FASTMARKETS PRODUCTION SPECIALIST (HYBRID)

Company Description Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff.
We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference.
We are supported by a working model that is based on a hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while encouraging effective collaboration and accountability.
Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets.
Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets.
Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.
We are making a difference.
Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence.
The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives.
By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world.
We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.
Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible.
With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together.
If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.
Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.
Job Description The Role The Desktop Publishing Specialist plays a pivotal role in crafting impactful and engaging content in diverse formats, including newsletters, presentations, data visualizations and more.
You will translate data and written content into compelling layouts, designs and graphics that highlight our expertise and consistently deliver business-critical intelligence to our customers.
For this role the candidate would need to work in the US Pacific Time Zone.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES · Partner with reporters, editors and other stakeholders to lay out various newsletters, reports, whitepapers and studies quickly and to the highest standards.
· Make creative suggestions about improvements to design and to processes, ensuring high visual appeal and optimal delivery of our business-critical prices and forecasts.
· Design eye-catching and informative charts, graphs and infographics that transform complex data into actionable insights for our users.
· Craft impactful and visually captivating data-led presentations in PowerPoint and Canva, effectively communicating complex insights to our audience.
· Suggest and develop ways to personalize content based on user preferences and behaviour, tailoring presentations and other deliverables for maximum impact.
· Leverage automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks and optimize workflows, freeing up time for strategic initiatives.
· Implement rigorous quality assurance measures to ensure all deliverables meet our brand standards and exceed client expectations.
· Champion new technologies, actively exploring and implementing innovative solutions to enhance content delivery and user engagement.
KEY INTERFACES · Reports to Head of Production · Collaborates with other teams to contribute to a supportive, fostering knowledge sharing and maximizing team performance.
· Cultivates strong working relationships with reporters, editors, researchers and analysts, based on trust and ability.
· Receptive to mentoring/coaching from colleagues.
· Represents team in interdepartmental meetings.
· Contributes to small teams on projects aimed at improving consistency or operating more efficiently.
Qualifications We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.
If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team.
Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.
You have a strong command of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro), familiarity with data visualization tools, a solid understanding of digital publishing workflows and proficiency in podcast-editing software.
• You speak fluent English.
• You are proficient in publishing protocols, including the Microsoft Office suite.
• You can translate complex data into clear and engaging narratives through effective visualization and design, both static and within presentations.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, embrace new technologies and adapt quickly to evolving content demands.
• You collaborate effectively with editors designers and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality content on time.
• You have or will acquire an understanding of our audience’s needs and behaviour.
• You boast creative problem-solving and analytical skills.
• You are at your best in a collaborative working environment while also seeking to work smarter by creatively challenging the status quo.
· You are responsive, particularly to change, adapting positively and helping and inspiring others to adjust to our evolving business priorities.
· You are skilled in building strong working relationships with other teams, using your excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.
Additional Information Our Values Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life.
It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us.
But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.
Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique.
They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do.
Our values are.
METRICS DRIVEN.
We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance   ACCOUNTABLE.
We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with.
we keep our promises and get things done   GROWTH MINDSET.
This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency   INCLUSIVE.
We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
CUSTOMER CENTRIC.
We are customer-centric in all that we do   COLLABORATIVE.
We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.
You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you! If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form.
This form is an important part of the selection process.
it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.
It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.