Junior Market Reporter - Petrochemicals

Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain, including the Spot, Wholesale Rack and Retail markets. OPIS enables customers to buy and sell energy commodities with confidence with multi-platform access to accurate data, real-time news, powerful software and educational events. Our commitment to reliability is reinforced by personalized customer service and constant innovation. OPIS listens to what the energy community needs and responds with flexible and easy-to-use products. Navigating world fuel markets is complex – OPIS makes it simpler.

OPIS PetroChem Wire (PCW), a Dow Jones company, is a thriving provider of petrochemical market pricing and news. We provide transparency through real-time news and pricing services, and market-specific benchmark pricing reports that enable our customers to make smarter, more informed decisions. 

About the Role:

This is an entry-level position on the OPIS PetroChem Wire team. You will work with our senior editors to collect and analyze trade data to provide daily assessments for the US polyolefins market. In addition to market coverage, you will be trained to cover various editorial duties and meet required deadlines. You will report to the Journalism Associate Director. 

You Will:

• Work with the current editorial team, initially in a supportive role, to cover and assess the polyolefins markets
• Familiarize yourself with all polyolefins market activity
• Understand and promote the OPIS PCW suite of products offered
• Write/edit news alerts and market commentary
• Collect data and market feedback, understand fundamentals and/or breaking news, and analyze pricing trends to integrate into market commentary
• Assist in compiling and publishing OPIS PCW reports and meeting multiple daily and weekly deadlines
• Meet and network with current sources and resources, as well as develop new sources
• Attend industry events and conferences as needed

You Have:

• Undergraduate degree in Energy, Journalism, Business, Data Science, or related area of study -OR- equivalent work experience
• Experience with Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, Jupyter Notebook and Python (preferred)

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $50,000 - $65,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..