Senior Speechwriter

About the role

The Senior Speechwriter crafts external and internal messages for the Bank president and other senior executives that reflect the voice, tone, and strategic goals of the Bank and its leaders. The role involves researching, drafting, editing, and refining a broad spectrum of communications, including formal monetary policy speeches, talking points, and various types of executive communications.

Responsibilities

• Leads all phases of the speech development process, including coordinating the review process, completing necessary research, and ensuring that speeches are prepared in a timely, appropriate, and confidential manner.
• Drafts and refines compelling, structurally sound remarks that advance principal positioning and messaging goals.
• Works with a cross-functional team to craft and improve messaging for a range of topics including economic conditions and monetary policy.
• Convenes, leads, and manages the writing process, developing a detailed delivery timeline, assigning accountabilities with specific due dates, and building agendas and briefing documents.
• Understands the context, audience, and tone appropriate for each piece of communications, producing polished drafts that require minimal revision.
• Leads a post-engagement review for continuous improvement, evaluating message penetration, delivery effectiveness, and audience response.
• Synthesizes observations into clear recommendations that are shared with the president and carried forward into subsequent speeches.
• Advises on the tone and tenor of public remarks and recommends delivery adjustments that strengthen communication impact.
• Drafts a range of shorter-form executive communications that require an authoritative and accessible voice, including welcoming remarks, town hall scripts, strategy presentations, and internal leadership messages.
• Researches, drafts, and refines articles for internal and external Bank publications from the president in coordination with subject matter experts and communications team, ensuring a precise command of language and a consistent, audience-centered voice.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of Bank-wide talking points and public outreach resources, ensuring that all speakers carry forth the president's messaging.
• Stays continuously informed about Federal Reserve monetary policy, District economic conditions, and regulatory developments through briefings and engagement with internal and external knowledge sources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Public Policy, Economics, or a closely related field and a minimum of ten years of related work experience.
• Master’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Public Policy, Economics, or a closely related field and a minimum of seven years of related work experience.
• Professional writing experience in an executive communications, speechwriting, policy communications, or public affairs role.
• Demonstrated experience writing formal speeches, policy remarks, or executive-level communications for senior organizational leaders.
• Proficiency with standard office productivity and document management tools.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex economic or policy content into clear, compelling, and audience-appropriate language for diverse audiences.
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple concurrent deliverables under deadline pressure.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Federal Reserve monetary policy and District economic conditions.
• Understanding of regulatory developments and their impact on the banking sector.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with public speaking and presenting to diverse audiences.

Skills

• Expert level in writing formal speeches, policy remarks, or executive-level communications for senior organizational leaders.
• Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple concurrent deliverables under deadline pressure.
• Proficiency with standard office productivity and document management tools.
• Ability to translate complex economic or policy content into clear, compelling, and audience-appropriate language for diverse audiences.
• Continuous learning and staying updated with Federal Reserve monetary policy, District economic conditions, and regulatory developments.

Benefits

The Cleveland Fed offers a comprehensive benefits package to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.clevelandfed.org/careers

Pay

The expected starting salary range for the Senior Speechwriter is between $137,000 and $171,300 annually. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.

Schedule

This is a full-time regular position.

Physical Demands and General Working Conditions

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reserves the right to revise this or any job description at any time.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to clev.4d.benefits.specialist@clev.frb.org.

Bank’s Ethics Rules and Drug Testing

As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity interest in a depository institution or an affiliate of a depository institution. A "depository institution" means a bank, a trust company, or any institution that accepts deposits, including a bank chartered under the laws of a foreign country. In addition, employees (and their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children) may not own shares of mutual funds, unit investment trusts or ETFs that have a policy, as stated in the prospectus, of concentrating in the financial services industry and that have underlying investments in banks or other depository institutions. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting. In addition, as a condition of employment, candidates must undergo a background check and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana, prior to hire and for certain safety sensitive positions during employment.

Family Group Work

This is a full-time regular position.

Shift

This is a first shift position.

Privacy Notice

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to clev.4d.benefits.specialist@clev.frb.org.