Funds and Investment Trust Writer

AJ Bell; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful investment platform in the UK is searching for a talented Funds and Investment Trust Writer to create engaging content for diverse platforms. You will be responsible for crafting articles, producing videos, and contributing to podcasts to educate and inspire our audience. The ideal candidate has experience in financial journalism and multi-media content creation, along with excellent communication skills. This role offers opportunities for hybrid working and a competitive salary along with attractive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

25 days holiday increasing to 31

Pension schemes with matched contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Health Cash Plan

Free gym membership

Training and development programmes

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a financial journalist in the funds and investment trust sector.
• Experience with multi-media formats: writing, videos, podcasts.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills with a keen eye for detail.

Responsibilities

• Research, write, and edit content for retail investors.
• Contribute articles to AJ Bell’s monthly publication.
• Appear in videos and podcasts as an expert.

Skills

Financial journalism

Multi-media content creation

Understanding of finance industry

Editing and proofreading

Strong communication

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Werelooking for a talented Funds and Investment Trust Writer to join our dynamic team and help us educate, inspire and engage our audience. The Funds and Investment Trust Writer key role is to write articles for the AJ Bell website, create video and audio content and contribute to events and webinars to help increase engagement with existing and prospective customers.

About the role

As a Funds and Investment Trust Writer you will play a pivotal role in crafting compelling, accurate and engaging content that aligns with our brand voice and supports our mission to simplify investing for everyone. You will collaborate with various teams including marketing, PR and product to create high‑quality content that resonates with our audience and drives user engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Research, write and edit a variety of content for retail investor audience on a range of topics but with a specific focus on funds, ETFs and investment trusts.
• Contribute to AJ Bell’s monthly digital publication Shares magazine.
• Appear on the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast as an expert and provide ideas for the investment trust and deep‑dive podcast series.
• Appear in videos for the AJ Bell website to create engaging and educational content for customers.
• Speak at webinars and live events on fund, ETF and investment trust topics to engage with AJ Bell customers.
• Convert PR content into articles for the AJ Bell website working with the website content team.
• Simplify complex investment concepts into easy‑to‑understand language for diverse audiences as well as understanding and writing more complex content for experienced investors.
• Optimise content for SEO to increase visibility and traffic.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, market developments and financial news to ensure timely and relevant content.
• Maintain and adhere to the brand’s tone style and content guidelines.
• Formulate new content ideas that are in line with AJ Bell’s business objectives.
• Analyse content performance metrics and use insights to refine strategies and improve engagement.
• Support and enable the business to deliver good outcomes for retail customers by helping achieve any regulatory requirements including consumer duty.

Competence Knowledge & Skills

• Proven experience as a financial journalist covering the funds, ETFs and investment trust space or in the asset management sector where a key part of your experience involves writing and presenting on funds, ETFs and investment trusts.
• Experience with multi‑media formats: writing videos, podcasts, in‑person presentations hosting or participating in webinars.
• Good understanding of the finance industry including pensions, ISAs, investing and personal finance.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to properly structure both long and short‑form content.
• Numerate and good with spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and experience using metric tools is desirable.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

About us

AJ Bell is one of the fastest‑growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award‑winning range of solutions that caters for everyone from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 620,000 customers using our award‑winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than 96.1 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments and by continuously striving to make investing easier we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018 AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol we now have over 1,450 employees and have been named one of the UK’s Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

What we offer

• Competitive starting salary
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days increasing up to 31 days with length of service plus a holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan provided by SimplyHealth
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Discounted nursery fees at Kids Planet on Exchange Quay
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Parking at Exchange Quay (subject to availability)
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent development programmes
• Peer recognition scheme with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working

At AJ Bell our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That’s why we offer a hybrid working model where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members an initial period will be full‑time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above or just want to know more about the company and the role we’d love to speak to you.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time

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Experience: years

Vacancy: 1