Thought leadership content specialist (EMEA Shift)

Key Responsibilities

• Researching, writing, and self-editing content for ION s high-impact content for various formats. (Key focus areas: asset management, cleared derivatives, equities, foreign exchange, fixed income, and secured funding).
• Translating complex material and industry jargon into linear, engaging content.
• Liaising with external and internal contributors and SMEs to produce high-quality assignments, incorporating relevant feedback.
• Ensuring the type of content and writing style is appropriate for the format and the target audience.
• Ensuring consistency and compliance with the ION tone of voice and messaging across all content, verifying accuracy, relevance, quality, and purpose.
• Ensuring that the content aligns with ION s brand positioning and editorial standards.
• Contributing actively to content planning and strategy, supporting our content strategist.
• Collaborating with multiple teams in Impact (for example, marketing operations, brand and design, social media) to see all content through from ideation to execution. This includes ensuring all necessary stakeholders review and approve the content and finished product.
• Working to develop your content skills independently and through our internal continuing education offerings.


Other duties
• We might ask you to perform other tasks and duties as required.

Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Required
• Bachelor s or post-graduate degree in English, marketing, communications, media, journalism, or equivalent experience.
• 5-10 years experience as a professional writer or journalist, producing high-impact content for various communication channels and audiences (preferably in an agency, technology OR newsroom environment). This would include originating or editing content, as appropriate.
• Experience in the financial industry or financial technology for the capital markets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong editorial skills, and attention to detail, contributing to impactful communications.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, handling multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Able to work both individually and in a collaborative, team-based environment.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-oriented environment.
• A problem solver with sound critical thinking skills, use personal and professional initiative when delivering editorial projects.
• Comfortable and confident in collaborating with SMEs, including interviewing senior stakeholders.
• Flexibility and willingness to help and support colleagues on tasks.
• Experience in managing and developing diverse teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).


Preferred
• Applicants who provide relevant writing samples will be preferred.
• Understanding of B2B marketing.

About us:

We re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. More than 40% of the world s largest companies use our solutions. Founded in 1999, we ve grown tremendously by bringing together some of the world s best and most successful financial technology companies.

At ION, we offer careers that provide many opportunities: To invent. To design. To collaborate. To build. To transform businesses and empower people worldwide to do more, faster, and better than before. Imagine what you can do and experience. This is where you can do your best work.

Learn more at iongroup.com .