The Reporter, Americas role is a reflection of the strong growth being experienced in the North American infrastructure market – particularly in the US, where further growth is expected following the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, boosting the prospects of further investment and a clean energy revolution. The region has great importance to Infrastructure Investor’s coverage and subscriber base and the Americas reporter thus plays a key role in ensuring Infrastructure Investor gets the coverage it needs from this region. The reporter will work closely with the Americas Editor, who is responsible for steering the reporter’s day-to-day assignments, as well as the publication’s Editor, responsible for magazine content. Like all our reporter roles, a significant contribution is expected in terms of leads generation from the reporter. The latter also plays a key role in maintaining relationships in the region, harvesting new contacts and serving as an ambassador for the brand.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Contributing regularly to www.infrastructureinvestor.com
- Developing cover stories and features that will also feature in the monthly magazine.
- Pitching content ideas, with a focus on exclusive/proprietary content.
- Reaching out to the market on a daily basis, making introductions to existing sources and developing new contacts.
- Arranging regular face-to-face meetings as well as attending relevant industry events.
- Identifying and utilising data, as well as images or other relevant assets.
- Communicating regularly with the editor and meeting deadlines.
- Being highly attentive to details and accuracy.
- Collaborating with the PEI Events team, and moderating discussions at events hosted by the Company.
We are looking for someone who is;
- Self-motivated and willing to take responsibility
- A team player, recognising the need to collaborate to deliver on the product’s mission
- Comfortable operating in a working environment where regular feedback is provided
- Ability to learn on the job, act on feedback, and progress quickly
- Resilient under pressure – able to remain focused in the face of multiple competing priorities and ensure key deadlines are met
- High degree of personal pride in own and company work, constantly striving to improve motivation
- Ambitious to meet own personal and organisational goals
- Excited about face-to-face meetings with industry sources, and keen to “work the phones” to break news
- Desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations
- Keen to stretch self and develop career at PEI
Qualification & Experience;
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Experience in journalism or related field
- Developing a network of contacts among senior professionals
- Breaking off-diary stories
- Writing analysis
Personal Attributes
- Exceptional organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to research market trends and data and help shape potential feature/supplement themes
- Data savvy with the ability to turn complex survey results into accessible editorial content
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Who we are:
PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 440 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.
What we do:
PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.
At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.
PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.