Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $450 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to exceed $1.5 trillion in the next two decades. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

The Corporate Affairs team seeks an experienced Director, Editorial and Content. In this new and exciting role, you will be responsible for producing best-in-class content on compelling topics related to all aspects of CPP Investments business and targeted to diverse global audiences. As a storyteller you understand your audience’s needs and communication channels to share relevant content. Your vision and leadership come from working as a business writer producing content for an investment firm, professional services firm or a top-tier business publication. An understanding of capital markets and the global investing/economic landscape will allow you to develop authentic and impactful content for various initiatives including sophisticated thought leadership content and accessible outreach to 20 million CPP contributors and beneficiaries. Reporting to the Managing Director, Brand and Marketing Communications and working alongside the Managing Director, Strategic Communications you will develop and manage external content for digital/social media platforms, thought leadership publications, targeted institutional investment communications and information campaigns for Canadians.

Position Requirements

• Lead the development of global brand communications and thought leadership content. Working closely with the Corporate Affairs team and colleagues throughout the organization, develop focused editorial content and implement strategies to leverage content across earned, owned and paid channels while measuring impact.
• Strategic thinking with a strong ability to conceptualize, develop, drive, and manage a wide range of high-performing relevant content on investment management industry related topics.
• Develop and execute a global editorial content strategy to support CPP Investments thought leadership and brand initiatives (including stores, videos, podcasts) integrating news, insights, and knowledge from across the organization.
• Gather, research, write and produce content ensuring it is on-brand and consistent in terms of style, quality and tone of voice, and optimized for search and user experience across media platforms, branded content, digital/social, mobile, video and print.
• Publish on-brand content with CPP Investments tone of voice
• Exercise solid content judgment and look across different information sources to uncover research-driven insights aimed at a sophisticated audience.
• Highly collaborative working closely with senior leaders to provide strong counsel, smart ideas and content development capabilities
• Manage multiple content/editorial projects in various stages of development simultaneously.

Qualifications

• A seasoned professional in an editorial related function, including corporate communications, financial journalism, social and digital media content creation.
• Experience in brand communications for business, finance, pension fund, capital markets and/or the global investing industry.
• BA, BS and/or MA, MS in communications, journalism, business or a related field
• Exceptional writing and communication skills with a keen editorial eye for detail and a strong background in fact-checking.
• Ability to analyze external trends and internal developments and translate those to content opportunities.
• Comfortable working in a global organization.
• Strong understanding of the world of digital/social platforms including data visualization and multi-channel strategies.
• Proven ability to drive strategy and execution of large and complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• A proactive, creative approach and positive mindset that favors innovation and continuous improvement.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and exhibit flexibility and adaptability to change.

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.