Reporter - Refined Products Markets

Job Description:About the Role:

As the OPIS U.S. Refined Products Markets Reporter, you will be responsible for contributing to reports focused on news and pricing activity in U.S. gasoline, diesel and jet fuel markets for the West Coast and East of the Rockies regions. You will report daily on market pricing,  market fundamentals, and create alerts relevant to the refined spot market industry. You will report to the U.S.  Refined Products Markets Principal Journalist. 

About the Team:

OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain, including the Spot, Wholesale Rack and Retail markets. OPIS enables customers to buy and sell energy commodities with confidence with multi-platform access to accurate data, real-time news, powerful software and educational events. Our commitment to reliability is reinforced by personalized customer service and constant innovation. OPIS listens to what the energy community needs and responds with flexible and easy-to-use products. Navigating world fuel markets is complex – OPIS makes it simpler.

You Will:

• Accumulate spot market price transactions from industry participants via email, instant messaging and by phone
• Verify the legitimacy of market price transactions and adhere to OPIS pricing methodology to create daily price assessments
• Develop and maintain rapport with key contacts and liaise on a daily basis with Producers, Consumers, Traders, Brokers and other industry participants to collect bids, offers, and spot deals
• Generate stories for real-time news service as well as longer, more analytical content focusing on industry trends and emerging issues 
• Contribute to, compile, and publish OPIS reports, social media content, blog posts, and industry analysis 
• Give market presentations at client meetings and industry conferences
• Develop new contacts and relationships within refined products markets by attending industry events and reaching out to market participants to further develop OPIS’ refined spot market business

You Have:

• 2-4 years’ prior experience in energy markets as a professional reporter or market analyst
• Basic understanding of commodity markets
• Experience generating story ideas and exclusive content
• Translated technical materials into content that engages and instructs readers
• Used data science and data visualization tools
• A grasp of math fundamentals and spreadsheet formulas
• The ability to travel within the Americas and to other regions
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, economics, business, finance, English or relevant discipline -OR- equivalent work experience

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $70,000 - $90,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..