Deputy Editor - London, United Kingdom - Argus Media

Argus Media

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Deputy Editor
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European Oil Products**:

Location:

London, UK:

About Argus
Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,300 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 29 offices in the world's principal commodity trading and production centres.

Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences.

Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company.

It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor.

Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women's network.

What will you be doing?
***We are looking for a Deputy Editor to work on one of Argus' flagship publications

This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical, inquisitive, numerate and literate commodity market expert to manage a small team of reporters covering some of the key refined oil product markets, including some of Argus' key benchmark price assessments.

You will work with the editor to maintain and develop the European service, drawing upon your market experience and Argus' deep experience of producing news, analysis and market pricing across a range of commodity markets.

You will collaborate with Argus' established, market leading reports in other commodities including crude oil, LPG and biofuels.

You will help develop the analysis and fundamental datasets available to clients and ensure our product helps our clients achieve their goals.

The environment is fast paced but values careful thought.

You will enjoy collaborative work with colleagues from a range of backgrounds, many located in Argus' other offices around the globe.

There are opportunities to travel and attend industry events, as well as to present at industry conferences and lead webinar sessions.

Key responsibilities

Manage team of refined product reporters and work in tandem with daily report Editor to lead group
Monitor and assess technical markets to produce weekly price assessments, intelligence, market commentaries, news, analysis, and reports.
Developing and maintaining relationships with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders (buyers, sellers, brokers, traders, project developers) to gain market intelligence
Present at meetings, conferences and industry events.
Engage with industry to ensure a close understanding of market developments to ensure both methodology and the wider report remain relevant to the market.
Help to build and curate data sets that help explain market dynamics.

Skills & Experience

Commodity markets experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability and interest in rapidly developing strong news judgement and editing skills.
Selfmotivation and initiative to meet tight deadlines.
The ability to network and build contacts with industry executives and internally.
Proficiency working with Excel and interest in further developing data skills.

Attributes

Ability to explain complex markets in simple terms.
Selfmotivated, able to use initiative and equipped with an inquisitive nature.
Strong social skills and team oriented.
Strong leadership capabilities

What's in it for you:

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers.

Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.