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What Robinhood is looking for in applicants

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood is lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

Just as we focus on our customers, we also strive to create an inclusive environment where our employees can thrive and do impactful work. We are proud of the competitive products and company culture we’ve built and have been recognized as:

  • Forbes Fintech 50 2021
  • Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2021 
  • Inc. Best-Led Companies 2021
  • TIME 100 Most Influential Company 2021

We’re growing and looking for...

We continue to hire Robinhoodies at a rapid pace to drive this journey, and with that growth comes necessary change. We’re seeking culture builders and curious thinkers looking to co-author the next chapters of our story. We’re in build mode, majorly expanding our team while also growing up as a company. Joining now means helping shape our structures and systems, then taking part as we launch into our ambitious future.

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About the team:

Robinhood Snacks is one of the largest and fastest growing news sources in the finance industry. We aim to reinvent the way finance news is gathered, shared, and consumed for the next generation. The Editorial team is hiring a senior Markets Editor to serve as a deep, in-house markets subject matter expert and write, shape, and oversee a range of news and education products.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

This editor will lead markets coverage for our news team, supporting new formats and staple news products through incisive, on the pulse coverage and analysis. This role will also serve as a subject matter reviewer shaping and delivering investing education products within our Editorial team.

This role is crucial to ensuring best-in-class Editorial offerings as we optimize processes, offer more advanced news and education in the Robinhood app, scale our newsletter, and build out new video and visual products. 

The ideal candidate has strong expertise covering and/or editing markets news, with deep experience analyzing markets events and stocks, making real-time coverage decisions, and upleveling content to hone relevance and voice.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Working closely with the News team to oversee, pitch, develop, and write daily advanced financial markets and stocks coverage for a range of channels and formats
  • Serving as a key creator and subject matter expert for markets news and investing education products to serve customers in high impact ways
  • Ensuring a high quality bar for coverage prioritization, accuracy, analysis, digestibility, voice, and resonance with key cultural topics 
  • Upholding Robinhood's Editorial standards and working closely with internal reviewers to finalize coverage

About you:

  • 5+ years of experience as a journalist, writer, or editor, with deep experience covering markets
  • Excellent editorial judgment
  • Passionate about making complex financial topics digestible for a broad audience
  • Flexibility and willingness to experiment creatively to improve our editorial
  • Collaborative spirit working with cross-functional partners

Bonus points:

  • Deep knowledge of options, from fundamentals to advanced trading strategies
  • Love for finding creative, new ways to explain key markets concepts

WFA

We are excited to share that Robinhood is a primarily remote company! Our mission to democratize finance for all starts with our people, and that means bringing in and supporting Robinhoodies who can best help drive our mission forward — no matter where they’re based in the country. Read more here.

This job is following Robinhood’s Primarily Work from Anywhere model which means the Robinhoodie can work anywhere in the country of employment.

 

We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood promotes diversity and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. To review Robinhood's Privacy Policy please visit Robinhood - US Applicant Privacy Policy.

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Robinhood is a primarily remote company. If hired, you will work as a remote employee unless the job you are applying for has a different working model specified. Please reach-out  to your recruiter if you have any questions regarding the job’s working model.

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