Audience Engagement Manager

RIA Audience Engagement Manager – USA

Citywire is a UK-based publisher, events, and media company focused on the financial services industry. We expanded to the US market in 2016 and our NYC office has grown rapidly as we have built two distinct media channels for US-based investors. We are looking for a driven, organized, outgoing individual to join our young, dynamic Audience Development team as an Audience Engagement Manager for our Citywire RIA business line. If you have little or no experience in media or finance, that’s OK! Applicable experience is great, but we’re more interested in your personality, your intellectual curiosity, and your energy.

Citywire’s two US-based channels publish magazines and websites for the wealth management community, producing events for two distinct audiences of investment professionals, Professional Buyers and RIAs. Your role will be to develop relationships with Citywire’s readers and ultimately recruit them to attend our events. This means meeting with Citywire’s readers at top-tier wealth management firms across the country.

A little about us… Citywire helps people make better investments. We publish news, analysis, and unique fund manager performance information to help professional investors make the best decisions about where to place their clients’ money. Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We employ around 300 staff and look for motivated, passionate, and dynamic people from all walks of life and backgrounds. Professional development is paramount to us to keep innovated and we encourage training throughout your career. We have offices in London, Brighton, New York, Munich, Milan, Singapore and most recently Paris and Sydney. We have fully embraced a hybrid model of working.

Main responsibilities:

You will be responsible for building relationships with the RIA market in the USA and finding out who the key individuals are to invite to our events and engage with our editorial content. The purpose of our thorough relationship-building is to grow our readership and deliver high-quality investors to our conferences. Some of your main duties will be:

– Building and maintaining professional relationships with RIAs across the country.

– Gathering market intelligence about our audience of RIAs.

– Recruiting CIOs and investment research teams at RIAs for retreats in the USA.

– Working closely with our events department to manage all aspects of event planning and execution.

– Maintaining our database of registered RIA users on HubSpot.

– Engaging with our readers face-to-face, on the phone, on video, and via email and social media.

– Conducting research and writing weekly features for the Citywire RIA website.

– Posting regularly on social media to build Citywire RIA’s brand and showcase who the team is engaging with.

Job specific skills / technical skills:

– Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

– Highly organized with an ability to simultaneously handle multiple responsibilities and competing deadlines.

– Proactive and collaborative worker.

– A natural at building relationships with a range of different people.

– Ability and willingness to travel extensively.

– Comfort level with LinkedIn and Twitter.

– Excellent command of Microsoft Excel, Office Suite, and Google Suite.

Who we are:

Honesty, integrity, fairness, and respect are four core values. We can and should disagree with one another, in the interests of getting the right answer. Arguments for truth, not ego. We should always focus on sustainability at every level of the company.

Excelling at your job will contribute to high performance at Citywire. You should have a continuous and constructive spoken dialogue with your manager about your performance, with reference to these behaviours: A positive approach; collaborating with colleagues; a make it happen attitude.

Benefits

– Competitive paid vacation, plus federal and state holidays

– Generous health insurance coverage

– Dental, vision, HRA, HSA, and FSA plans available

– Company 401k/Roth retirement plan with employer contribution

– Life insurance and short & long-term disability insurance

– Annual company contribution towards a well-being activity of your choice

Additional notes

Pre-selected applicants will undertake 2 psychometrics tests.

We are an inclusive organization and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential.

Citywire USA