The Impact:
Your ability to quickly apply value-added editing skills has a direct correlation and is critical to S&P Global Ratings mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. The quality, timeliness, and accuracy of our articles are essential to our company's reputation as the foremost provider of market intelligence and analytical insight.
The work is highly varied, with a wide range of article types from news to features, and spanning industries, financial services, and sovereigns.
Functional Responsibility / Domain Related
- Ensure articles are grammatically accurate, adhere to house style, and meet publishing standards.
- Apply digital-first principles, through brevity and use of plain English.
- Highlight insights through refining key messages, topic sentences, headlines.
- Pay strong attention to detail and processes to ensure error-free articles under tight deadlines that comply with regulatory standards.
- Conceptualize graphics for data visualization and infographics. Create and refine charts, tables, and visuals using Excel, Visio, and other charting tools.
- Work independently and communicate effectively.
- Support global teams across multiple regions APAC, EMEA, NA, LATAM
- Curiosity and proactiveness to try and learn new things
- Format and prepare documents (MS Word, PowerPoint, etc.) to meet internal and client-facing standards.
- Ensure all materials comply with S&P Global Ratings style guide and editorial standards.
- Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, publication-ready materials.
- Manage multiple projects or processes simultaneously, while meeting tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn, enhance skillsets, and adopt new technology platforms.
Qualification and Essential Skills:
- Bachelor's degree holder, preferably in economics, finance, or journalism.
- Minimum two-to-three years financial editing experience, preferably with a financial information provider or finance-related newsroom.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Sound knowledge of terminology and concepts used in financial markets.
- Good interpersonal and decision-making skills.
- Ability to adapt in a fast-paced and pressured environment.
- Firm familiarity with Microsoft Office suite.
- Knowledge of Adobe InDesign or Illustrator and Prompt engineering, AI tools is a plus.
