Insurance Writer

Job Description:About the Team:

Dow Jones's reviews and recommendations site is independent of The Wall Street Journal newsroom, and dedicated to helping consumers make smart decisions about how to spend their time and money.

About the Role:WSJ | Buy Side is seeking an ambitious and energetic journalist for its Personal Finance (Insurance) team. This writer will play a key role on our team, translating complex insurance topics into clear, consumer-friendly content.You Will:

• Write articles on insurance topics that are relevant for WSJ subscribers.
• Write polished, clear prose that balances tone and expertise.
• Ensure accuracy and journalistic standards for all content.
• Work with large data sets..
• Ensure that sources/sourcing are appropriate for the topic.
• Collaborate with the editorial and commerce teams on article lineups for future months to ensure relevancy for the WSJ audience.
• Develop an understanding of the WSJ.com audience to ensure articles are properly serving our audience's needs.
• Work well under pressure and collaborate effectively as part of a team.
• Be meticulous in copy and ambitious in reporting, ensuring accuracy and depth in all coverage.
• Recommend linking opportunities to recent WSJ news articles where topics align.

You Have:

• 3+ years of personal finance writing experience.
• Knowledge of writing for SEO.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, while delivering quality content.
• Experience with Google Sheets and working with extensive data sets.
• Extremely detail oriented and have high organizational skills
• Fluency in consumer finance/insurance.
• A track record of writing unique, engaging personal finance stories.
• A knack for finding unique angles from data sets.
• Familiarity with affiliate revenue operations and search engine optimization.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $70,000 - $90,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..