Editorial Producer

Summary

Join Wealthsimple's editorial team as a Project Manager to oversee the production of the TLDR newsletter and podcast, and support educational content. You will own the workflow, manage budgets, coordinate staff and freelancers, and spearhead ambitious projects. The role requires managing multiple products, anticipating needs, and ensuring projects stay on track. You will collaborate with various teams across the company. Success in this role demands strong organizational skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for creating engaging financial content. The position requires some weekend availability.

Requirements

• Brings 5-10 years of experience in a project management role
• Takes initiative
• If the right system isn’t in place, you know how to create it
• Is supremely organized
• Identifies and solves potential problems before they can become actual problems
• Is obsessive about publishing the most interesting, useful, entertaining and accurate money content on the planet
• Is ok with working somewhat atypical hours
• Finalizing the newsletter requires availability either Saturday or Sunday afternoons (Eastern time)

Responsibilities

• Own the newsletter and podcast work flow and support the editorial process from concept to publication
• This will include tracking the content calendar, assignments, documents, and budgets, and helping ensure every project stays on track and deadlines are met
• Spearhead ambitious projects including books, special-edition print newsletters, and video series
• Coordinate a broad group of staff and freelance contributors, including writers, copyeditors, engineers, and fact-checkers
• You will secure contracts and manage invoices and make sure the team is set up for success
• Oversee the budget, book recording studios, and occasionally figure out how to get a podcast mic to someone in Vancouver an hour before recording begins
• Coordinate with teams across the company, including Investment Research, Communications, Social Media, and Legal/Compliance to gather the required feedback and approvals
• Coordinate publication and distribution of the newsletter with our Lifecycle Customer Marketing team
• Publish stories to our app and content platforms

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year