Writer/Editor

Marsh McLennan • Urbandale, IA

58d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Voluntary Benefits Marketing and Communications team at Mercer. In this role, you will support diverse audiences — including internal and external clients — by developing, reviewing, and editing customized communication materials ranging from sales and marketing content to employee-facing communications. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. What you can expect: Collaborate with the team and key stakeholders to create consistent, engaging, and informative content that enhances campaign performance and aligns communication efforts. Maintain strong relationships with business partners to gather information and support internal communications such as employee engagement, leadership announcements, and solution launches. Develop end-to-end campaign assets and communications — including emails, intranet content, videos, presentations, and targeted messages — ensuring high quality, brand alignment, timely delivery, and multi-channel distribution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Writing, Marketing, or a related field.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience.
• Mastery of AP style and ability to apply product-specific style exceptions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with expert knowledge of English grammar, superior editing and writing skills.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience or familiarity with health and voluntary benefits.
• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent listening and communication skills, including the ability to explain editorial changes, discuss compromises, and maintain consistency across different writing styles.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, and demanding environment, managing multiple competing priorities with tight deadlines.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and accurate.
• Open, honest, and direct in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with the ability to absorb and act on candid input effectively.
• Flexible, hard-working, results-driven, and able to work independently or collaboratively within a matrixed structure.

Responsibilities

• Effectively synthesize information or data to craft clear and concise narratives that support project objectives
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proactively anticipate stakeholders' needs with strong attention to detail on every project and deliverable
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks

Benefits

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees