Community Editor, Trading Middle East Job
Location: United Arab Emirates-Dubai
Description
Thomson Reuters is seeking talent with a mix of cutting-edge skills - understanding of financial markets, social media and journalism - to join a project that will combine analytical insight with Reuters News on a premier platform for the region's real-time investment community. First and foremost, we're looking for a confident communicator who can moderate debates - online or in person - and bring insight to a community of traders and market participants who are not only looking for news, but trading ideas and access to other decision makers. Have you built up a Twitter following? We're looking for someone who not only uses social media, but understands it as a powerful tool for building communities and exchanging information. Can you start an online conversation and keep it going? Do you naturally share information?
Responsibilities:
Strong writing skills are a key requirement for commenting on and interpreting market events. Sound judgment will also be key to selecting top stories from Reuters Middle East correspondents and moderating discussions in a chat room with participants. The candidate will need to demonstrate critical thinking in keeping with Reuters editorial standards and provide thought leadership on events as diverse as elections, company results or interest rate moves. We are looking for a candidate who can work under pressure with a diverse team, forge relationships with news sources and clients, and bring new ideas to shape and drive the project.
Required skills:
• Experience in the financial or investment industries, or financial journalism
• A multi-tasker who can juggle the demands of a live chatroom, private conversations with members, forward event planning and website updating
• Deep knowledge of investment strategy or financial analysis
• Good writing and multimedia presentation skills
• Experience with web production and presentation, blogging or social media a plus
• Willingness to work long hours; team skills paramount
Desired skills:
• Arabic an advantage
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
Apply directly at Thomson Reuters's career site here.
Location: United Arab Emirates-Dubai
Description
Thomson Reuters is seeking talent with a mix of cutting-edge skills - understanding of financial markets, social media and journalism - to join a project that will combine analytical insight with Reuters News on a premier platform for the region's real-time investment community. First and foremost, we're looking for a confident communicator who can moderate debates - online or in person - and bring insight to a community of traders and market participants who are not only looking for news, but trading ideas and access to other decision makers. Have you built up a Twitter following? We're looking for someone who not only uses social media, but understands it as a powerful tool for building communities and exchanging information. Can you start an online conversation and keep it going? Do you naturally share information?
Responsibilities:
Strong writing skills are a key requirement for commenting on and interpreting market events. Sound judgment will also be key to selecting top stories from Reuters Middle East correspondents and moderating discussions in a chat room with participants. The candidate will need to demonstrate critical thinking in keeping with Reuters editorial standards and provide thought leadership on events as diverse as elections, company results or interest rate moves. We are looking for a candidate who can work under pressure with a diverse team, forge relationships with news sources and clients, and bring new ideas to shape and drive the project.
Required skills:
• Experience in the financial or investment industries, or financial journalism
• A multi-tasker who can juggle the demands of a live chatroom, private conversations with members, forward event planning and website updating
• Deep knowledge of investment strategy or financial analysis
• Good writing and multimedia presentation skills
• Experience with web production and presentation, blogging or social media a plus
• Willingness to work long hours; team skills paramount
Desired skills:
• Arabic an advantage
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
Apply directly at Thomson Reuters's career site here.
