VP, Editorial

Experience Level: Experienced Hire

Categories:

• Corporate Services

Location(s):

• 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10007, US

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Department Overview

Join the dynamic Moody's Digital Content and Brand Experience team, a collective of innovative creatives, strategic masterminds, and insightful analysts, all dedicated to steering our business towards exciting new horizons. Our mission? To differentiate the Moody's brand, drive business priorities, and deliver innovative, creative content and impactful assets and touchpoints that bring to life how we help our customers navigate a world shaped by increasingly interconnected risks.

This role is a part of the larger Corporate Affairs Group responsible for Moody's brand reputation across all touchpoints. We collaborate with all businesses and teams to develop and deliver content that tells the Moody's brand story.

Role/Responsibilities

We are seeking an editorial and content strategy lead with strong creative storytelling capabilities to join our growing Digital Content and Brand Experience team.

You will be responsible for directing multi-channel content strategies, ensuring the creation of relevant and engaging content, and orchestrating its effective interplay across different platforms to maximize audience reach and engagement.

You will not only possess exceptional writing skills, but also a strong product ownership mindset, adept at coordinating multifaceted narratives across diverse functions, stakeholders, and time zones, ensuring seamless integration and project management.

You are exceptional writer and editor who brings creative vision, strong project management, and a results-driven mindset to the table. It requires passion for purposeful storytelling through partnership with different stakeholders across the organization. If you are passionate about storytelling and distilling complex topics into compelling narratives, this is the role for you.

As our writer and editorial lead, you will play a key role in making our brand more accessible and compelling to various stakeholder groups. You will collaborate with SMEs in design, video, social and data visualization and work across teams including Moody's business unit leaders, External and Employee Communications, Government and Public Affairs, Community Impact, Product Marketing, Legal and Compliance and subject matter experts within the business.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive, human-focused storytelling strategy that aligns with the company's goals and brand.
• Identify key themes, topics, and formats to drive engagement and thought leadership in the financial services sector.
• Establish editorial guidelines and standards to maintain consistency and accuracy across all content.
• Manage the creation of distinct types of content, including articles, reports, blog posts, newsletters, storyboards, scripts, and multimedia content.
• Manage the editorial calendar across the Corporate Affairs team to ensure timely delivery of content.
• Work closely with marketing, product, and sales teams to ensure content supports business objectives and campaigns.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to gather insights and information for content development.
• Conduct thorough reviews and edits of content to ensure clarity, accuracy, and adherence to editorial standards and legal guidelines.
• Implement a rigorous fact-checking process to maintain the credibility of content.
• Analyze content performance metrics and audience engagement data to inform future content strategy
• Optimize content based on data insights to enhance engagement and reach.

Experience

• BA in journalism, English, communications, marketing or related field.
• 10+ years in journalism or corporate in-house writing experience taking complex topics and making them accessible to various audiences.
• Experience in financial services sector required.
• Strong work ethic with exceptional project management skills and ability to track progress and milestones.
• A writing portfolio demonstrating experience in creating compelling copy that tells a story.
• Deploying a global mindset, ability to work hand in hand with various stakeholders including subject matter experts to develop content.
• Customer-centric orientation with deep attention to detail
• Excellent copyediting, communication and project management skills with the ability to present these skills and defend writing decisions along the way
• A willingness to embrace and experiment with AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools to accelerate relevance, productivity and creativity
• Expertise in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Familiarity with project management tools include Trello and Airtable

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $160,100 to $232,100, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody's also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody's also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

Moody's Corporation is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 38 U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA), which requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment: (1) disabled veterans; (2) recently separated veterans; (3) active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans; and (4) Armed Forces service medal veterans.

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