Principal Journalist

You will be an important member of the OPIS Europe Spots team, engaging with team members in the European aromatics sector for price discovery, and to explore trends and opportunities, while producing price assessments, analytics and news for daily publication. You will report into the Journalism Associate Director.,

• Partner engagement to identify aromatics pricing and benchmark opportunities in Europe.
• Use OPIS pricing methodology to publish daily aromatics price assessments.
• Spot and track industry pricing changes and developments, working to assist OPIS in the development of spot aromatics benchmarks in Europe
• Support OPIS analysis of aromatics and petrochemicals by gathering information across multiple industry databases.
• Create stories for news service and longer, more analytical content focusing on industry trends and related developments
• Occasional travel, client visits and conference attendance.
• Based in U.K.
  
  Important Qualifications and Skills:
• A bachelor's degree in journalism, economics, or related field.
• Experience in price reporting within the aromatics, recycled plastics or wider petrochemical sectors.
• Networking skills for partner engagement and to develop aromatics pricing and identify potential benchmarks
• Good numerical skills and ability in newswriting and reporting
• Work to deadlines and flexible hours due to publishing of reports
• Willingness to break down and understand market issues and developments
• Passion to track industry trends in the wider petrochemical industry, including concerning the ongoing energy transition
• Some experience of recycled plastics, the market and several companies/organisations in Europe would be useful
• Ability to speak another European language and experience of aromatics/petrochemicals would be helpful but not essential
  
  OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global supply chain so that all partners can buy and sell energy commodities with confidence. We provide transparent price assessments, real-time news, powerful analytics, and educational and networking events. Oil, gas, and fuel markets rely on Dow Jones spot benchmarks in refined products, NGLs and LPG, ethanol and biofuels, refinery feedstocks and petrochemicals., Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.
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• Private Medical Cover
• Life Cover
• Disability Cover
• EAP
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Emergency Backup care
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Leaves & Company Holidays
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