-starter who can work independently with little or minimal supervision
- Able to manage multiple projects at one time
- Knowledge of office applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Undergraduate degree and advanced degree strongly preferred
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Company Description
We're The Capital Group Companies, a 78-year-old investment management company that prides itself on creating an environment in which our associates feel they can succeed and be valued for their contributions. We're the home of American Funds, one of the three largest mutual fund families in the United States. The benefits of working at Capital include interesting work, exceptional colleagues, a comfortable workplace, competitive salaries and bonuses, and health and life benefits from day one.
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