Key ResponsibilitiesEditorial strategy and content development
- Partner with editorial strategy leaders to develop and execute content agendas aligned with business priorities.
- Identify emerging trends, timely issues, and high-impact storytelling opportunities relevant to financial advisors.
- Shape narratives, content frameworks, and thought leadership platforms across priority topics.
- Translate research, data, and subject-matter expertise into audience-centered editorial concepts.
- Recommend content formats, distribution approaches, and editorial treatments that maximize audience value.
Reporting and subject matter expertise
- Conduct interviews with internal and external subject-matter experts, researchers, portfolio managers, executives, and financial advisors.
- Synthesize insights from interviews, proprietary research, industry reports, surveys, academic studies, and market developments.
- Develop a deep understanding of advisor needs, industry challenges, investment trends, and practice management opportunities.
- Ensure content reflects current industry developments and evolving advisor expectations.
Writing and editing
- Write and edit articles, research-based thought leadership, executive bylines, presentations, scripts, reports, web content, and other advisor-facing materials.
- Elevate content through rigorous editing, ensuring clarity, sophistication, consistency, and editorial excellence.
- Translate complex concepts into persuasive, engaging narratives without sacrificing accuracy or nuance.
- Ensure Vanguard's voice, perspective, and standards are consistently reflected across content.
Research and thought leadership
- Partner with research teams to identify opportunities for proprietary studies, surveys, benchmarks, and advisor-focused insights.
- Help shape research questions, storytelling approaches, and editorial implications of research findings.
- Develop narratives that turn research findings into compelling thought leadership.
- Identify opportunities to repurpose research across multiple channels and audiences.
Stakeholder partnership
- Build strong relationships with researchers, product teams, investment experts, practice management consultants, marketing partners, communications teams, and senior leaders.
- Facilitate productive content development and review processes across diverse stakeholders.
- Balance multiple priorities while maintaining high editorial standards and meeting deadlines.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on content quality, storytelling, and audience relevance.
What You Will Need- 8+ years of experience in editorial strategy, financial journalism, content development, thought leadership, financial communications, or related fields.
- Experience working in wealth management, asset management, or investment research.
- Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing, and storytelling skills.
- Proven ability to translate complex subject matter into compelling content for professional audiences.
- Experience working closely with senior stakeholders and subject-matter experts.
- Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify meaningful stories, trends, and opportunities.
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred
- Knowledge of wealth management and financial planning trends and the business of delivering financial advice, including a wide range of practice management topics
- Knowledge of markets, investment strategy and products, portfolio construction, and capital markets.
- Experience developing proprietary research, surveys, benchmarking studies, or research-driven thought leadership.
- Experience writing for executive audiences or external media-quality publications.
- Familiarity with advisor-facing content platforms, thought leadership programs, and integrated content ecosystems.
- Experience developing editorial governance, content planning, editorial calendar management, content rationalization, and enterprise alignment.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
