Editorial Associate

Roadmap Advisors is looking for a highly motivated and intellectually curious Editorial Assistant to help develop and publish compelling content about M&A, entrepreneurship, finance, and business. The Editorial Assistant will work closely with firm leadership and our outside agency to turn ideas, research, conversations, and transaction experience into thoughtful, engaging content for articles, social media, newsletters, and other publications.We are enthusiastic adopters of AI and expect our team to use it to research faster, explore ideas, challenge assumptions, and become better and more productive writers. At the same time, we believe the explosion of generic, AI-generated content makes original thinking, authentic voices, rigorous research, and great writing more valuable than ever. We are looking for someone who embraces AI as a tool while passionately resisting the wave of AI slop flooding the internet.ResponsibilitiesResearch topics related to M&A, entrepreneurship, private equity, finance, and businessDevelop research, statistics, examples, anecdotes, and case studies to support articles and other contentTurn notes, interviews, transcripts, and rough ideas into well-organized first draftsEdit articles and other written materials for structure, clarity, grammar, accuracy, and styleDevelop and edit social media content, particularly for LinkedIn, and help build Roadmap’s social media presenceAdapt longer-form articles and research into compelling short-form social media contentIdentify interesting topics, timely conversations, and opportunities for Roadmap to contribute an original perspectiveFact-check content and verify sources and supporting dataAssist with longer-form research and writing projectsPrepare content for the Roadmap website, newsletters, social media, and other channelsHelp maintain an editorial calendar and manage content from initial idea through publicationExperiment with AI tools and workflows that make our research, writing, editing, and content development better and more efficient without sacrificing originality or qualityQualificationsOutstanding writing and editing skills, with an ability to make complicated subjects interesting and easy to understandExcellent research skills and intellectual curiosity across a wide variety of subjectsA strong and authentic writing voice, with an instinct for recognizing the difference between compelling writing and generic contentEnthusiasm for AI and curiosity about how emerging tools can improve research, writing, and creative workStrong judgment about when to use AI, when not to use it, and an unwillingness to substitute AI-generated prose for original thoughtHighly organized, extremely detail-oriented, proactive, and dependableStrong judgment regarding credible sources, evidence, and factual accuracyAbility to work independently, manage multiple assignments, and meet deadlinesInterest in business, entrepreneurship, finance, economics, investing, or related subjectsComfortable receiving direct editorial feedback and revising work accordinglyBachelor’s degree from a good school, with great gradesDegrees in English, journalism, history, economics, political science, communications, philosophy, or related fields may be particularly relevantPrior professional agency, writing, journalism, editing, research, communications, or social media experience is preferred