Position overview
As a VP, Content Designer, you’ll play a strategic role in shaping our digital products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess product requirements, iterate on designs, and ensure alignment with business goals and user needs. Focus on crafting user-centered content that simplifies complex industry jargon and regulations, enabling clients to understand and manage their finances.
Key responsibilities
- Collaborate with designers, researchers, product, and engineering teams to develop and enhance digital products for clients.
- Develop content strategies across various product verticals to ensure consistency and alignment with user needs and business goals.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, to advocate for user-centered content design and secure support for content initiatives.
- Understand the complexities of localizing content for a global audience.
- Establish, document, and enforce content standards and best practices to ensure clarity, accuracy, accessibility and user engagement.
- Stay updated on trends and best practices in content design and financial services and share relevant insights with the team.
- Use research and data insights to guide content design decisions.
- Ensure all content complies with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to seamlessly integrate content design with other aspects of product development.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- 6+ years of experience in digital content creation, with a focus on UX writing, content design, and copywriting, including leadership roles in managing large-scale content projects.
- A bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Design, Business, Marketing, Finance or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
- Proven excellence in writing, editing, and communication skills, with a strategic approach and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with Figma and other design tools with a track record of integrating these tools into content initiatives.
- Experience with accessibility, inclusive design, and localization, demonstrating a commitment to creating content that meets diverse user needs globally.
- Strong ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams and leadership.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence for fostering stakeholder relationships and navigating dynamics of a large team
- A strong understanding of the financial services and the investments industry, or the ability to learn and master this area.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- An online portfolio demonstrating content design experience (please include any passwords if password protected)
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries