Writer/Editor

Company : Mercer

Description :

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Voluntary Benefits Marketing and Communications team at Mercer. In this role, you will support diverse audiences – including internal and external clients – by developing, reviewing, and editing customized communication materials ranging from sales and marketing content to employee-facing communications.

This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

What you can expect :

Collaborate with the team and key stakeholders to create consistent, engaging, and informative content that enhances campaign performance and aligns communication efforts.

Maintain strong relationships with business partners to gather information and support internal communications such as employee engagement, leadership announcements, and solution launches.

Develop end-to-end campaign assets and communications – including emails, intranet content, videos, presentations, and targeted messages – ensuring high quality, brand alignment, timely delivery, and multi‑channel distribution.

We will count on you to :

Effectively synthesize information or data to craft clear and concise narratives that support project objectives.

Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Proactively anticipate stakeholders’ needs with strong attention to detail on every project and deliverable.

Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

What you need to have :

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Writing, Marketing, or a related field.

A minimum of 8 years of experience.

Mastery of AP style and ability to apply product‑specific style exceptions.

Excellent verbal and written communication, with expert knowledge of English grammar, superior editing and writing skills.

Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills.

Experience or familiarity with health and voluntary benefits.

Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

What makes you stand out?

Excellent listening and communication skills, including the ability to explain editorial changes, discuss compromises, and maintain consistency across different writing styles.

Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, rapidly changing, and demanding environment, managing multiple competing priorities with tight deadlines.

Organized, detail‑oriented, and accurate.

Open, honest, and direct in giving and receiving constructive feedback, with the ability to absorb and act on candid input effectively.

Flexible, hard‑working, results‑driven, and able to work independently or collaboratively within a matrixed structure.

Why join our team :

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.

We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well‑being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE : MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses : Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex / gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office‑based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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