Senior Editor - Personal Loans

Company Overview

Job Overview|Job Description

Level: P3 to P4 (exceptional candidates considered at P5) | Organization: Credit Karma, Consumer Group, Intuit | Reports to: Head of Content Strategy and Editorial, Consumer Group

Credit Karma helps tens of millions of members make confident financial decisions. We are hiring a Senior Editor to own personal loans editorial and ship accurate, useful content every week.

Members come to personal loan content to consolidate debt, cover a large expense or understand whether they can qualify. They need clear guidance on rates, fees, eligibility and the effect on their credit. You will plan, assign, edit and sometimes write content that helps a member compare, decide and act, and that earns visibility in search and in AI answers. You will work closely with the Credit Karma personal loans SEO strategist, product teams and Legal and Compliance.

What You'll Bring

Personal Loans Expertise

• Working depth in personal loans: APR and fees, prequalification, eligibility, debt consolidation, secured and unsecured loans, and lender comparison
• Familiarity with adjacent lending topics such as student and auto loans, credit scores and debt payoff
• Understanding of how members weigh offers and what makes a lending recommendation trustworthy

Editorial Craft

• Strong editing, reporting and writing, with a clear standard for accuracy, plain language and sourcing
• Experience in YMYL content: fact-checking, rate and fee disclosures, expert review and compliance sign-off
• Ability to deliver weekly without losing quality

Search and AI Awareness

• Working knowledge of how content ranks and is cited in search and in AI answers, including structure, freshness and entity clarity
• Comfort partnering with SEO strategists on briefs, refreshes and measurement

Tech-Forward Mindset

• Curiosity about AI tools for research, drafting, refresh and QA, and the judgment to know where human review is required

Responsibilities

Weekly Editorial Delivery

• Own the personal loans content plan and ship new and refreshed content every week
• Assign, edit and review work from staff, freelancers and agencies against Credit Karma standards
• Keep rate, fee and eligibility content accurate as lender offers and rules change

Trust and Compliance

• Apply sourcing, disclosure and review standards to every piece
• Work with Legal, Compliance and subject matter experts on review and approval

Partnership with SEO and Product

• Turn SEO strategy into briefs, outlines and refresh plans for personal loans
• Work with product and marketing teams so content supports member journeys and conversion

Performance and Improvement

• Track traffic, engagement, citation in AI answers and downstream conversion for personal loans content
• Test AI-assisted workflows and report what improves speed or quality

Qualifications

• P3: 5+ years of editorial experience and strong educational credentials; P4: 10+ years, or a senior manager or strategist level role
• Demonstrated editorial experience in personal loans or closely related consumer finance
• Track record of delivering content on a weekly cadence
• Familiarity with SEO and content performance data, including how content earns citations in AI answers
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills
• BA/BS degree required
• Minimal travel
• Hybrid role: 2-3 days in office per week

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. 

The expected base pay range for this position is:
San Diego $120,000 - $162,500