Associate Editor- Americas Biofuels

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,300 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 29 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences. Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor.

What will you be doing?
Argus seeks a driven, enthusiastic, naturally curious, and hard-working associate editor to help lead its Houston-based biofuels team. The successful candidate will work closely with editors in London, Brazil, Singapore and in regional offices, as well as with other editorial teams and management, Data and Production teams, business development, sales and marketing, consulting, and conferences.

This is a unique opportunity to cover rapidly expanding biofuels markets. Coverage includes renewable feedstocks, ethanol, biodiesel, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and environmental credits including Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).

The role requires daily monitoring and assessing biofuels markets to produce and oversee news, price assessments, market commentaries and reports on an array of biofuel products, while developing and maintaining rapport with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders. It requires external presentations, copy editing and mentoring new recruits, as well as helping with multiple daily publication duties.

Skills and Experience

A minimum of four years of prior experience with commodity markets preferred
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, economics, business or relevant field
A strong understanding of economics and the role and practice of price reporting.
Strong writing skills and comfortable with basic math and numerical analysis.
A commitment to the highest level of accuracy and completing tasks on deadline.
Comfortable with phone and in-person interviews and the ability to find sources from scratch and build relationships.
Demonstrated goal-oriented collaboration skills, with strong diplomatic and problem-solving ability as well as an ability to handle multiple tasks on a tight daily schedule
Experience in a professional publishing capacity or in an analyst role
The willingness and ability to travel up to 15% of the time in order to fulfill the responsibilities of this position
Ability to train new hires
Ability to edit news articles and market commentaries

What we’re looking for in you:

Create and Communicate Assessments
Cultivate and Maintain Contacts
Identify and Issue Corrections
Change assessment methodologies
Understand market conditions and trends that affect assessments
Understand commodity trading and pricing
Copy editing
Training new hires

What’s in it for you:

Competitive salary with bonus
Hybrid work model
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, which increases up to 30 days
Subsidized gym membership
Extensive internal and external training