Job Description
About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 11
The Role: Manager, Special Content, Q&D Americas
The Team: The Special Content editing team sits within the Americas Quality & Digital (Q&D) team and is responsible for front-line, deep dive editing on our most challenging content; enhancing all content with prices, graphics, hyperlinks; training editors and reporters on content enhancement and the commodity markets angle. Special Content editors also curate Platts flagship oil publications -- Oilgram News and Oilgram Price Report. The manager is responsible for setting the pace and managing team workload, keeping the team motivated and tracking progress on all projects.
The Impact: This critical role leads a team of experienced, senior editors and puts the candidate at the center of content decision making, guiding the team to pivot on day-to-day publishing workflows and to focus on complex stories that require subject matter editing expertise. The role ensures our content meets the demands of our customers -- price and commodity awareness, fluency in market dynamics and visualization of data in easily digestible formats.
What's in it for you: - The role provides deep, hands-on management experience in a supportive leadership environment
- You'll be seen as a leader in editorial decision-making, designing training modules, executing on Special Content projects
- You will have the opportunity to collaborate and engage with stakeholders from various divisions and business functions within S&P Global Commodity Insights and S&P Global
- Opportunity to develop subject matter expertise and present to senior leadership at internal meetings and panels
- Be able to leverage and expand your project management experience working with various functions such as Digital, Production and Marketing teams on digital-first Special Projects, multi-media content
- Participate in discussions on the implementation of AI tools, LLM models within S&P Global Commodity Insights and with wider S&P Global stakeholders
Responsibilities: - Customer at the core: Embrace a customer-first mindset by delivering quality content with strong headlines, bullets, prices, market angles, graphics and relevant hyperlinks
- Team goals: Set individual priorities by understanding and balancing group dynamics, reinforcing strengths and balancing workload
- Personal Growth: Achieve Subject Matter Expertise in commodities through individual stretch projects, ideating on content creation, leading showcase content development and execution
- Training expertise: Mentor and coach editors, reporters, analysts on creating high-value content that resonates with customers
- Special Content management: Set process to track data around customer persona; guide specialist editor decisions; make presentations to Senior Leadership for wider discussion
What We're Looking For: Basic qualifications: - Minimum 8-10 years of experience working in a real-time news agency, or Price Reporting Agency or financial news agency/publication
- 3-5 years management experience in leading team of reporters or editors in a typical newsroom environment
- A Bachelor's degree in Journalism or Economics, or Communication/Publishing or Business/and Finance
- Deep understanding of commodity and financial markets, journalistic best practices and media laws
- Prior experience in editing and managing content publication workflows
- Excellent verbal and written English-language skills
- Proficiency in project management, multi-tasking
Preferred qualifications: - Ability to act both independently and as part of a wider global Q&D team
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with stakeholders across different teams, regions and business functions
- Global perspective in executing tasks and implementing projects with inter-divisional/functional stakeholders
- Proficiency in desktop publishing software, different types of content management systems, data visualization and working knowledge of social media posting and publishing is a plus
- Comfortable with implementation and use of LLM tools
- Fluency in Excel, PPT, and good presentation skills are highly advantageous
- Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI a plus
About S&P Global Commodity Insights At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights' coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
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What's In It For You? Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We're constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of
integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of
discovery to our work, and collaborate in close
partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits: We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you-and your career-need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards-small perks can make a big difference.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global: At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation - Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn't stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.
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Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
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20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), EDTGRP202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)
Job ID: 299533
Posted On: 2024-03-27
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
Job Tags
Full time, Second job, Worldwide, Flexible hours,