About This Role
Job description:
The Product Marketing Associate/Vice President for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory business will work to solve critical distribution challenges for the world’s largest asset manager. This individual will be responsible for leading the creation of timely market and portfolio content to commercialize BlackRock’s products with U.S. Financial Advisors through digital and traditional sales channels. Individual contributor role.
Key Job Responsibilities
Expert messaging and content creator:
- Ideate, create and execute on regular topical market and portfolio construction insights in both written and digital mediums.
- Develop understanding of capital markets and BlackRock products with the goal of providing insights and ideas for commercializing solutions.
- Identify industry, advisor and investor trends to create a differentiated and impactful BlackRock experience for clients.
- Possess a creative edge and eye for design to create punchy, impactful content.
- Optimize content by extracting insights from analytics and partnering with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve.
- Be adept at writing clearly and effectively. Display extreme attention to detail in your work.
- Develop deep understanding of partner firms and BlackRock products and platforms with the goal of providing input and ideas on marketing plans.
Relationship Management/communication
- Work closely with Market and Portfolio Construction teams daily to inform content creation.
- Use a OneBlackRock approach to work effectively with partners in Marketing, Sales, Capital Markets, Strategic Accounts, Product, Legal and Compliance and other areas.
- Listen to, understand and evaluate stakeholder input and use feedback to inform content and projects.
- Be comfortable pushing back on partners when needed but additionally be willing to go the extra mile to maintain and build great relationships.
- Communicate effectively with partners to ensure projects move forward in alignment with stakeholder expectations.
Project Management And Operations
- Expertly manage senior stakeholders and multiple team inputs to quickly and efficiently create content, gain appropriate legal and compliance approvals and identify appropriate distribution channels.
- Create and manage project plans to move an idea from concept through implementation and measurement.
- Track progress, identify risks and work with key stakeholders to successfully execute projects.
- Leverage JIRA and SEO best practices to publish digital insights.
- Be comfortable sorting through data to find compelling insights, completing regular operational data updates (monthly), and maintain content metadata.
- Inventory, monitor and update various catalogs of content and organize them so they are easy to find and use by Sales teams.
Qualities We Look For
- BS/BA degree in finance, marketing or economics preferable.
- 4-7 years or marketing experience in financial services.
- Passion for content creation and writing.
- Expertise in content creation, design and a creative mindset that comes across in the deliverables produced.
- Strength in writing and communication -- we want Marketers who make the complex simple, who can relate concepts with visuals and a minimum number of words.
- Background on capital markets and working with portfolio insights preferred.
- A strong interest in investing and willingness to learn more in this area.
- Strong project management skills and proven effectiveness at strategic relationship building across internal and external stakeholders – we seek a team player with strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
- Pro-active, self-starter with ability to organize, prioritize and execute multiple projects across multiple stakeholders simultaneously, in a deadline-driven environment.
- We seek someone who sweats the small stuff and has meticulous attention to the last 5% of the details.
- Strong experience in PowerPoint is a must and working knowledge of Excel.
- A positive attitude, willingness to get your hands dirty and a partnership over mission approach.
- Comfortable with some having some operational aspect to the role.
For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $125,000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
Our Benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.
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