Reporter – Mexico Energy Markets
Location: Mexico City, Mexico City
Please make sure you include a cover letter with your application, with reasons for your interest in this role.
About Argus
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 over 1,400 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 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, analyse 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.
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. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for a passionate and resourceful reporter to be our energy market news reporter in Mexico City, Mexico.
You will be a skilled writer, a lateral thinker as well as a logical one, driven by an interest in the economics of markets. You will be able to engage with contacts, develop relationships and work collaboratively.
The ideal candidate brings three years covering news in Mexico and can seamlessly shift between daily breaking news and insightful analysis stories. Intelligence, curiosity, writing ability and a real desire to become a journalist are the primary qualities we look for in a very diverse pool of candidates.
What will you be doing?
The job is a challenging mix of reporting on market movements, policy changes and trends, analysing data, producing expert analysis and writing breaking news, all while adhering to strict deadlines and adhering to our journalistic style and ethics.
We provide extensive training in good writing, market assessment, industry understanding, source development, and data analysis.
There are opportunities to travel, to meet contacts, and to present at conferences and on webinars. There are also opportunities to work in other Argus offices around the world, particularly the US.
Reporting on and writing about markets is one of the most difficult and rewarding of all journalistic disciplines. Information is hard to find and verify; Argus customers expect the highest standards of analysis, accuracy and journalistic ethics; deadlines are unbreakable; and a mix of self-reliance and teamwork are essential. But working for Argus offers an outstanding grounding in many vital skillsets and areas of human knowledge, working on the frontiers of the energy transition and the future economics of the world.
What we're looking for in you?
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 recognises 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.
For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV with a Cover Letter via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions
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