Description
We are seeking an early career reporter to join our Pittsburgh-based team covering steel and ferrous scrap markets. As a Market Reporter, Metals, you will develop expertise in the steel industry, from raw materials to finished products. Your responsibilities will include:
- Monitoring and assessing markets to produce weekly and monthly price assessments, market commentaries, news, analysis, and reports
- Curating data and maintaining and analyzing existing data series to inform coverage and develop graphs and charts within Excel to illustrate trends and analysis
- Developing an understanding of relevant commodity markets, working with other Argus teams to produce joint content
- Conducting regular meetings and daily communication with key members of the industry, including traders, brokers, and business leaders to build relationships and gather news
- Contributing copy to relevant daily and periodical publications and the online news service, and contributing to special content and presentations as required
- Working with other departments to help promote the use of Argus price assessments and help develop new pricing tools for the battery metals markets
- Attending meetings, conferences, and industry events to build contacts, report on news, and represent Argus in the industry
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A graduate with a strong degree, preferably in journalism
- Proven ability to develop, source, and write industry-relevant news to deadline
- Knowledge of commodity markets is preferred
- Excellent writing, grammar, and numeracy skills
- Ability to use data in generating stories and analysis
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build contacts with industry executives
- Strong presentation skills
- Prior experience of working in the financial or energy journalism sector is useful but not essential
- Strong coordination and time management skills with the ability to work well within a team
- Additional languages useful but not essential
- Demonstrable interest in global business and politics
- Self-motivated, able to use initiative and equipped with an inquisitive nature
- Ability to collaborate and work within a close-knit team
In return, we offer:
- Competitive salary
- 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, up to a maximum of 30 days
- Subsidized gym membership
- Extensive internal and external training