Content Manager – Private Equity, Transactional Floater
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Lead Student Loans Writer, Content Strategist II
NerdWallet
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Review and analyze student loan lenders using NerdWallet’s rubric, transforming complex data into clear, digestible content.
- Research, report, and write well-sourced articles and guides that position NerdWallet as the go-to destination for student loan insights.
- Use analytics to evaluate student loan content, making improvements that increase reach, engagement, and impact.
- Maintain and optimize existing student loan pages so readers always have access to the most accurate and relevant information.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners — from spokespeople to newsletters and app content teams — to ensure borrowers understand how policy and market shifts affect them.
- Apply SEO best practices so content is easy to discover.
- Track, measure and report on performance, using insights to refine strategy.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert, ensuring student loan messaging across NerdWallet is consistent, accurate, and consumer-focused.
Requirements
- 5+ years of editorial experience, with at least 3 years writing about personal finance, ideally student loans.
- Track record of thought leadership with an ownership mentality and ability to take informed risks.
- Excellent writing, reporting, and communication skills.
- Passion for self-improvement and comfort with constructive feedback.
- Experience interviewing sources, managing and updating content, and analyzing data sets.
- Familiarity with SEO and proven ability to improve content performance.
- Strong collaboration skills, with experience using spreadsheets, Google Docs, and analytics tools.
- Ability to balance evergreen, review, and news content while working cross-functionally.
- Previous experience covering student loans, or a high-level understanding of how federal and private student loans work.
Benefits
- Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
- Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
- New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
- Mental health support
- Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
- Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
- Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
- Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
- Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
- Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
- Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction
- 401K with company match
- Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
- Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
- Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
editorial experiencewritingreportingcontent optimizationSEOdata analysiscontent performance improvementinterviewingcontent management
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationownership mentalitythought leadershipself-improvementconstructive feedbackability to balance content types
