Reuters seeks editor for Global Markets Forum

Reuters is looking for a passionate, creative and driven editor to build membership in the Global Markets Forum community in the Americas region by providing top quality discussion in a global chat room hosted on the Reuters Messaging platform.

The Global Markets Forum is Reuters marquee editorially moderated community on the Eikon trading and data terminal. It is made up of financial markets professionals from around the world, Forum and hosted by editors in London, Mumbai and New York who moderate discussions ranging in topic from economics to the environment, financial markets to food and stocks to sports.

Using the chat room format, the Editor provides members with access to Reuters journalists and editors and external news makers and opinion leaders. The editor manages Forum relationships within the newsroom and beyond, working with Thomson Reuters business managers to raise the profile of Reuters Messenger. The editor will build Twitter lists and a repertoire of social media reporting tools to be used by a team of specialized reporters, while coordinating appearances in the Global Markets Forum of Newsmakers and Editorial Board speakers.

The Editor is responsible for keeping conversations current and relevant in the Forum by conducting interviews, polls and quizzes and maintaining Reuters highest standards in the Forum, cautioning and disciplining members where necessary. Forum moderation requires both a light touch when members are engaged in conversation and a firm hand when breaches of etiquette or regulations occur.

To apply, go here.