Content Producer, Audience Engagement

Morningstar • Chicago, IL

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Morningstar’s editorial team helps investors make informed decisions through independent research and accessible investing insights. The Content Producer, Audience Engagement will create and adapt investing coverage for individual investors and financial advisors across platforms including Morningstar.com, newsletters, social media, video, Apple News, and emerging editorial formats. This hands-on role calls for strong editorial judgment, visual creativity, and an understanding of digital audiences. The producer will identify compelling ideas in stories and investing concepts, then develop them in formats suited to each audience, such as social graphics, video scripts, newsletter content, and visual storytelling projects.

The role is part of the Audience Engagement team within Editorial and collaborates with editors, writers, designers, video producers, research analysts, and Morningstar’s corporate social media team. The position is based in Morningstar’s Chicago office, with a hybrid schedule of four days onsite and one day remote each week.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in digital journalism, editorial content, social media, audience development, content marketing, or a related field.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, including the ability to make complex ideas approachable.
• Demonstrated experience creating content for multiple digital formats, such as social posts, graphics, newsletters, or social media video.
• Strong visual instincts and experience using Canva or a comparable design platform.
• Experience developing short-form video content and appearing on camera.
• Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify an interesting, useful, or surprising angle within a larger story.
• Ability to use performance data from platforms such as Parse.ly, Sprinklr, and Google Analytics to make content decisions and report performance to stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in investing, markets, and personal finance.
• Collaborative working style and experience partnering with writers, editors, designers, and other creative colleagues.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and balance daily production with longer-term creative projects.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong cross-platform content creation, including visual, social, newsletter, and/or on-camera video work; applicants should submit a portfolio or reel link.

Nice To Haves

• Previous financial journalism or investing-content experience is strongly preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop social media graphics, carousels, charts, and other visual storytelling formats using Canva and Morningstar’s design systems.
• Collaborate with designers on more elaborate graphics, templates, and visual storytelling projects.
• Write concise, engaging scripts for short-form social and editorial videos.
• Appear in videos when appropriate to explain investing news and concepts accessibly.
• Identify stories, data points, charts, and investing concepts suited to visual, social, video, or newsletter treatment.
• Translate complex financial topics into content that is clear, accurate, useful, and engaging for individual investors.
• Help manage Morningstar’s editorial presence across key social platforms, including planning, publishing, and optimizing content for each audience.
• Write and edit newsletter introductions and other original newsletter content about important investing stories.
• Develop ideas for recurring franchises, video concepts, visual explainers, newsletter features, and platform-specific storytelling formats.
• Use audience data and platform insights to evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and improve future content.
• Maintain editorial independence, accuracy, voice, and visual consistency across formats.
• Collaborate with Morningstar’s corporate social media team on content for owned corporate channels.

Benefits

• 100% 401(k) match up to 6% of salary.
• Stock ownership potential.
• Company-provided life insurance equal to 1x salary plus commission.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, with potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions of up to $500–$2,000 annually for specific plans and coverages.
• Additional medical wellness incentives of up to $300–$600 annually.
• Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance.
• Trust-based time off.
• Six-week paid sabbatical program.
• Six-week paid family caregiving leave.
• Paid parental leave of 8–24 weeks.
• Adoption assistance.
• Leadership coaching and formal mentorship opportunities.
• Annual flex stipend of $1,000 for personal education and well-being expenses.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Charitable matching gifts program.
• Dollars for Doers volunteer program.
• Paid volunteering days.
• 15+ employee resource and affinity groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed