PitchBook News seeks an experienced journalist to report and write news-driven, data-rich articles about major trends shaping the private equity market.
PitchBook News is a growing team of writers and editors who produce compelling journalism with original insights. We shine a light on fascinating people, companies, and market trends while leveraging our best-in-class datasets to engage our audience. As a team, we pride ourselves on being endlessly curious and building a collaborative, reader-focused culture driven toward excellence.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Report on trends and major news about private equity deals, funds and management, leveraging your own reporting along with PitchBook proprietary data and research
- Pitch and produce a wide range of timely content focused on original analytical feature stories, data-centric market snapshots, and breaking news stories
- Write data-driven stories and analytical trend-focused pieces using PitchBook’s best-in-class datasets
- Collaborate with PitchBook research analysts and designers to produce unique, insightful journalism
- Build and cultivate a network of industry sources
- Actively contribute to the news team’s coverage plans and future initiatives to foster team strength and effectiveness
- Attend major conferences or other relevant events in person, including some travel when needed
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
- 2 years’ experience in financial journalism, or comparable analytical writing
- Skill navigating data to find insights
- Must be adept in firsthand reporting and research under deadline pressure
- Write clearly and concisely with little or no rewriting by editors
- Ability to create data-centric graphics or other visuals that can tell the story
- Translating complex financial and tech topics with an engaging and authoritative voice
- Initiative, and ability to pitch and develop your own story topics independently
- Strong communication skills
- Curiosity about a wide range of topics and trends
- Proven ability juggling multiple projects amid various deadlines
- Must be a team player who collaborates across the news team and other departments
- Experience writing about financial markets and technology is highly desirable
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
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