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Do you have a passion for storytelling and educating? Are you knowledgeable about financial markets and economics, with the skill to talk about them in simple, clear terms? Do you thrive in a culture of trust, teamwork and accountability?

Voya Investment Management is seeking an experienced investment writer who has the talent, judgment and motivation to be a strong contributor and leader within the marketing team.

Position Overview

Voya Investment Management is seeking an experienced investment writer to fill a recently vacated position and develop thought leadership and market-facing content. This role will focus primarily on fixed income, multi-asset/DC solutions, and private equity, with secondary support for CIO/macro insights and selected public equity topics. The position works closely with channel marketing, investment teams, client portfolio managers, product specialists, distribution leaders and graphic designers to shape relevant, well-supported content across written, visual, and digital formats.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner across teams to craft written and visual content such as thought leadership, market insights, email copy, video scripts, and sales-support materials.
• Identify strong content opportunities, sharpen angles, and frame ideas around what matters to the intended audience.
• Build working expertise in priority coverage areas and apply sound editorial instincts in how ideas are structured and expressed.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience writing about investments, markets, economics, or asset allocation within asset management, wealth management, financial media, or a related field.
• Strong familiarity with fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives, and retirement-related markets.
• Demonstrated ability to create content for financial professional, institutional, and end-investor audiences.
• Experience across multiple formats, including long- and short-form writing, storytelling with data, and digital content; video scripting is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree required; CFA or progress toward CFA is a plus.

Characteristics Important to Success

• Strong editorial instincts and the ability to find the most relevant angle in a topic.
• Investigative mindset and intellectual curiosity; asks thoughtful questions and learns new subjects quickly.
• Fact- and context-driven approach to storytelling.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder situations with professionalism and tact.

Success in the Role

Success will be defined by the ability to produce credible, audience-relevant content in priority coverage areas; strengthen how key ideas are expressed across formats; and become a trusted partner through consistent execution, subject-matter curiosity, and strong editorial craft.

Please Note: As part of the application process, please submit an example of your work, specifically a writing sample. Please outline your involvement and responsibilities in the end product of this sample.

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that's fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate's geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

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Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That's why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan - with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan - employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off - including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time - 40 hours per calendar year

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Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.