Investing Writer, US Market

ROLE CONTEXT

Simply Wall St has undergone a significant evolution, moving from a research platform to a Portfolio Command Center. This shift represents a fundamental change in our product and brand, designed to give stock investors the ultimate control room for managing their wealth.

Our Editorial team is how we bring that world to life beyond the product. We do not aim to compete with mainstream financial mastheads on dry “here’s what happened” reporting. Our ambition is to excel on judgment, original framing, and thought leadership that helps everyday investors to understand what it actually means.

We are hiring a writer in a US-aligned time zone to give our coverage a more direct US voice and to sharpen our response time on key US events, earnings, and reader questions. We are open to candidates located in United States, Canada or Latin America.

The throughline for this role is timely depth. You have the breadth to write credibly across industries and markets, the speed to be early on a story, and the research discipline to make a reader feel genuinely informed rather than just updated. Done well, your work helps investors get to the front of where opportunities are forming, not the back of where the news already broke. Layered on top is a commercial instinct. Most of what we publish has a job to do, and you write copy that moves readers to act without losing their trust.

This is a fully remote, full-time role, engaged as an independent contractor, based in the United States, Canada, or Latin America (US-aligned time zones). You will report to the Senior Investment Editor.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Find and frame the story

• Gather information on newsworthy US and global topics for coverage across the Editorial team.
• Craft original, often contrarian ideas that distinguish Simply Wall St from run-of-the-mill financial news mastheads.

Deliver with speed on US markets

• Respond quickly to US market events, earnings, and time-sensitive matters during US hours, turning them into researched, genuinely useful coverage rather than a rushed reaction.
• Act as our on-hours US voice, so we are early and credible on the stories that matter to a US audience.

Write across formats

• Write articles, for either Editorial or B2B, covering investing insights, company and economic news, financial products, and more.
• Contribute across multiple formats, including The Foxhole, Market Insights, bespoke articles, and emails.
• Publish, on average, one Market Insights article every three weeks, alongside a steady flow of other timely pieces.
• Weave in Simply Wall St community assets, such as Narratives and Company Reports, that add insight for the reader and link naturally back to the platform.

Optimize for reach without losing voice

• Optimize content using best SEO and GEO practices to maximize impressions, clicks, click-through rate, and registrations, while maintaining a human voice and a personal brand that resonates with an audience of everyday investors.

Creative copy that converts

• Treat writing as work with a purpose. Most of what we publish has a business goal behind it, from registrations to engagement, and you write to that goal while keeping the reader's trust.
• Produce creative, high-converting copy across the business, not only for market coverage. That includes campaign, product, partner, and brand work.
• Convert without slipping into hype or promissory language.
• Support the Senior Investment Editor directly with content initiatives and production, and work flexibly with teams across the business on an as-needed basis.

WHO YOU ARE

YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE

• 3 to 5+ years writing about markets, investing, or finance, ideally for a consumer or investor audience.
• Deep US market fluency. You follow the US news cycle closely, understand earnings season, and know what actually moves US stocks.
• An experienced stock investor. You understand fundamental analysis, portfolio management, and how long-term investors think, so you can write credibly for an investing audience.
• Broad knowledge across industries and markets, with the research instinct to go deep quickly on any of them.
• Excellent written English, with a human, personal voice that everyday investors trust.
• Comfortable adopting AI tools to research and produce faster, without letting the writing lose its voice.

YOUR SKILL SET

• A strong, fast writer who can turn a developing story into a well-researched, useful piece on a deadline.
• A talent for finding original, often contrarian angles that stand apart from the mainstream take.
• Able to translate complex investing ideas into accessible, engaging prose that describes rather than prescribes, leaving the decision with the reader.
• Solid SEO and GEO literacy, without writing for the algorithm at the expense of the reader.
• Self-editing and reliable, able to run your own pipeline with light oversight.
• Skilled at crafting conversion copywriting that is naturally woven into the content.

YOUR ATTRIBUTES

• Reliable and timely. You deliver on schedule, and fast when it counts.
• A hustle mentality. Proactive, self-directed, and motivated by the value your work creates.
• Genuinely curious about markets and investing.
• Not interested in vanity metrics. Driven by reader value and registrations.
• Comfortable working remotely, mostly async, as part of a globally distributed team.

Pay rate: $30–$39 USD per hour (independent contractor). Where you land in that range depends on your experience and what you bring to the role.

PERKS

• Flexible remote work: work where you're most productive
• Share Club: cash to invest, a free SWS subscription, and regular sessions to talk stocks with the team
• L&D fund: we invest in your growth
• Team events & hackathons: come together and push what's possible