Content Producer, Audience Engagement

The Team

Morningstar’s editorial team helps investors make informed decisions using independent research, accessible investing insights. We reach individual investors and financial advisors across Morningstar.com, newsletters, social media, video, Apple News and other platforms. We're seeking a creative, versatile Content Producer, Audience Engagement to bring our investing coverage to life across these platforms and other emerging editorial formats.

The Role

This is a hands-on content creation role for someone who can identify the most compelling idea within a story or investing concept and translate it into the format best suited to the audience. One day, that might mean creating an Instagram carousel that explains a market trend; the next, writing a short-form video script and appearing in the video, developing the opening section of a newsletter, or collaborating with a designer on a new visual storytelling format.

The ideal candidate combines strong editorial judgment with visual creativity and an instinct for digital audiences. You should be comfortable working with investing content, translating complex ideas into clear and engaging language, and experimenting with new ways to tell stories. You should understand investing, how the markets work, and personal finance topics along with an eagerness to deepen your knowledge.

This role is part of the Audience Engagement team within Editorial and will collaborate closely with editors, writers, designers, video producers, and research analysts.

This position is based in our Chicago office. We follow a hybrid policy of 4 days onsite and 1 day remote work.

Responsibilities:

• Develop social media graphics, carousels, charts, and other visual storytelling formats using Canva and Morningstar’s design systems.

• Collaborate with Morningstar designers on more elaborate graphics, templates, and visual storytelling projects.

• Write concise, engaging scripts for short-form social and editorial videos.

• Appear in videos when appropriate, helping explain investing news and concepts in an accessible way.

• Identify stories, data points, charts, and investing concepts with strong potential for visual, social, video, or newsletter treatment.

• Translate complex financial topics into content that is clear, accurate, useful, and engaging for individual investors.

• Help manage Morningstar’s editorial presence across key social platforms, including planning, publishing, and optimizing content for each audience.

• Write and edit newsletter introductions and other original newsletter content that helps readers understand the day’s most important investing stories.

• Contribute ideas for new recurring franchises, video concepts, visual explainers, newsletter features, and platform-specific storytelling formats.

• Use audience data and platform insights to evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and improve future content.

• Maintain Morningstar’s standards for editorial independence, accuracy, voice, and visual consistency across every format.

• Collaborate with Morningstar’s corporate social media team as editorial is a key contributor of content to owned corporate channels.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in digital journalism, editorial content, social media, audience development, content marketing, or a related field.

• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex ideas approachable.

• Demonstrated experience creating content for multiple digital formats, such as social posts, graphics, newsletters, or social media video.

• Strong visual instincts and experience using Canva or a comparable design platform.

• Experience developing short-form video content and appearing on camera 

• Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify the most interesting, useful, or surprising angle within a larger story.

• Ability to use performance data from platforms like Parse.ly, Sprinklr and Google Analytics to make content decisions as well as report out content performance to stakeholders

• Genuine interest in investing, markets, and personal finance. Previous financial journalism or investing-content experience is strongly preferred but not required.

• A collaborative working style and experience partnering with writers, editors, designers, and other creative colleagues.

• The ability to manage multiple assignments, and balance daily production with longer-term creative projects.

• A portfolio demonstrating strong cross-platform content creation, including examples of visual, social, newsletter, and/or on-camera video work.

Please submit a link to your portfolio or reel to be considered.

Compensation and Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That’s why we champion your wellness through a wide range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

• Financial Health

  • 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary

  • Stock Ownership Potential

  • Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission

• Physical Health 

  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages

  • Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual

  • Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance

• Emotional Health 

  • Trust-Based Time Off

  • 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program

  • 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave

  • Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave

  • Adoption Assistance

  • Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities

  • Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses

  • Tuition Reimbursement

• Social Health 

  • Charitable Matching Gifts program

  • Dollars for Doers volunteer program

  • Paid volunteering days

  • 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

Total Cash Compensation Range

Inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.