Most recent job postings at The Motley Fool
via LinkedIn posted_at: 4 days agoschedule_type: Contractor
Description The Ascent team is looking for an expert, freelance personal finance writer with a passion for helping people from all backgrounds change their financial lives for the better... Who we are The Motley Fool’s mission is "To make the world smarter, happier, and richer." For 30 years that has meant providing impartial and informed investment recommendations with a healthy dose of personal finance guidance on the side. And as we seek to Description

The Ascent team is looking for an expert, freelance personal finance writer with a passion for helping people from all backgrounds change their financial lives for the better...

Who we are

The Motley Fool’s mission is "To make the world smarter, happier, and richer." For 30 years that has meant providing impartial and informed investment recommendations with a healthy dose of personal finance guidance on the side. And as we seek to empower everyone with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to attain financial freedom, our coverage is continually expanding.

We launched The Ascent, a Motley Fool brand, in 2018 to rate and review critical financial products like credit cards, savings accounts, and loans, as well as to provide jargon-free advice on topics ranging from paying off debt to financing a home, from saving money to maximizing your credit card rewards. There’s a lot of money advice out there (some good, some less good), and we’re cutting through the noise that often leaves people feeling helpless and insecure about key financial decisions.

So now that you know who we are at The Ascent, let's talk about you.

Who we're looking for

The Ascent team is looking for an expert personal finance writer with a passion for helping people of all backgrounds change their financial lives for the better. This writer will bring a fresh perspective to the topics they cover and will never, ever tell us to stop buying our daily latte. They'll also be a news junkie who can interpret the latest developments in consumer finance and the industries we cover. If you love reading CFPB reports, House and Senate proposals, and credit card issuers' press releases, then you might be the writer we're looking for!

Responsibilities
• Write both timely and evergreen articles on a wide variety of personal finance topics.
• Pitch article ideas based on relevant news and whatever will grab readers' attention and serve their best financial interests.
• Accept writing assignments and deliver them on deadline.
• Update existing articles as needed.
• Use and continually learn about SEO best practices.
• Adapt to our ever-evolving needs, processes, formats, etc.
• Attend monthly meetings with in-house staff to discuss new initiatives and best practices.
• Prove that Bigfoot is real.

(We'll settle for 7 out of 8.)

Qualifications
• 5+ years' experience writing on personal finance, with previous publishing credits.
• Basic math skills. (Ex: You should be able to walk our readers through an example of how much money they might save by consolidating debt.)
• Knowledge of digital content and SEO best practices.
• The ability to write clear, fluid, and engaging prose.
• Adaptability and responsiveness to feedback.

In your application, please provide at least three writing samples.

A Few Things To Note
• In a turbulent industry, our track record of financial stability stands out.
• The Motley Fool's writers tend to stick with us for years. Many have been here a decade or more.
• Experience in journalism and/or writing for organic search is a major plus -- but not a requirement.

Compensation

We pay anywhere from $75 for short-form articles to $500 for more involved reviews, plus additional performance-based incentives
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via LinkedIn posted_at: 4 days agoschedule_type: Contractor
Description The Motley Fool is looking for a highly skilled Freelance Data Engineer to join our team on an independent contract basis, ~40 hours per week for approximately 6 months. This is a mid to senior level position and requires 4-5+ years of relevant experience... This role is 100% remote, but candidates MUST reside in the United States to be considered. Who are we? We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services Description

The Motley Fool is looking for a highly skilled Freelance Data Engineer to join our team on an independent contract basis, ~40 hours per week for approximately 6 months. This is a mid to senior level position and requires 4-5+ years of relevant experience...

This role is 100% remote, but candidates MUST reside in the United States to be considered.

Who are we?

We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services firm with nearly 30 years of experience focused on making the world smarter, happier, and richer. But what does that even mean?! It means we’re helping Fools (always with a capital “F”) demystify the world of finance, beat the stock market, and achieve personal wealth and happiness through our products and services.

The Motley Fool is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are a motley group of overachievers that have built a culture of trust founded on Foolishness, fun, and a commitment to making the world smarter, happier and richer. However you identify or whatever winding road has led you to us, please don't hesitate to apply if the description above leaves you thinking, "Hey! I could do that!"

What does this team do?

The Data Engineering team at The Motley Fool creates data pipelines to wrangle data from around the Fool. We collaborate with everyone - from third party vendors to stakeholders to build easily consumable data structures for reporting and business insights. While working closely with our business analysts and machine learning specialists, we serve the data needs of all The Motley Fool Teams!

What would you do in this role?

As a Freelance Data Engineer, you will be responsible for expanding and optimizing data, the data pipeline architecture, the data flow, and collection for cross-functional teams. You are an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. You will help to guide and support our software developers, database architects, data analysts, and data scientists on business initiatives while ensuring optimal data delivery architecture is consistent. Whether it’s working on a solo project or with the team, you are self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.

But What Would You Actually Do in this role?
• Leverage data assets to meet mission needs, ensuring consistent data quality, establishing data standards and governance
• Work in an agile, collaborative environment, partnering with client stakeholders, to develop and improve mission-based solutions
• Monitor cloud-based systems and components for availability, performance, reliability, security and efficiency
• Create and configure appropriate cloud resources to meet the needs of the end users.
• As needed, document topology, processes, and solution architecture.
• Assist with the training and enablement of data consumers.
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies

Required Experience
• 5+ years data modeling in a data warehouse
• 3+ years with Python
• 2+ years of experience with the AWS services.
• Experience with cloud data storage and compute components including lambda functions, EC2s, containers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proven ability to apply critical/analytical thinking to deliver sustainable and creative solutions to complex requirements.
• Ability to work independently, and deliver results and drive projects with minimal supervision
• Strong ability to communicate blockers and issues to management for escalation and timely resolution
• Strong team player, with desire to learn new skills and broaden experience
• Experience working with complex data sets
• Experience in migrating from on-prem to cloud systems

Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years with Snowflake
• 2+ years with Apache Spark
• 1+ years with Apache Airflow
• Experience working with Financial data

Compensation

The budget for this role is $90-$115 per hour depending on experience
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via Jobvite schedule_type: Contractor
The Motley Fool is looking for a highly skilled Freelance Data Engineer to join our team on an independent contract basis, ~40 hours per week for approximately 6 months. This is a mid to senior level position and requires 4-5+ years of relevant experience. This role is 100% remote, but candidates MUST reside in the United States to be considered... Who are we? We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services firm with The Motley Fool is looking for a highly skilled Freelance Data Engineer to join our team on an independent contract basis, ~40 hours per week for approximately 6 months. This is a mid to senior level position and requires 4-5+ years of relevant experience.

This role is 100% remote, but candidates MUST reside in the United States to be considered...

Who are we?

We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services firm with nearly 30 years of experience focused on making the world smarter, happier, and richer. But what does that even mean?! It means we’re helping Fools (always with a capital “F”) demystify the world of finance, beat the stock market, and achieve personal wealth and happiness through our products and services.

The Motley Fool is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are a motley group of overachievers that have built a culture of trust founded on Foolishness, fun, and a commitment to making the world smarter, happier and richer. However you identify or whatever winding road has led you to us, please don't hesitate to apply if the description above leaves you thinking, "Hey! I could do that!"

What does this team do?

The Data Engineering team at The Motley Fool creates data pipelines to wrangle data from around the Fool. We collaborate with everyone - from third party vendors to stakeholders to build easily consumable data structures for reporting and business insights. While working closely with our business analysts and machine learning specialists, we serve the data needs of all The Motley Fool Teams!

What would you do in this role?

As a Freelance Data Engineer, you will be responsible for expanding and optimizing data, the data pipeline architecture, the data flow, and collection for cross-functional teams. You are an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. You will help to guide and support our software developers, database architects, data analysts, and data scientists on business initiatives while ensuring optimal data delivery architecture is consistent. Whether it’s working on a solo project or with the team, you are self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.

But What Would You Actually Do in this role?

● Leverage data assets to meet mission needs, ensuring consistent data quality, establishing data standards and governance

● Work in an agile, collaborative environment, partnering with client stakeholders, to develop and improve mission-based solutions

● Monitor cloud-based systems and components for availability, performance, reliability, security and efficiency

● Create and configure appropriate cloud resources to meet the needs of the end users.

● As needed, document topology, processes, and solution architecture.

● Assist with the training and enablement of data consumers.

● Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies

Required Experience:

● 5+ years data modeling in a data warehouse
● 3+ years with Python
● 2+ years of experience with the AWS services.
● Experience with cloud data storage and compute components including lambda functions, EC2s, containers.
● Strong problem-solving skills and a proven ability to apply critical/analytical thinking to deliver sustainable and creative solutions to complex requirements.
● Ability to work independently, and deliver results and drive projects with minimal supervision
● Strong ability to communicate blockers and issues to management for escalation and timely resolution
● Strong team player, with desire to learn new skills and broaden experience
● Experience working with complex data sets
● Experience in migrating from on-prem to cloud systems

Preferred Qualifications:

● 2+ years with Snowflake

● 2+ years with Apache Spark

● 1+ years with Apache Airflow

● Experience working with Financial data

Compensation:

The budget for this role is $90-$115 per hour depending on experience
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via Alexandria, VA - Geebo posted_at: 6 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 20–28 an hour
What would you do in this role? As a Financial Advisor, you'll be part of a team of advisors responsible for providing financial counseling to our mass affluent clients. We're looking for a dynamic Fool that can be one part fiduciary advisor, one part sales machine, and one part client service. Our marketing engine is gathering leads at breakneck speed, so there's no need for cold calling or... traveling sales, but you'll be focused on (and measured What would you do in this role? As a Financial Advisor, you'll be part of a team of advisors responsible for providing financial counseling to our mass affluent clients. We're looking for a dynamic Fool that can be one part fiduciary advisor, one part sales machine, and one part client service. Our marketing engine is gathering leads at breakneck speed, so there's no need for cold calling or... traveling sales, but you'll be focused on (and measured by!) lead conversions. We're looking for a self-starter that can represent the Foolish brand proudly in the quest to turn prospects into clients, and clients into evangelists. There's a lot that makes us different from a traditional advisory practice - We operate as a team. We have thousands of clients that are served on a team service model and there's never a dull moment wearing multiple jester hats. Prospect meetings are virtual by default. When a prospect books a meeting, that takes place as a phone call with rare in-office visits as exceptions. You will be the first point of contact for prospective clients. Our investment strategies are focused on individual stock picking. While you needn't be a stock picker yourself, believing in the success of our actively managed stock strategies is a must for this role. Our portfolio management team picks the stocks that make up our asset class models, and you'll be helping to construct those models into a personalized portfolio for clients. There's room to grow. Fool Wealth has sister companies that include mutual funds, a hedge fund, a venture fund, and we're always looking at ways to expand our Foolish investing reach. But what does this role actually do? In this role you'll be balancing the needs of our aggressive growth goals with servicing our existing client base, including the following
Responsibilities:
Develop fluency in our core managed account program in order to get clients into the right solutions for their specific situation Deepen relationships with mass affluent clients through horn-tooting client service and sound financial guidance. Work with clients on rebalancing their investments annually, accounting for special circumstances that warrant non-traditional asset allocations. Maintain a sales rhythm that includes inbound appointments as well as outbound efforts to nurture leads along the sales pipeline. You'll be accountable for conversion on your client appointments and continually sharpening your sales process. Embrace metrics that drive business results - we'll be measuring conversion rates and retention rates as KPI's. Provide sound financial advice at all client levels, whether you are being asked about IRA contribution limits or limit orders Build strong relationships and partner on feedback with our internal teams, including client service, marketing, portfolio managers, traders, operations, and developers. What do you need to apply? 2
years of experience as a fiduciary financial advisor Show us you listen, anticipate, and overcome the objections and can move to resolution to drive both sales AND satisfaction Self-motivated with strong desire to achieve powerful results tied to the firm's aggressive growth goals Be adaptable with a Top It mentality. Things change and our organization as a whole moves fast - the successful Fools are charged by this energy. If you think there's a better way to do things, raise it up in conjunction with a thoughtful suggestion Must be able to prioritize independently and in alignment with the firm's business goals Excellent communicator at all levels - when talking to prospective clients, when sharing results and information with team, when sharing results and information with leadership
Salary Range:
$80K -- $150K
Minimum Qualification
Corporate FinanceEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications
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via Alexandria, VA - Geebo posted_at: 2 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 20–28 an hour
Own our major gift pipeline, from soup to nuts. That means working directly with our Executive Director, Board, and other key leaders to establish a comprehensive major giving program, develop fundraising goals and strategies to meet them, request and secure major five and six-figure gifts, and track and report on our progress towards those goals. Make that major giving program a reality ... execute the strategy using tried-and-true best practices Own our major gift pipeline, from soup to nuts. That means working directly with our Executive Director, Board, and other key leaders to establish a comprehensive major giving program, develop fundraising goals and strategies to meet them, request and secure major five and six-figure gifts, and track and report on our progress towards those goals. Make that major giving program a reality ... execute the strategy using tried-and-true best practices as well the flexibility to iterate, innovate, and adjust to achieve outstanding results. Channel your inner Sherlock Holmes to identify potential supporters, research them exhaustively, deduce their philanthropic motivations, and develop custom-tailored briefings to successfully solicit donations. Seamlessly transition from behind-the-scenes work to frontline fundraiser - organizing and hosting regular events for prospective major donors, representing the Foundation at external functions, and being the steward of a high-quality donor experience through direct correspondence with our most valuable supporters. Manage an active portfolio of major gift prospects, effectively and self-sufficiently adding new leads and opportunities, cultivating and advancing them through the pipeline, securing five- and six-figure gifts, and maintaining ongoing relationships. Stretch your creative muscles to write content, design templates, and develop compelling campaigns for major gift fundraising while working together with our marketing and communications team to create, launch, and manage those campaigns across a variety of channels and audiences. Partner with our Donor Relations Manager and Executive Director to ensure our acquisition and stewardship initiatives work hand-in-hand, not in silos. Our top priority is to minimize churn and maximize the lifetime value of each major donor, to continuously grow the financial capacity to execute the Foundation's mission. And last, but certainly not least - meticulously collect, organize, and report on the data generated every step of the way. We're a small team that values transparency and visibility into both process and results, so we can work together effectively and celebrate wins collectively! What do you need to apply? At least 5 years of nonprofit fundraising experience, including a proven track record of securing five and six-figure gifts, cultivating and sustaining relationships with high-level donors, and taking ownership of the nuts-and-bolts development office administrative tasks required along the way. Know the tips, tricks, and quirks of the donor pipeline like you know the back of your handor better! Come prepared with your proven tactics for turning one-time donors into sustaining supporters, major gifts into major major gifts, and planned giving into a well-oiled machine that will support our work for years to come. Exceptional communications skills:
Say it. Write it. Show it. You'll be responsible for sharing our story and inspiring donors by harnessing the irreverent and imaginative Foolish voice to connect with your audience, even while writing about serious topics like economic mobility, systemic barriers to financial freedom, and historically underserved communities. Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, and the ability to independently meet deadlines, prioritize your time, and deliver amazing results, without always having all the answers. We move fast, and are looking for an energetic team player with a can-do attitude, the ability to improvise and implement solutions, and stellar follow-up and follow-through. Dedication to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are incorporated in all facets of the Foundation's work
Salary Range:
$150K -- $200K
Minimum Qualification
Account ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications
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via Jobvite schedule_type: Full-time
Who are we? We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services firm with nearly 30 years of experience focused on making the world smarter, happier, and richer. But what does that even mean?! It means we’re helping Fools (always with a capital “F”) demystify the world of finance, beat the stock market, and achieve personal wealth and happiness through our products and... services. The Motley Fool is firmly committed Who are we?

We are The Motley Fool, a purpose-driven financial information and services firm with nearly 30 years of experience focused on making the world smarter, happier, and richer. But what does that even mean?! It means we’re helping Fools (always with a capital “F”) demystify the world of finance, beat the stock market, and achieve personal wealth and happiness through our products and... services.

The Motley Fool is firmly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are a motley group of overachievers that have built a culture of trust founded on Foolishness, fun, and a commitment to making the world smarter, happier and richer. However you identify or whatever winding road has led you to us, please don't hesitate to apply if the description above leaves you thinking, "Hey! I could do that!"

What does this team do?

Machine Learning at the Fool creates state of the art solutions to Foolish problems through recommendation, classification, model optimization, and predictive analytics.

What would you do in this role?

Do you enjoy extracting value from data? Do you get excited at the prospect of data collection, cleaning, and preprocessing? Do you dream of implementing ML models within data pipelines and deploying them to production? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, we would love to talk with you about joining our Machine Learning Team as a Machine Learning Engineer.

But what does this role actually do?
• Verify Foolish Data quality
• Effectively engineer features through proper data cleaning and preprocessing techniques
• Analyze model errors and design strategies to overcome them
• Deploy and monitor models in production
• Define data validation strategies

What do you need to apply?
• 3+ years of data engineering or machine learning engineering experience
• 3+ years of SQL and Python experience
• Must be comfortable working with cloud based platforms such as Snowflake, Spark, and AWS
• Adept with Data Wrangling techniques
• Experience using serverless computing platforms such as AWS Lambda
• Experience in containerization (Kubernetes) to deploy and run complex applications
• Experience building out and maintaining APIs that can be used both internally across data teams and to communicate with our front end user experience
• Comfortable working with machine learning prototypes and scaling code to production
• Must love getting hands dirty with raw data and creating data pipelines

It’s even better if you have…
• AWS Machine Learning Certification
• Masters Degree or higher in a Quantitative or Engineering discipline

The Motley Fool has been twice named Glassdoor’s #1 Best Small Business to work for in the U.S., named to Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2020, named one of BuiltIn’s Best Places to Work in Colorado, and we’re a perennial favorite on Washingtonian’s list of Best Places to Work year after year. Our targeted cash compensation for this role is between $120,000 and $150,000, which does not include any potential equity offerings. Below you’ll see a few of our perks, but check out this site for the complete list:
• No “vacation policy” (not to be confused with a “No vacation” policy)
• Paid maternity, paternity, and pet-ernity leave
• $1,000 to invest when you start
• Super low premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage
• Comprehensive compensation package, including company equity

Please note, no sponsorship is available for this position
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via Alexandria, VA - Geebo posted_at: 6 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 20–28 an hour
Defines and executes a holistic SEO strategy spanning personal finance topics, including defining a roadmap and prioritization of initiatives to drive growth. Manages and develops a team of SEO content strategists. Performs content gap analysis, SERP landscape analysis, and overall audience analysis to optimize content strategy for organic traffic. Creates and facilitates ongoing improvement of... SEO keyword research, website SEO audits, internal Defines and executes a holistic SEO strategy spanning personal finance topics, including defining a roadmap and prioritization of initiatives to drive growth. Manages and develops a team of SEO content strategists. Performs content gap analysis, SERP landscape analysis, and overall audience analysis to optimize content strategy for organic traffic. Creates and facilitates ongoing improvement of... SEO keyword research, website SEO audits, internal linking, technical SEO, SEO analytics, and implementation of all on-page SEO strategies. Collaborates with the digital outreach team to execute targeted off-page SEO strategies. Recommends changes to website architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords. Monitors traffic performance and site analytics using Google Analytics and Google Search Console to uncover opportunities and double-down on what's working well. Must be adept at using these tools to analyze information. Collaborates with the internal editorial team and outside contractors to produce leading SEO content. What do you need to apply? Demonstrated organic experience that has directly driven top Google SERP positioning. 7
years specializing in SEO content strategy. If you feel like you have everything we're looking for in an SEO Director with just a couple of years less experience, we still want to hear from you! Proven ability to tie together off-page SEO and technical SEO to the core content strategy. A self-starter mentality that understands the difference between having resources or being resourceful. You proactively devise ways to get any initiative done, regardless of the resources available. We're investing resources to achieve our lofty goals, but a resourceful mindset helps multiply efforts to achieve even bigger outcomes. Ability to strategically set goals and priorities and align a team behind achieving those outcomes. A test and learn mentality. You may not have the knowledge today to crack every aspect of the Google algorithm, but your curiosity to actively test and learn will decipher the evolving nature of how to rank #1. Experience with data analysis, analytics tools (e.g., Google Search Console and Google Analytics), and third-party SEO tools (e.g., Stat, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Moz, SpyFu). Importantly, you know how to turn that analysis into results.
Salary Range:
$100K -- $150K
Minimum Qualification
Digital Marketing & Social MediaEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications
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