Mergermarket is seeking a full-time West Coast Correspondent to cover mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance news to serve its subscribers, which include investment banks, law firms, private equity firms, accounting firms and large corporations.The West Coast Correspondent will be an important part of the West Coast team, providing coverage of small and medium enterprises in the region. The reporter will be based in the Los Angeles or San Francisco metro areas. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, with the ability to independently source story ideas and actively network to build a local source base.
Skills:
- An experienced journalist that is also a savvy networker.
- The ideal candidate should possess a natural curiosity about how the world works, and demonstrate an ability to seek out original story ideas.
- An interest in business journalism and the facets of corporate strategy would be an advantage, but not a prerequisite.
- Able to attend investor conferences and other networking events in Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area. Occasional travel may be required, but most responsibilities could be executed locally.
- Superior communication skills and ability to collaborate with reporters across the Americas and globally, when required.
- Strong time-management skills to balance hours spent scheduling and conducting phone interviews, on-site interviews, source meetings, conference attendance and writing.
- Ability to produce up to five articles or about 2,500 words per week for the news service.
- Can write concise and clean copy with compelling leads.
- Seeks to understand needs and interests of Mergermarket’s niche reader base, and write copy that fits those requirements.
Job Requirements:
- BA/BS or equivalent
- Three+ years’ experience in journalism or related roles
Anyone interested in this position should use the following link to apply: http://app.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?nl=1&k=Job&j=o4tn5fwJ&s=Internal
