RELX INC is hiring: Senior Editor – Recycled Plastics in Houston

Overview

About the Business:

At ICIS, our mission is to optimize the world's resources. We help companies make strategic, sustainable decisions by bringing transparency to markets across the world. We create a comprehensive view of commodities markets, providing companies with the data and intelligence to successfully navigate across global value chains every day. Our customers benefit from instant access to price assessments, reports and forecasts, a dedicated news channel and supply and demand data. You can learn more about ICIS at the link: https://www.icis.com/explore

About our Team:

You will be part of the editorial and analyst team for the Americas. This position will be part of the Americas Recycling Team. In the Americas, the editorial team is organized in four squads which include olefins, polymers, vinyls, and aromatics. This position will report to the Director of Polymers.

About the Role:

In this role, you will research market infrastructure, develop sources and launch new methodologies and weekly price assessments, and track supply and demand. You will also produce breaking news and data-driven analysis and thought leadership through stories, data visualization, videos and podcasts to explain market movements to our customers. Assist in recycling analytics and forecast, sales, product and business development teams to drive market engagement and innovation and raise our reputation in the sector will be a key indicator of success.

Responsibilities

• Research market infrastructure and supply/demand dynamics
• Develop a wide network of sources within the US recycling industry for PET, PE and PP; communicate with them weekly to discover pricing and market trends
• Collaborate with Market Analysts and Editors for Virgin PET, PE and PP.
• Produce weekly price assessments and write supporting news and insightful analysis in real time to explain market dynamics to customers
• Proactively chase stories related to your markets
• Actively participate and contribute to global recycling team
• Create thought leadership to raise coverage profile through videos, podcasts and data visualization
• Deliver market presentations via webinar or in person at events
• Travel to industry events and engage with the industry

Qualifications

• Commitment to high ethics and standards
• Strong research and analytical skills; experience launching price assessments is an advantage
• Understanding of market economics
• High level of accuracy
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to write insightful content to strict deadlines
• Working knowledge of Excel/Excel-based business tools
• Fluent written and spoken English; Spanish and/or Portuguese is an advantage
• Curious: Driving innovation and being better today than yesterday
• Passionate: An intrinsic and contagious desire for our shared purpose and commitment to achieve that inspires others
• Accountable: Taking ownership and doing what you say you will
• Team player: Think and act for the greater good and accept collective responsibility
• Courageous: Doing the right thing for the right reasons; never afraid to fail
• Committed to the Customer: Deep understanding of our customers and markets to deliver customer value.

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and anEmployee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off and up to two days of paid leave per year to participate in Employee Resource Groups and volunteer with charitable organizations

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.