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Lead Economist, Editorial

Wealthfront· Data – Data Science / Investment Research and Data Science (Content Team)
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Hybrid (New York City, NY / Palo Alto, CA / San Francisco, CA)$185k - $211kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Economist or data scientist with macro expertise to produce public-facing economic research, data sets, and written content for Wealthfront’s Content Team, supporting consumer, market, and business trend analyses and broad audience engagement across blog, newsletters, social channels, and media.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor market and macroeconomic news daily and generate timely, unique economic analyses that help young professionals navigate market trends and build their financial confidence.
  • Turn analyses into public-facing written content, visualizations, and interactive tools to increase engagement with Wealthfront’s audience.
  • Partner with Comms, Social Media and Creative teams to distribute work across various content channels.
  • Conduct media, podcast, and video interviews to publicize analyses.
  • Support additional Research and Data Science initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

  • 4-6+ years experience running quantitative economic data analyses and writing accessible, high-quality content summarizing findings.
  • Experience analyzing third and first-party economic data and connecting it to consumer finance trends.
  • Storytelling creativity and ability to translate data into digestible content.
  • Experience with data visualization is highly preferred.
  • Willingness to participate in public-facing media and/or video interviews (previous experience preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree in economics or another quantitative field required; Masters or PhD preferred.
  • Proficiency in high-level programming languages such as Python or R.

Skills

Required:Macroeconomic analysisPublic-facing writingPython or R
Nice to have:Data visualization

Benefits

  • medical, vision, dental
  • 401K plan
  • generous time off
  • parental leave
  • wellness reimbursements
  • professional development
  • employee investing discount
  • and more
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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