Brand Content Strategist

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Senior Communications Strategist - Brand Content

Job Overview:

Position Schedule: Full-Time

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 15-Apr-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Are you relentlessly curious about people and where and how they consume content?

Are you a strategic thinker who can use data and insights to develop content plans for large-scale omnichannel marketing campaigns, including experience with paid media?

Have you demonstrated success leading enterprise content strategy for large, complex organizations?

If you answered yes to these questions, our Senior Communications Strategist role in Brand Content could be right for you.

The Brand Content team at Edward jones is responsible for getting our brand into the hearts and minds of the people we serve. Your work will have a significant impact on our entire firm. Working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, you will be challenged to bring fresh perspectives that allow us to continually innovate and grow our capabilities as a brand content function.

Our Brand Content team is seeking a senior strategist who will be responsible for leading an enterprise-wide content strategy that guides the development of content across the firm. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring we're delivering consistent and audience-centric messages to achieve business objectives and make our brand famous. Key to success is using data and insights to drive our content strategy and lead proactive discussions around audience needs and where and how we can make a meaningful contribution to conversations in our industry. This role requires a strong communicator who can coach others and gain sponsorship from senior leaders and get buy-in from key stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Lead the creation of valuable, compelling omnichannel content and campaigns to attract key audiences and drive measurable outcomes.
• Apply deep understanding of our audience insights and ensure key insights are reflected in all deliverables.
• Coaches others to ensure message, creative strategy and brand voice alignment
• Ensure messaging aligns with our brand vision and achieves business objectives.
• Influence senior management and provide leadership and strategic guidance to deliver client-centric content for a variety of audiences and channels.
• Lead highly complex initiatives and cross-divisional working teams, providing guidance on communication and creative strategy.
• Leads verbal direction of content and campaigns, in collaboration with creative production and/or strategic partners, to ensure approved creative concept remains intact throughout project's lifecycle. Leads presenting creative concepts and verbal approach to business areas, key stakeholders, compliance and legal to gain their support and takes and applies appropriate feedback to concepts.
• Collaborate across teams on the development and implementation of campaigns and content initiatives.

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

Hiring Minimum: $96,471

Hiring Maximum: $164,262

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

Skills/Requirements

Position Requirements

Required Qualifications

• MUST HAVE well-rounded portfolio displaying strong concepts and executions, with original copywriting on large complex campaigns
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Journalism, Communication, English or related degree required
• 10 or more years of experience in communications or marketing, showing increasing level of responsibility
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to explore different paths to achieve an outcome and adjust quickly and efficiently to new circumstances.
• High degree of personal initiative and seasoned judgment
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Experience translating audience needs into communications strategies and experiences
• Demonstrated success navigating complex, dynamic environments with changing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work in a team-based or matrix environment
• Effective at building strong relationships to influence and gain consensus at all levels, including senior executives.
• Deep understanding of emerging communications and channels, as well as an understanding of the local, regional and national marketing.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services and an understanding of financial products and services and requirements regulating marketing them
• Experience in a large, matrixed organization working with multiple departments and stakeholders Agency experience a plus
• Experience with Google Analytics, ContentSquare, JIRA, Confluence and Workfront

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

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