Senior Reporter, Chemicals
About the role
This is an excellent opportunity to a mid-career reporter interested in covering and analyzing commodities, with a focus on the chemicals markets. You will apply and develop your skills across daily news reporting, market analysis, features and editorials in this fast-paced environment with the highest standards of journalistic independence and integrity.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and assess markets to produce price assessments, market commentaries, news, analysis and reports
- Curate data and maintain and analyse existing data series to inform coverage and develop graphs and charts within Excel to illustrate trends and analysis
- Develop an understanding of relevant commodity markets, working with other Argus teams to produce joint content
- Regular meetings and daily communication with key members of the industry, including traders, brokers, and business leaders to build relationships and gather news
- Contribute copy to relevant daily and periodical publications and the online news service, and contribute to special content and presentations as required
- Work with other departments to help promote the use of Argus price assessments and help develop new pricing tools for the battery metals markets
- Serve as the face for Argus’ chemicals’ coverage while attending meetings, conferences and industry events to build contacts, report on news and demonstrate market expertise
Requirements
- A mid-career professional with experience in a news or price reporting role, or similar experience
- Proven ability to develop, source and write industry-relevant news to deadline
- Knowledge of commodity markets, with a strong preference for prior petrochemicals experience
- Excellent writing, grammar and numeracy skills (these will be tested as part of the interview process)
- Ability to use data in generating stories and analysis is preferred, while a willingness to learn is essential
- Excellent communication skills with ability to network and build contacts with industry executives. Strong presentation skills also preferred
- Strong co-ordination and time management skills with the ability to work well within a team
- Additional languages useful but not essential
- Demonstrable interest in global business and politics
- Self-motivated, able to use initiative and equipped with an inquisitive nature
- Ability to collaborate and work within a close-knit team is essential
Qualifications
Not specified
Skills
- Writing
- Market analysis
- Data analysis
- Communication
- Networking
- Time management
Benefits
- Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
- Group medical, dental and vision plans
- Company paid short term and long term disability and life insurance plan
- Group 401(k) safe harbor retirement plan with a 6% company match
- 20 vacation days your first year, up to a maximum of 30 days
- Subsidized gym membership
- Extensive internal and external training
Pay
TBD
Schedule
Hybrid
Department
Editorial
Locations
Houston
Equal Opportunity Employer
Argus Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
About Argus Media
Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.
Headquartered in London with 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 32 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.
Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.
Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.