Market Reporter, EMEA Shipping

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Job description

Location: London
Grade : 9A ( For internal purposes only )

The Role: The Market Reporter (Associate Editor) for EMEA Freight Markets is a reporter who takes responsibility for day-to-day reporting on the shipping and freight markets in the Western hemisphere. The Reporter in this position is responsible for every aspect of market reporting, including the collection and publication of primary market information, running an assessment process, assessing the value of a variety of freight markets, reporting market-related news, writing commentary and analysis, contributing to methodology development and engaging with market sources.

The Impac t: The Market Reporter in this position is responsible for every aspect of market reporting, including the collection and publication of primary market information, running an assessment process, assessing the value of a variety of markets, reporting market-related news, writing commentary and analysis, contributing to methodology development and engaging with market sources.

The Career Opportunity : Excellent career growth potential within the team.

The Business: At S&P Global Platts, the premier source of commodities intelligence, the content you generate and the relationships you build are essential to the energy, petrochemicals, metals and agricultural markets.

Accountabilities:

Assess freight markets: The market reporter surveys market participants throughout the day; publishes price updates through the day; demonstrates a thorough understanding of Platts' methodology and ensures it is up to date; is rigorous when using mathematics and excel spreadsheets and is able to do a full set of assessments without the aid of a spreadsheet.

Write high-quality market commentaries: The market reporter is responsible for writing commentaries associated with his or her assessments. The commentaries are intended to help our readers better understand what is happening in the market, and to better understand how we have arrived at our assessments.

Report news about the markets: The market reporter is responsible for reporting news and publishing analysis relating to their markets. The news should help our readers understand issues in the marketplace. Relevant stories include news about supply and demand developments, government data, new developments in regulations, trader movement news, general analysis of price trends, and other relevant topics.

Engage with the industry: The market reporter is responsible for engaging with market sources around the region. The market reporter should find and nurture new market sources; maintain a good relationship with existing sources; ensure source lists are up to date.

Required Skills:
•Reporting or analytical experience
•Strong mathematical and writing skills
•Strong time-management and communication skills
•Ability to perform well both individually and as part of the team

About S&P Global Platts

At S&P Global Platts, we provide the insights; you make better informed trading and business decisions with conviction. We're the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets. Customers in over 150 countries look to our expertise in news, pricing and analytics to deliver greater transparency and efficiency to markets. S&P Global Platts coverage includes oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.

S&P Global Platts 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

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20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), EDTGRP202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 268481
Posted On: 2021-12-01
Location: London, United Kingdom