Senior Reporter

ION; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology firm as a Senior Reporter focused on the Middle East's infrastructure sector. This role involves writing exclusive content, building relationships within the industry, and delivering in-depth analyses on significant market movements, while maintaining high journalistic standards.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of reporting experience in a reputable newsroom.
• Proven record of breaking news.
• Ability to conduct research and produce market reports.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with funds, managers, and advisors.
• Write 15 stories a month on the infrastructure market.
• Generate ideas for longer-form coverage and assist with events.

Skills

Knowledge of the financial market

Reporting exclusives

Strong news writing skills

Analytical writing skills

Trend spotting

Job description

The Role : This is an excellent opportunity to join our team as a Senior Reporter, Middle East, Infrastructure. The Reporter will provide exclusive content on LPs, GPs, fundraising, allocations and commitments concerning the Middle East, and outgoing capital in the infrastructure sector. The reporter will take a leading role primarily feeding content into ION Analytics' Infralogic publication, as well as providing support to other products within the group.

Key Responsibilities :

• Build close relationships with funds, managers, lawyers, advisors
• Shape coverage of LP and GPs, including their allocations, commitments, targets and people moves
• Write 15 stories a month on the thriving market, with USD 75bn infrastructure deals closed in last 10 years and USD 50bn pipeline. Projects in the pipeline include in power, transportation, and the oil and gas industry.
• Generate ideas for longer-form coverage, and apart from writing own content work with Infralogic data and research teams to ensure accurate, exclusive and market-scooping news and analyses
• Assist with ION Analytics’, primarily Infralogic’s, events with content creation, panel moderation and speaking.
• Work with the EMEA editor, senior editors, and collaborating with colleagues across the group, to support content creation targeted at ION Analytics’ key customer segments.
• Maintain high standards of copy and adhering to group-wide compliance policies

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience :

• Knowledge of the financial market, with proven record of reporting exclusives
• At least 5 years of reporting experience in a reputable newsroom, with global exposure
• Proven record of breaking news for a media organisation, as well as writing in-depth analyses
• Ability to spot trends in market data and conduct research to identify and produce reports
• Track record of ability to build network of sources to produce reports
• Strong news and analyses writing skills

About us : We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe,Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.