Head of Editorial

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We are currently hiring a Head of Editorial. This position is to be filled in Frankfurt, London or Paris.

This is a new leadership role within AllianzGI’ s Marketing & Communications organization, reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications. The Head of Editorial will lead and develop a team of experienced editors, writers, communicators and marketers focused on the creation of engaging, client-relevant and often time-sensitive content that populate AllianzGI’ s various owned channels as well paid and earned media.

The team is responsible for publishing a wide range of investment-related content, covering macro outlooks, public markets and private markets. The output encompasses client communications of platform developments, educational modules, asset class updates, investment insights, white papers and major publications such as the Sustainability Report. It is expected to anticipate client interest for content during different market events, and other time-sensitive outputs. Consequently, the team is working on a range of formats and to a diverse range of timelines, which require careful orchestration.

**What you will do**
- Lead the global Editorial team as an active editor, player coach and orchestrate colleagues to deliver the main tasks and output of the team
- Develop, agree and execute on global content strategy for the firm, in line with global campaign goals and investment positioning of the firm
- Align editorial calendar with the firm’s investable themes and business development priorities
- Oversee creation, management and internal awareness of global content pipeline
- Develop clear global publication architecture, including formats that can be rolled out locally on a consistent basis
- Ensure all content produced by the team has a clear purpose, message and target audience
- Empower and inspire the team leads and individual contributors to deliver high-quality and timely content in close partnership with the investment teams
- Act as key contact with Investment Executive Committee on all team output
- Moderate internal and external events and panels as appropriate
- Actively contribute to the strategic development of the Marketing and Communications function
- Manage Editorial budget for use with freelancers and agencies

**What you bring**
- Ideally 15+ years strong experience in content creation of different forms, whether in the field of marketing, communications or journalism
- Excellent editorial judgement, including a strong news sense
- Ability to lead, inspire and orchestrate a team of experienced writers and editors
- Developed understanding of sensitivities of communicating within a carefully regulated environment
- An advanced understanding and genuine interest in the world of investing
- Proven people management and team development skills
- Experience of operating in an internationally diverse environment where collaboration with different stakeholders is essential.
- Ability to effectively steer freelancers
- Ability to drive development of global processes
- High level of motivation, strong commitment, energetic and result-oriented attitude

**What we offer**
- Flexible working from home & abroad (hybrid mode/ flexible working hours & occasional cross-border remote work)
- Access to pension/ savings plans/ Allianz products
- Company shares purchasing plan
- Mental health and wellbeing programmes
- Development opportunities at both AllianzGI & Allianz Group
- Continuous learning
- and so much more

**About Allianz Global Investors**

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 600 investment professionals in over 20 offices worldwide.

We invest for the long term and seek to generate value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active - in how we partner with clients and anticipate their changing needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on protecting and enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability to drive positive change. Our goal is to elevate the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or objectives.

Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in an open and transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We respect difference and diversity and reward individual performance as well as teamwork. We offer a collegial culture based on strong values, taking individual responsibility, and dedication to mastering challenging tasks. To harness the power of innovation, we invest in the development of our employees. We encourage you to make an impact in a diverse, international, technology-enabled, and increasingly agile environmen