NerdWallet seeks personal finance writer

NerdWallet is looking for a writer to cover the personal finance choices that millions of Americans grapple with every day. Successful candidates must be able to translate complex topics into conversational articles that frame the answers our audience seeks with the context it deserves.

Our content team is 70+ people strong and growing. Topics we cover include loans, investing, credit cards, insurance, banking and consumer spending.

Writing compelling and significant stories would be only part of your job. Ultimately you would own a corner of the NerdWallet website with the goal of creating the internet’s best answers for the topics you cover. 

You would spend a significant amount of time researching and refining the advice that NerdWallet provides, then dig even deeper into consumer pain points to figure out the best next steps. You would learn and use the best practices for search optimization to ensure that those who needed help could easily find it. You would find ways to measure your success and build on it.

A typical day could include not only writing but also gathering data for product ratings, building a case for a new coverage area, testing a calculator, editing a colleague’s work or pitching in on a presentation for the content team.

Please include links to four examples of your work in your application.

How you can make an impact:

• Write high-quality stories with a strong consumer-first orientation.
• Share expertise and timely/relevant ideas to support NerdWallet’s social, syndication and media strategies. 
• Leverage insights from analytics to grow NerdWallet’s readership and improve the user experience through new content and optimizations.
• Contribute ideas that strengthen NerdWallet’s approach to product reviews and comparisons.
• Help shape NerdWallet’s consumer experiences, including tools.

You are:

• A strong communicator who can empathize with consumers and help them navigate complex financial decisions. 
• Excellent at prioritization and handling multiple projects at once.
• Resourceful and self-directed. You can tackle anything from story assignments to projects with minimal direction, and you consistently deliver polished work.
• Comfortable with change. 
• Able to provide examples of how you’ve taken initiative and driven projects throughout your career.
• Passionate about self-improvement and at ease with constructive criticism.
• Someone who works with equal enthusiasm whether you’re a project leader or team member.

To apply, go here.