Job Purpose
With over 170 subscribing investment management firms MandateWire is a successful subscription business covering the investment activities of institutional investors across the globe. We are looking for an inquisitive and creative journalist to join our team of reporters based in New York and produce daily news stories on North American institutional investors (predominantly pension funds, foundations and insurers) within their specific beat. We seek team players who thrive in a work environment that offers collegiality and support.
Qualifications / Capabilities / Skills / Experience
With over 170 subscribing investment management firms MandateWire is a successful subscription business covering the investment activities of institutional investors across the globe. We are looking for an inquisitive and creative journalist to join our team of reporters based in New York and produce daily news stories on North American institutional investors (predominantly pension funds, foundations and insurers) within their specific beat. We seek team players who thrive in a work environment that offers collegiality and support.
Qualifications / Capabilities / Skills / Experience
- Must have an excellent and professional telephone manner. The role involves speaking with senior institutional investment decision makers and the ability to create a rapport with these contacts is essential.
- Superb organisational skills to manage time effectively, scheduling calls, inputting data and meeting the daily, monthly and quarterly deadlines.
- Ability to analyse large amounts of data and identify relevant material.
- Good level of computer skills.
- Journalism experience within a related field, covering investments and pensions
- Experience interviewing sophisticated senior executives
- Must be well-organised and able to prioritise workload effectively
- Polite and confident telephone manner
- Detail oriented
- Calm under pressure
- Eye for detail - both for writing accurate stories and sifting through large amounts of data in annual reports.
- Must be able to multi-task
- Flexible
- Proactive
- Team player
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Seniority level
Entry level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing -
Industries
Newspaper Publishing, Online Audio and Video Media, and Book and Periodical Publishing
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