Job Details
Job Overview
The assistant managing editor (AME) is focused on editorial content at the product level. The AME understands the audience, the features and benefits of the publication, and the strategy and the voice of the analyst. The successful candidate should be able to harvest the financial insights of the analyst/guru and leverage those insights inside an established product, in a way that creates high-concept content with a point of view. Ideally, that content would then help develop ideas that can lead to promotional campaigns. We re looking for someone who is able and excited to grow and develop as the product does.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Edit investment advisories in a way that strengthens arguments, streamlines financial insights, and uses storytelling from our writers to produce compelling and engaging content.
- Help create new features for publications, which can include but are not limited to: written guides, e-books, videos, podcasts, and more.
- Manage and maintain model portfolios for investment advisories.
- Upload editorial content to public-facing websites via WordPress.
- Proofread, fact check, and scrutinize every detail of everything we publish.
- Update special reports, repackage content, and make our biggest ideas shine.
- Collaborate with editorial and production teams to create a consistent look and messaging that builds the brand.
- Develop expertise on key tenets of investing.
- Keep up with current market trends through independent research on relevant and reliable sources within the investment industry.
- Partner on additional strategic projects within the editorial and production teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English or related field
- 2-4 years of experience on an editorial team preferably in the financial-publishing/newsletter business
- Exceptional demonstrated grammar and writing skills
- Ability to work independently and complete tasks and assignments with little supervision
- Extremely sharp eye for detail
- High level of self-direction and a strong work ethic
- Knowledge of options market a plus
- Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to execute under tight production deadlines as determined by editorial schedule
- Ability to adapt to company-specific style preferences, tasks, and workflow processes
About Alta
Alta brings together world-class Wealth Tech with the insights of investing legends to enrich and educate investors. Publishers TradeSmith and InvestorPlace have teamed up to bring advanced market insights and user-friendly tools to create lasting wealth for th eir readers.
For 40 years, InvestorPlace has published detailed market research and recommendations for self-directed investors, financial advisors, and money managers. TradeSmith began as a humble system meant to track portfolios using trailing stops. Almost 20 years later, TradeSmith has evolved into a powerful suite of Wealth Tech tools to limit risk and maximize upside with their ground-breaking analytics. Together, they formed Alta to provide the best of expert analysis with breakthrough technology to level the playing field for the everyday investor.
The work of our analysts has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, Time, MarketWatch, Barron s and USA Today. Inside our company s DNA, you ll find a relentless focus on respectfulness, hustle, ingenuity, adaptability, clear communication, data analytics, open mindedness, and creativity.
Our Commitment
As an employer committed to equal opportunity and a diverse workforce, all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.