Senior Content Designer, Wealthfront
New Business Line
$162k
Plus equity and a discretionary bonus
Automated investment management
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Automated investment management
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$162k
Plus equity and a discretionary bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that favors people, not institutions.
Role
Who you are
- Success in this role will require strong communication skills, strategic thinking, a high bar for craft, and executional excellence
- We’re looking for someone who is excited to deeply understand our financial products, passionate about humanizing product experiences, untangling jargon, and who loves writing clear, concise content
- Passion and/or experience building consumer financial technology products is highly desirable
- You must be exceptional at the craft of UX writing and care deeply about the details, and leverage your content expertise to influence large and small decisions that lead to best-in-class client experiences
- You’re interested in understanding client behavior and are motivated to craft content that speaks to clients emotionally, as well as rationally
- Passion or past experience building consumer financial technology products is highly desirable
- Growing and managing your wealth is fundamental to being able to build the life you want with the people who matter most
- 5+ years of content design experience in a consumer software company; experience in building financial technology products is a plus
- You have a portfolio that demonstrates how clear communication can make or break a product experience. This includes a range of content and writing abilities for product experiences, such as product screens, notifications, microcopy, emails, FAQs, style guides, and patterns
- You are a self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects across teams, navigate ambiguity, quickly tailor effective content approaches within constraints, and influence the user experience beyond just content
- You take a collaborative mindset, with experience working across disciplines and with multiple stakeholders (e.g. product managers, product designers, and engineers.)
- You define and execute content design strategies for your team’s products and features
- You understand UX design principles and best practices for mobile and web, and you have an eye for the details and an interest in the finer points of wordsmithery
- You’re deeply curious and interested in fintech
- Someone who embraces complexity, loves engaging in intellectually rigorous discussions, and critically evaluates trade-offs from a customer and business perspective
- Someone who transforms ambiguity into clarity and navigates the organization to drive alignment
- Someone who consistently thinks about the company and team first and has the resilience to work tough situations, steps up and leads the team
- Someone who goes above and beyond to make others around them successful
- Someone who is enterprising and demonstrates high agency. You don’t wait for change—you come to the table with proposals on how to improve
- Someone who deeply cares about learning and growing with the company
What the job involves
- Wealthfront is looking for a senior content designer to work on a new business line
- Reporting directly to the VP of Design, this role will be joining a tight team of very senior designers
- Wealthfront pioneered automated investing by offering broad access to sophisticated investing strategies at a fraction of the cost of traditional financial advisers
- That formed the beginning of a much broader vision for how our products can serve our mission to build a financial system that favors people over institutions
- Since then, we’ve continued to expand the ways we help our clients build long-term wealth through saving, investing, and more
- You’ll be expected to drive content-led initiatives that are relevant, aligned with the product and company strategy, and are important priorities on the roadmap
- This is a unique opportunity to be at the center of charting the next generation of innovation in financial products
- At Wealthfront, Design is an equal partner to Engineering and Product. It plays an important role in the executive staff that collectively makes all critical strategic decisions. As a leader of your craft, your role will be to model this, develop these skills in your design teams, and contribute to the company-level design organization in partnership with the design leadership team
Our take
Wealthfront's platform takes the hassle and stress out of investing, financial planning, borrowing, and saving with automated services and financial advice. Its robo-advisor allows customers to set a financial limit on their accounts, anything above the limit is moved into an investment account or another account chosen by the customer.
Indeed, it has some similarities to round-up apps like Acorn, which round up purchases and put the spare change into savings. There are other companies working on robo-advisors too, such as Morgan Stanley and Betterment.
Nonetheless, with an impressive and steadily increasing list of clients, with more than $50B of assets under its management, Wealthfront achieved Unicorn status in September 2022. Wealthfront is diversifying its offerings, branching into high-interest checking accounts and investment advice.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2018
$75m
SERIES E
Oct 2014
$64m
SERIES D
Total funding: $204.5m
Company benefits
- 401(k)
- Medical/Vision/Dental insurance
- HSA contributions for high deductible plans
- Discretionary time off policy
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave (both parents)
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
Company values
- Client-centricity: Wealthfront puts its clients first, providing personalized financial advice and investment management services to help them achieve their financial goals
- Transparency: Wealthfront values transparency in all aspects of its business, from its investment strategies to its fees and pricing
- Innovation: Wealthfront is committed to innovation, using cutting-edge technology to provide its clients with the best possible financial services and products
- Continuous learning: Wealthfront encourages its employees to continuously learn and grow, providing opportunities for professional development and advancement
Company HQ
University South, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Dan Carroll
(CSO)They studied Finance and Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona before using this expertise to co-found Wealthfront in December 2008.
Andy Rachleff
(Executive Chairman)Prior to Wealthfront, they co-founded and was General Partner of Benchmark Capital, where they were responsible for investing in a number of successful companies including Equinix, Juniper Networks, and Opsware.
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