Associate Editor, Chemical and Polymer Markets

The Market Reporter Chemical and Polymer Markets is the price reporter and pricing specialist covering Platts suite of prices, news, and analysis of the chemical and polymer markets.

The Team: You will be joining a dynamic, people-first team that prizes effective collaboration and strong inter- and intra-team relationships. We value team members who are driven by results, are willing to help out their colleagues, and are keen to learn. We believe strongly in diversity, equity and inclusion and are committed to making all feel welcome and valued.

The successful candidate will have an eye for detail and the ability to research and develop chemical market coverage.

The Business: S&P Global Commodity Insights is the world’s leading price reporting agency (PRA) and a premier source of commodities intelligence. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in news, pricing, and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets. The chemicals pricing team is a dynamic and expanding team responsible for key pricing benchmarks.

What’s in it for you:

Excellent career growth potential within the Chemicals team, and an opportunity to join a fast-paced team that works across the polymers, recycled plastics, olefins, aromatics and blending components space as well as with the global chemicals team.

Opportunities to learn more about other aspects of the business, including technology and editing.

Opportunities to travel, including internationally for industry events and conferences, where you may have the chance to represent S&P Global Commodity Insights as a speaker.

You will also have the chance to represent CI in face-to-face meetings, webinars, podcasts, or other interviews.

You will assist in identifying, developing, and executing assessment opportunities to drive growth in chemical markets.

Responsibilities: The Market Reporter is responsible for reporting on daily physical trading activity to produce prices by gathering information from a range of contacts in the market, writing daily commentaries explaining the trends driving prices, creating real-time news stories, and participating in multi-media coverage such as webinars and presentations, including representing Commodity Insights at industry events.

The reporter is also responsible for engaging with market participants, while building and managing a database of industry contacts. The reporter also identifies opportunities to refine methodology, research new markets, develop contacts within those markets and launch new price assessments with the goal to advance growth in the Chemicals team.

What We’re Looking For:

Required Skills:

· BA degree or higher

· Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of role types and personalities, internally and externally

· Self-starter mindset with effective problem-solving skills

· Research abilities

· Ability to perform well under tight deadlines

· Excellent English speaking and writing skills

· Culturally and socially sensitive

Preferred Qualifications:

· We are looking to hire candidates with two to five years of reporting/writing/analytical/editorial/industry experience. We are happy to consider candidates with less experience as we are looking to hire for a number of roles.

· Experience or knowledge of the chemicals, polymer or refining sectors or a keen interest in commodities and global commodity markets

· Knowledge of economic principles

· Strong numeracy skills including the ability to understand the basic principles of statistics and to apply basic maths functions in Excel

· Fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Arabic or other regionally important languages is an advantage