Investment Writer

American Century Investments • Kansas City, MO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

American Century Investments is seeking an Investment Writer to produce actionable insights that help clients make better investment decisions and increase brand recognition for American Century. As part of the Investment Communications team, the Investment Writer will work closely with portfolio teams to create fund commentaries, website articles, and thought leadership. This role also partners with marketing and sales teams to distribute content globally. This position reports to the Director Investment Communications and is a hybrid role based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional writing experience.
• Bachelor of Arts degree, Journalism, or English preferred.
• Exceptional writing and data interpretation skills.
• Strong interest in economics, financial markets, investment concepts and the asset management industry.
• Motivated self-starter who takes initiative, conducts research, prioritizes, organizes, follows through and meets deadlines.
• Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft 365, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, AI Applications and SharePoint.
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual content strategy in partnership with investment, marketing and sales teams.
• Create diverse types of content — short-form digital articles, white papers and presentations— that can be used throughout the client journey.
• Ensure the content has a strong call to action that’s relevant to the target audience, which includes individual investors, financial advisors and institutional investors.
• Work with the editorial team to optimize content for search engines.
• Interact with the compliance team to ensure content contains fair and balanced information for making an investment decision and appropriate disclosures.
• Communicate the status of projects to stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
• Generous PTO
• Competitive benefits
• 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• Formal mentorship program
• Live and online learning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree