Responsibilities

• Identify, research, and develop compelling stories across Empower’s products, customers, employees, leadership, and brand initiatives.
• Translate complex financial wellness, wealth, and retirement topics into clear, engaging, audience-focused narratives.
• Create and pitch editorial concepts for video series, podcasts, executive storytelling initiatives, customer features, and branded content programs.
• Lead end-to-end production of multimedia content from concept development through final publication.
• Conduct research, interviews, story development, scriptwriting, editorial planning, and content review activities.
• Coordinate production schedules, talent preparation, shoot logistics, recording sessions, and post-production workflows.
• Collaborate with creative internal teams and external production partners to ensure high-quality content execution.
• Oversee editing workflows, review cycles, factchecking, stakeholder approvals, and final content delivery.
• Produce recurring video and podcast content featuring executives, customers, industry experts, and subject matter experts.
• Prepare hosts, executives, and on-camera talent through interview preparation, scripting support, and storytelling guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Journalism, Communications, Media Production, Marketing, English, Film, Broadcasting, or a related field.
• 5–10+ years of experience in brand storytelling, editorial content, journalism, podcasting, video production, documentary-style content creation, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience producing video and/or podcast content from concept development through post-production.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, including script development, editorial planning, narrative structure, and interview content creation.
• Proven ability to interview executives, customers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders.
• Strong editorial judgment with the ability to develop content that is engaging, credible, and strategically aligned.
• Ability to simplify complex topics into accessible and audience-relevant content.
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills across creative, marketing, communications, legal, and executive teams.
• Experience with content production and editing tools such as Adobe Premiere, Descript, Riverside, Final Cut Pro, or similar platforms.

Preferred

• Experience producing content within financial services, fintech, healthcare, or other regulated industries is preferred.
• Experience launching, scaling, or managing recurring content franchises or executive-led content series is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.