Associate Editor, Americas Biofuels
About The Position
Argus seeks a driven, enthusiastic, naturally curious and hard-working associate editor to support its Houston-based biofuels team. The successful candidate will work closely with editors in London, Brazil, Singapore and in regional offices, as well as with other editorial teams and management, Data and Production teams, business development, sales and marketing, consulting and conferences. This is a unique opportunity to cover rapidly expanding biofuels markets. Coverage includes renewable diesel, renewable feedstocks, ethanol, biodiesel, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and environmental credits including Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). The role requires daily monitoring and assessing biofuels markets to produce and oversee news, analysis, price assessments, market commentaries and reports on an array of biofuel products, while developing and maintaining rapport with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders. It requires external presentations, copy editing and mentoring new recruits, as well as helping with multiple daily publication duties.
Requirements
- A minimum of four years of prior experience with commodity markets preferred
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, economics, business or relevant field
- A strong understanding of economics and the role and practice of price reporting.
- Strong writing skills and comfortable with basic math and numerical analysis.
- A commitment to the highest level of accuracy and completing tasks on deadline.
- Comfortable with phone and in-person interviews and the ability to find sources from scratch and build relationships.
- Demonstrated goal-oriented collaboration skills, with strong diplomatic and problem-solving ability as well as an ability to handle multiple tasks on a tight daily schedule
- Experience in a professional publishing capacity or in an analyst role
- The willingness and ability to travel up to 15% of the time in order to fulfill the responsibilities of this position
- Ability to train new hires
- Ability to edit news articles and market commentaries
Responsibilities
- Monitor and assess biofuels markets daily to produce and oversee news, analysis, price assessments, market commentaries and reports on an array of biofuel products.
- Develop and maintain rapport with key contacts and liaise regularly with industry stakeholders.
- Deliver external presentations.
- Perform copy editing.
- Mentor new recruits.
- Assist with multiple daily publication duties.
- Create and Communicate Assessments
- Cultivate and Maintain Contacts
- Identify and Issue Corrections
- Change assessment methodologies
- Understand market conditions and trends that affect assessments
- Understand commodity trading and pricing
- Copy editing
- Training new hires
Benefits
- Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
