journalist Cardiff, Wales
Job description
With Intelligence is seeking a bright and enthusiastic reporter to join our team of six journalists covering the activities of institutional investors across Europe and the rest of the world.
The role is ideal for a journalist looking to build their financial reporting experience while working for an established global media brand and aiming to cultivate fruitful relationships with some of the most influential investors in the world.
We need reporters hungry for news, who will proactively seek exclusive information for our subscribers and build strong relationships with industry executives. Reporters should be comfortable interviewing senior investment staff at large institutional investors and pressing them for valuable intelligence.
Prior knowledge of the asset management industry and/or European language skills, particularly German, are significant advantages.
You’ll be part of a fast-paced news team, participating in daily news conferences and working towards story targets to provide our asset manager subscribers with the actionable intelligence they need, staying ahead of the competition.
We accept applications of candidates who are based in London or Cardiff.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Writing at least four news articles per week and breaking off-diary stories.
- Pitching and writing informed and insightful pieces on the activities, intentions, and preferences of institutional investors and other asset owners.
- Regularly interviewing CIOs (Chief Investment Officers), Heads of Investment, Heads of Manager Research, and other industry figures.
- Building and maintaining a contact book of senior industry professionals.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external public relations and communications professionals.
- Representing the With Intelligence brand at a range of global events, conferences, and summits.
- Taking personal responsibility to develop knowledge around hedge funds and private markets, as well as institutional investors and their needs, in addition to the provided training.
Requirements
- A successful track record of reporting exclusive stories, preferably in financial journalism.
- We are also willing to consider strong candidates fresh from journalism training with reporting experience.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to learn quickly.
- Team player who values honest, open, and constructive feedback.
- An interest in and an understanding of the asset management sector is advantageous.
- A well-developed contact book is advantageous.
- European language skills, particularly German, are a big plus.
- Analytical and comfortable working with data.
Benefits
- 24 days annual leave rising to 29 days
- Enhanced parental leave
- Medicash (Health Cash Plans)
- Wellness Days
- Flexible Fridays (Opportunity to finish early)
- Birthday day off
- Employee assistance program
- Travel loan scheme
- Charity days
- Breakfast provided
- Social Events throughout the year
- Hybrid Working
Our Company:
With Intelligence is based at One London Wall, London EC2Y 5EA. We offer amazing benefits, free breakfast daily and drinks provided all day, every day. We actively encourage social networks that oversee activities from sports, book reading to rock climbing, that you are free to join.
As part of our company, you will enjoy the benefits of an open plan office and working with a social and energetic team. With Intelligence provides exclusive editorial, research, data and events for senior executives within the asset management industry. These include hedge funds, private credit, private equity, real estate and traditional asset management, and our editorial brands are seen as market leaders in providing asset manager sales and IR execs with the actionable information they require to help them raise and retain assets. To maintain and grow our position in the market we need to continue to hire highly motivated, thoughtful and to ensure our subscribers are getting the exclusive intelligence they need first, and most comprehensively, through our range of services. If you are interested so far in what you have read, please apply, we look forward to hearing from you.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
