News Reporter
At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.
Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.
If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.
About the Role:
As a member of the Editorial team, you will spend each day immersed in the private markets, aiming to help our customers be better investors, advisors, and market participants. The work you will do plays a direct role in the evolution of the industry!
Everyone on our team is supported by a flexible work environment and a culture that promotes curiosity, collaboration, and professional development. We prioritize recognition and respect across all roles and have a high level of camaraderie. The fast-growing nature of our organization provides ample opportunity to advance in your career and explore what interests you.
As we continue investing in the talent of our group, our coverage has evolved rapidly over multiple industries and geographies. Our insights are routinely cited by top-tier publications and sought after by prominent players in the financial markets. In addition to publishing timely market insights, we also partner closely with our Product, Engineering, and Data Operations teams to continually enhance our datasets and develop unique tools that have a material impact on our customers’ workflows. There is no better time to join us!
PitchBook’s news team seeks a financial news reporter to track and cover a wide range of breaking news, daily deals, and more. In this fast-paced role, you will report on and write about key daily developments in private market deal-making, such as funding of venture capital-backed startups, investments by private equity firms, acquisitions, and fundraising moves by investment groups of all types. You will play a pivotal role in how the PitchBook news desk monitors news and announcements from around the world and helps the broader team prioritize daily opportunities for news coverage across our various channels. This is an outstanding opportunity for early-career journalists interested in gaining foundational reporting experience and financial-market knowledge in a dynamic editorial team with high potential for growth and development.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
Monitor and scour real-time newswires, regulatory filings, internal research reports, and other financial news outlets to evaluate them for potential coverage opportunities
Report and write your own news stories, packages of daily briefs, and longer-form feature articles
Contribute news content for daily newsletters, including summaries and short commentaries about breaking news reported from all corners of the financial markets
Provide other newsgathering, data analysis, image sourcing, and related editorial tasks as assigned by the editors
Be an active participant and contributor in regular news staff meetings to brainstorm story ideas, coverage opportunities and longer-term projects or initiatives
Travel as needed to news-making events and be able to do spot reporting or other newsgathering for original articles
Skills and Qualifications:
1+ year of daily news reporting experience, ideally in financial journalism or a related field
Skilled in clear and concise journalistic writing that is delivered quickly and cleanly
Demonstrate news judgment and a bias for decisiveness and production
Work well under deadline pressure and is able to turn out news stories on short notice
Team player who collaborates across the news team and other departments
Ability to understand and explain complex financial topics in straightforward, jargon-free terms
Competent in working with data sets and performing robust quantitative analysis
Takes initiative and can pitch and develop your own story topics independently
Able to travel to industry events and meet in person with professional sources
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:
Physical Health
Comprehensive health benefits
Additional medical wellness incentives
STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance
Emotional Health
Paid sabbatical program after four years
Paid family and paternity leave
Annual educational stipend
Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
CFA exam stipend
Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
Employee assistance program
Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days
Social Health
Matching gifts program
Employee resource groups
Subsidized emergency childcare
Dependent Care FSA
Company-wide events
Employee referral bonus program
Quarterly team building events
Financial Health
401k match
Shared ownership employee stock program
Monthly transportation stipend
Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.
Compensation
Annual base salary: $64,225 - $80,000
Target annual bonus percentage: 5%
Starting pay will be based on several factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. We also have a location-based compensation structure; there may be different ranges for candidates by location.