Background

Before founding Verbal Alpha, Jay Cooper was a senior writer and director of equities content for Janus Capital Group, where he drove large-scale thought leadership projects from the idea phase through completion. He also held roles as a senior marketing writer at Laird Norton Tyee, a Seattle-based wealth management firm, and worked at three different news publications covering the investment management and insurance industries.

Jay’s writing experience runs the gamut from quick-turn, thought leadership one-pagers to in-depth whitepapers, eBooks and best practice guides. He has written for a variety of audiences including individual investors, financial advisors and institutional investors. His content consulting work includes projects for fundamental, quantitative and alternative asset managers, as well as work for small wealth management firms.

Jay holds both an MBA and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri.