Investment Thought Leadership Editor

Referment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is seeking an associate to turn sophisticated hedge fund, portfolio, and market analysis into clear, client-ready content for institutional investors. You will work within a thought-leadership function, partnering with investor relations, communications, and research professionals.

This role rewards someone with investment fluency and strong editorial judgment, capable of shaping a developing portfolio-strategy content capability and supporting investor conversations over time.

Qualifications

• Two to five years of relevant experience producing alternative-investment or financial-markets content.
• A strong foundation in investment research, investor relations, product-specialist work, or another role requiring direct engagement with portfolio and market concepts.
• Excellent research, writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with evidence of producing polished work for a demanding external audience.
• Sound judgment, close attention to accuracy, and the ability to manage several priorities and review processes concurrently.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and the interpersonal skills to establish productive relationships across specialist teams.

Responsibilities

• Gather portfolio, strategy, performance, and market insights from investment, research, investor-relations, and communications stakeholders.
• Translate complex investment concepts into accurate, accessible, client-ready content without losing important analytical nuance.
• Develop and maintain strategy summaries, educational materials, and other evergreen resources used in investor discussions.
• Manage the drafting, review, and approval of longer-form work such as white papers, market analysis, presentations, and speaking materials.
• Respond to bespoke content needs while balancing recurring deliverables and longer-term projects.
• Help build practical workflows and supporting infrastructure so the function can handle a growing volume of work efficiently.

Skills

Investment concepts

Editorial judgment

Research writing

Stakeholder management

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Referment is seeking an associate to turn sophisticated hedge fund, portfolio, and market analysis into clear, client-ready content for institutional investors. You will work within a thought-leadership function, partnering with investor relations, communications, and research professionals.

This role rewards someone with investment fluency and strong editorial judgment, capable of shaping a developing portfolio-strategy content capability and supporting investor conversations over time.