Markets Editor/ Senior Editor
Do you have a keen interest in writing and reporting on market developments and explaining what this means for the industry?
Are you a self-starter who can leverage and grow your network to enhance and promote our content?
About the Business
At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world’s resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel and supply and demand data. You can learn more about ICIS at the link below. https://www.icis.com/explore
About our Team
We are looking for a Markets Editor/Senior Editor to join our editorial team in Singapore, covering developments in a portfolio of petrochemical markets.
About the Role
You will assess prices on a daily or weekly basis, produce market intelligence and in-depth analytical content. You thrive on breaking exclusive news and being the first to get the information out to the market. The role will be investigating and explaining what this means for our customers.
Responsibilities
• Covering a portfolio of petrochemical markets in Asia - produce daily and/or weekly price assessments. Meet regular and timely deadlines with the highest level of accuracy and balance.
• Writing insightful news and analysis explaining price trends and market developments for the region including regional overviews and outlooks
• Chasing stories proactively across your portfolio
• Building and nurturing a wide network of industry contacts
• Tracking changes in demand, supply, trade flows as well as related markets and contribute to updating relevant databases
• Reporting on complex topics in an engaging and timely manner through the use of data visualizations
• Delivering presentations at conferences/client visits including business travel to industry events
• Contributing to thought leadership content through channels such as podcasts and videos
• Senior Editors will be required to mentor staff
Requirements
• Have academic qualifications in journalism, chemical engineering, business/finance, economics or similar
• Be able to write and communicate with clarity
• Have knowledge or interest in market economics
• Have a high level of numerical accuracy and excellent analytical skills
• Have excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• Experience of working with Excel/Excel-based business tools
• Be a passionate, curious, high-performing, accountable team player
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