Fastmarkets
commodities
StrategicMarketEditor
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“Strategic Market Editor at Fastmarkets. Skills: critical minerals market expertise, rare earths market expertise, strategic content development, market engagement, relationship building. Identifies opportunities for and produces high-value strategic content, including insightful market reporting, in-depth analysis, interviews and commentary. Helps expand Fastmarkets’ presence and reputation in critical minerals markets”
Industry & Context.
Excellent analytical skills; ability to assess market developments, customer needs and competitive dynamics; solutions-oriented
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
expertise in critical minerals markets, including rare earths, Experience of working in a PRA and/or in commodity markets, Excellent journalism and editing skills, A network of contacts and credible, relevant industry relationships, Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, share expertise, mentor junior colleagues and build working relationships across teams, understanding of pricing, price discovery and methodology, with the ability to contribute to benchmark development and market engagement, Ability to operate effectively at senior levels internally within a matrix management structure and externally with market participants and other stakeholders, strategic thinking, with the ability to identify market opportunities, emerging trends and areas for growth, Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to assess market developments, customer needs and competitive dynamics, Sound commercial awareness and the ability to connect editorial and pricing activity to broader business priorities, cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively not just with editorial colleagues, but with product, events, marketing, research and commercial teams, project management and organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively, Adaptability and resilience, with the ability to respond to changing market conditions and business needs, influencing skills, including the ability to lead through expertise and credibility in teams without direct reporting lines, Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and persuasively to both internal and external audiences, High levels of integrity, sound judgement and commitment to ethical decision-making
What You'll Do.
Identifies opportunities for and produces high-value strategic content
including insightful market reporting
interviews and commentary
Helps expand Fastmarkets’ presence and reputation in critical minerals markets
Identifies opportunities for new price launches and product development
Works with the broader business to plan market engagement and helps lead efforts to strengthen relationships with market participants
coordinates and edits strategic content across markets and geographies
Shares knowledge widely
guides and mentors reporters
strengthens market understanding across the team
Assesses and approves prices as required
Aligns strategic content with marketing and across customer-facing channels
Strengthens Fastmarkets’ reputation for market-leading expertise and insight by serving as a brand ambassador
Helps raise Fastmarkets’ profile across external channels
including social media
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partners with the Editorial Director and Regional Editors to define and plan priorities; Engages with reporters and Editorial Operations to guide and support a joined-up approach; Collaborates with the Events team to grow delegate lists and create compelling agendas; Aligns content strategy with the goals of the Marketing team; Works with Product and Strategy teams to align and showcase the value of content; Engages with Research to produce content aligned with internal forecasting and market insight; Partners with Editorial Operations to support the production of collateral; Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, share expertise, mentor junior colleagues and build working relationships across teams
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills; ability to convey complex ideas clearly and persuasively to both internal and external audiences
Process & Methodology
project management and organisational skills, attention to detail, ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
Full Job Description
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. The Role Critical minerals and rare earths markets are becoming increasingly important to the global economy, underpinning the energy transition, advanced manufacturing, technological innovation and supply-chain resilience. As demand grows for materials used in batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors and defence applications, these markets are becoming more strategically significant for industry, governments and investors alike. This creates a strong opportunity for Fastmarkets to deepen its pricing, content and market engagement in this fast-evolving space. The Strategic Markets Editor leverages deep expertise and experience in critical minerals, including rare earths markets, to help shape Fastmarkets’ PRA strategy in this area, driving the development of prices, market-leading content and industry engagement. The role produces high-value strategic content, builds senior market relationships and acts as an ambassador for the Fastmarkets brand. A pivotal role at the heart of Fastmarkets editorial, this is a highly collaborative leadership position without direct line management responsibilities. Principal accountabilities * Identifies opportunities for and produces high-value strategic content, including insightful market reporting, in-depth analysis, interviews and commentary, to drive m
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