Associate Editor, Global Thermal Coal
The Role: The editor will be part of an international team of experienced reporters covering Asian, European and the US thermal coal markets. The position will be based in Gurgaon, India. Candidates from other locations would also be considered. The job includes gathering primary market intelligence directly from industry sources, and producing news articles and in-depth analysis stories. Besides doing extensive price reporting, you will be expected to connect the dots on key themes affecting the sector, and to produce timely, high-quality news as well as embark on commodity benchmark price building activities. The role also involves seeking out opportunities for cross-commodity coverage, with teams of competing fuels like LNG or oil, but also with other commodity sectors.
The Impact: This is a key thought leadership role, with Platts continuing to cement its role as the global leader in thermal coal pricing, building strong benchmark price as well as valuable news content.
The Career Opportunity: This is a fantastic opportunity for a commodity market reporter with strong commodity pricing and benchmark building experience to step up to the next level, in a role involving greater visibility and responsibility, as well as exposure to the big topics hitting the mainstream media.
The Team / The Business: You’ll be expected to work closely with a team of reporters with deep sector knowledge, spread across offices in Gurgaon, London and Houston. You will also involve engaging deeply with external market sources to spread awareness of the thermal coal methodology and also drive adoption of the Platts Asia thermal coal price assessments. You will come up with timely ideas for podcasts/webinars/videos to showcase Platts’ strengths in the commodity market coverage. You will be involved in making both internal and external presentations. You will be working closely with the Managing Editor to evolve strategies to strengthen pricing and methodology for Platts thermal coal prices across the Asia-Pacific region as we strive to build strong benchmark in the sector.
Your Skills: A natural team worker with excellent commodity pricing abilities, experience in building benchmarks, strong written and verbal communication skills, you have a proven journalistic track record and a strong news sense. You should also have exceptional energy, tenacity and ambition to excel in a fast-paced environment. Added advantage if you have already managed a team.
Our Hiring Manager says: You will be responsible for keeping track of developments in the Asia-Pacific thermal coal market, develop/strengthen methodologies, engage with market to develop price benchmarks, delivering key insights and producing market-moving news articles. It is a great chance to prove that you can use your network of contacts to deliver the highest-quality content and explore newer opportunities while keeping track of any changes in the energy scenario in the coming years.
Responsibilities:
• Regularly engage market participants, helping identify key trends in the market, and showcase Platts’ expertise. Develop strong methodologies or strengthen existing ones based on market requirements and also help build benchmark status for Asia thermal coal prices.
• Gather commodity price information, produce accurate price assessments/indexes, write commentary, rationales.
• Produce daily insightful news articles covering the global thermal coal industry in a timely manner. Areas of coverage include the macro-economic situation, upstream and downstream industries and any changes to government policies. Collaborations with other teams like energy transition and LNG and other competing fuels would be strongly required.
• Produce analysis of developments affecting prices across the thermal coal supply chain – from mining to shipping to end-user developments.
• Develop, expand and maintain sources and contacts relevant to the market area of coverage
• Public speaking at Platts or third-party industry events, and in front of mainstream media
• Daily team work and coordination with colleagues and a wide range of internal stakeholders
• Strong time management skills and willingness to work across regional teams at their timezones would be a requirement.
Qualifications:
• At least one to three years covering thermal coal sector or any other commodity with experience in pricing/benchmark building
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree or similar level university degree
• Excellent English writing skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Good organizational planning skills; able to work collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment
• Must be comfortable with Microsoft excel and large data sets
• Adept at managing multiple tasks and adhering to regular deadlines. Able to prioritize quickly and to readjust priorities throughout the day.
• Self-driven, energetic and proactive
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, global, multi-cultural environment
• Working knowledge of Japanese, Mandarin or Korean is an added advantage.