Senior/Market Reporter, Chemicals – Asia Markets
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Job description
About the Position
Cover Asia’s fast-moving chemicals markets through sharp reporting, trusted industry connections, and insightful analysis - with global collaboration, training, and opportunities to travel.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and assess fast-moving markets to produce price assessments, intelligence, market commentaries, news, analysis, and reports.
- Proactively generate news leads and pitch stories, contribute copy to the relevant publication and the online news service, and contribute to unique content (blog posts, white papers, webinars, podcasts, etc.).
- Engage with the industry to understand market developments closely, ensuring that the methodology and the report remain relevant.
- Collaborate with colleagues on the desk and other teams to enhance and drive coverage.
- Attend meetings, conferences, and industry events to build contacts, report on news, and represent Argus in the industry.
Requirements
- An articulate graduate with a strong degree.
- The ability to develop, verify, and write industry-relevant news/content to deadline is preferred.
- Prior experience working in financial or commodities journalism is beneficial but optional.
- Interest in and enthusiasm for commodities, energy markets, global business, politics, and economics.
- Experience delivering breaking news, insightful market reports, and in-depth analytical articles is a bonus.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite with experience in Excel.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build contacts with industry executives.
We Offer
- Work within a highly motivated team at an industry-leading and rapidly growing global company.
- Competitive salary and company bonus scheme.
- A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork.
- Excellent location at Raffles Place in central Singapore – close to public transport and amenities.
- Hybrid working model, available after completion of probation.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical (GP and specialist), dental, and hospitalization.
- 20 vacation days your first year, up to a maximum of 25 days.
- Extensive internal and external training.
- Employee Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme.
Travel
Cover conferences and events (5-10% of overseas travel is expected).
Hours
Monday through Friday, 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Earlier or later hours, or weekend hours, may be expected on occasion.
About the Company
Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools, and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.
Headquartered in London with 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organization with 32 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.
Companies, trading firms, and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyze situations, manage risk, facilitate trading, and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities, and energy.
Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.
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Argus is a fast-growing global B2B media company providing essential information on commodity markets. As a business, we continue to grow and evolve, adding new markets, new services, new delivery options and improved analytical tools.About Argus MediaArgus is an independent media organisation with more than 1050 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 23 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 also 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. Half of Argus employees are commodity journalists who specialise in reporting news and price information relating to physical energy and related commodity markets. They operate according to a rigorous Editorial Code of Conduct and a Compliance and Ethics Policy that align with best journalistic practice, including the avoidance of conflicts of interest. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by staff shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.