Robinhood Snacks News Writer

About the company

Robinhood is democratizing our financial system. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood is lowering barriers, removing fees, and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.  

Robinhood is a fast-growing company and was recognized as a CNBC Disruptor 50 and a LinkedIn Top Startup in 2019. We’re continuing to grow and are looking for incredible talent that can help us achieve our mission.

Robinhood is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in Lake Mary, Florida, Denver, Colorado, and London, UK. 

About The Role
You're the kind of person who can’t go through dinner without commenting on a startup’s new growth strategy or why a major tech company lost its mojo — you love business and finance news, but think it can be better.

To democratize the financial system, we’re targeting financial news. Robinhood Snacks is the free daily newsletter and podcast making business stories digestible for an eager audience of Snackers. We do it in our unique style — We curate the top stories you need to know with ones you’d want to know, served up jargon-free, with relatable examples, and spoken like you were talking to a friend. Robinhood Snacks’ podcast is at the top of the charts for business news on the podcast platforms, and the newsletter is read by millions.

We’re finding new ways to reach new Snackers, but we need your help. If you want to make business news something readers are passionate to jump into every day, we want you on our team. 

You can read more on the acquisition of MarketSnacks that led to the launch of Robinhood Snacks here. And you can review our editorial principles, which we proudly commit to.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• As part of the Snacks team, you’ll be on the pulse of the daily news cycle for the Snacks newsletter, podcast, breaking news push notifications, and even our in-app newsfeed.
• Work closely with Nick and Jack everyday to pitch stories, determine our editorial angle, and produce a top-notch product for our Snackers.
• Your core responsibility is a big one: Crafting stand-out news articles featured in our 3-story daily Snacks newsletter, which reaches millions of readers.
• You’ll produce the daily Snacks newsletter: Find that perfect movie pic that captures a headline story, add a brilliant caption, and edit the final product.
• Additionally, we’ll lean on you to support growth initiatives into new fields, new channels, and new ways to reach more people with our awesome news. You’ll help strategize, produce, and execute on new growth initiatives.
• Because you’re on top of the news cycle, we want you to put that to action — you’ll manage the breaking news stories we push directly to Robinhood customers’ phones and our newsfeed so they’re armed with up-to-date headlines and info on the companies they care about.

Some things we consider critical for this role:

• Quick. Clear. Engaging. You’re able to break down financial and business concepts into clear, easy to understand, and enjoyable stories.
• You can find “the story” within a story — and you wrap it up with a memorable “takeaway” our readers can’t wait to share with their friends.
• When you hear about the latest company to pivot its growth strategy, a new unicorn, or an upcoming IPO, your ears perk up.
• You’re passionate about researching business trends and know that making them digestible for a broad audience isn’t easy — but it drives you.
• You’re not satisfied with a summary — you want to curate the business stories that major news sources ignore or angles they didn’t think of. Go bold.
• Experience in written journalism, the financial industry, or media
• You’re eager to make people’s financial lives better by connecting with them through your writing.
• Savvy media skills with fresh ideas to scale the distribution of our Snacks news brand.
• You’ve got an ownership mentality — you’re a team player who cares about the details and does what it takes to make deadlines.

Bonus points

• Love for movie references or creative analogies

Feeling ready to give 100% to democratizing our financial system? We’d love to have you apply, even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we’re looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.