Senior Financial Writer, SEO

What’s Interesting About This Role?

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Writer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of writing high-quality financial content that is optimized for search engines. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with a strong understanding of SEO, content strategy, and the ability to analyze and act on data from analytics tools. The Senior Financial Writer will be responsible for producing a high volume of content, promoting it through various channels, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure it grows our audience.

How Will You Make an Impact?

• Increase search rankings and traffic of GOBankingRates content via SEO best practices.
• Write and optimize an average of 20-25 pieces of top-tier financial content per week that cater to high-intent audiences by leveraging your knowledge of best practices in SEO, content optimization, and content strategy.
• Monitor and gather actionable takeaways from analytics tools to make editorial decisions.
• Work with the outreach team to ensure excellent content is promoted by sources, experts, and others with clear expertise and authority.
• Create posts in the content management system and update our tracking system with relevant information.
• Work with SEO specialists to ensure your content is properly optimized and meets user intent.
• Quickly handle updates and edits to content based on internal and client feedback.
• Share content across social sites and with interview sources and other high- profile contacts.
• Support the editorial team and collaborate with the wider content team when the need arises.

What Will You Bring to Us?

• At least 5 years of experience writing a minimum of 10 pieces (depending on content scope/word-count/etc.) per week in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.
• Expertise in SEO best practices, creating content with EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness), and recent industry trends driving those best practices.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellent writing skills and SEO proficiency.
• Proficient in using content management systems and analytics tools.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Goal-driven, both personally and for the team’s overall success, with a proven record of commitment and resilience in the workplace.
• Provable expertise in a particular area of personal finance is a major plus.

The salary range for this role is $80,000-$100,000 per year, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.