Digital Content Editor

The Role: We are seeking a full-time digital content editor to join S&P Global Ratings in our Tokyo office. You will edit research articles in Japanese, helping to strengthen the way we explain our rating actions and discuss credit trends. You will also help to transform complex data and analytical research into articles and social media posts that have a strong visual focus. You will have the opportunity to ghostwrite articles if requested, and craft compelling headlines and media releases that get our message heard.

The Impact: The quality of your work has a direct correlation and is critical to S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. The quality and accuracy of our credit opinions are essential to our reputation as the foremost provider of market intelligence and analytical insight. The essential information we provide powers the future of the markets and accelerates progress in the world.

The Career Opportunity: This is an exciting time to join our global editorial team at S&P Global Ratings as our content evolves for the digital age. You will gain exposure to new approaches to presenting research that is easy to digest and hard to ignore in a crowded information marketplace. You will be trained in data visualization concepts, help to build up our social media presence, and be at the forefront of the modernization of our publishing channels. The role provides a strong opportunity for career development.

The Team/Business:

S&P Global Ratings Editorial team consists of about 100 staff in offices around the world and is part of our Analytical Business Operations & Controls division. We operate in an exciting, diverse, and dynamic environment. You will work closely with other editors and translators, rating analysts, and operations specialists in Tokyo, frequently liaise with colleagues in the wider Asia-Pacific region, and participate in projects with other team members globally.

Responsibilities:

Pay strong attention to detail and processes to ensure error-free Japanese-language articles under tight deadlines that comply with regulatory standards.
Apply the principles of writing for the digital age through good headlines, brevity, and highlighted opinions that clearly tell a credit story.
Communicate effectively in Japanese and English with local and overseas colleagues.
Create graphics using standard graphics software tools (e.g., Excel, Visio, Plotly, and Illustrator).
Ensure articles conform to global publishing standards in terms of format, style, and branding specifications.

What We’re Looking For:

Bachelor's degree holder in digital journalism, communications, economics, or a related discipline.
Excellent written and verbal Japanese communication skills (native level).
Strong-to-excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Good interpersonal and decision-making skills
Ability to adapt in a fast-paced and pressured environment.
Sound knowledge of terminology and concepts used in financial markets.
Experience post-editing machine translated content is a plus.
Proven interest in developing digital, desktop publishing, and data visualization skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio) and Adobe Illustrator.

S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings is the world’s leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.