Senior Reporter – Chemicals

Location: Houston, TX

About Argus

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,400 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 30 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. 

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 will you be doing?

Argus is seeking a motivated early/mid-career journalist to join its growing US chemicals editorial team. The role will report to the Chemicals Editor, while working closely with the global chemicals editorial team, business development and commercial teams.

Job duties:

• Establish strong knowledge of US chemical commodity markets and provide daily/weekly market coverage across one or more products.
• Drive news coverage for the team through original reporting and assigning stories to colleagues.
• Ensure quality and relevance of weekly and daily reports.
• Develop new areas of market coverage.
• Provide cross-coverage support across all US markets.

What we’re looking for in you:

• The legal authorization to work in the US for any US employer.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, economics, business, history or relevant field.
• Demonstrated reporting, writing and goal-oriented collaboration skills, with strong diplomatic, analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Experience covering physical commodity markets, with a strong preference for experience in the petrochemicals space.
• A commitment to the highest level of accuracy and completing all writing within established deadlines.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite with particular experience in Excel.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary with bonus
• Hybrid work model
• 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, which increases up to 30 days
• Subsidized gym membership
• Extensive internal and external training

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you send your CV and cover letter via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions 

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