About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team

S&P Global Ratings' Editorial & Design team is a global group of approximately 100 professionals across offices worldwide, sitting within the Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. The team partners with credit analysts, economists, editors, and designers to transform complex financial research and data into compelling published content and visualizations. This is a collaborative, diverse environment that values innovation in digital storytelling and is committed to putting its people first.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Edit and write credit-related research and data, including rating actions, comments on events, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports.
• Collaborate with credit analysts, editors, and developers to transform complex financial research into compelling multimedia content and data-driven articles.
• Design and produce clear, engaging data visualizations — including charts, infographics, and interactive graphics — that enhance storytelling and support published articles across digital platforms.
• Develop and pitch data-driven story ideas, applying digital-first principles including plain language, brevity, and innovative visualization approaches.
• Manage editorial and digital production projects from submission through publication, ensuring articles and graphics are grammatically accurate, compliant with house style, and aligned with global brand and publishing standards.
• Perform production tasks including page layout, design, and desktop publishing across a range of report formats, maintaining error-free outputs under tight deadlines.
• Uphold ethical standards in data reporting and visualization, presenting findings in both written and visual formats for publication.

What We're Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years of relevant experience in digital or data journalism, visual storytelling, or digital content production in a business media or financial services environment.
• Excellent storytelling skills, including the ability to identify stories in data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Demonstrated experience with data visualization software, such as Tableau, Datawrapper, Flourish, or Adobe Illustrator.
• Strong technical aptitude with content management systems, publishing platforms, and content creation workflow tools.
• Sound knowledge of financial market terminology and concepts, with the ability to interpret and communicate complex data clearly.
• English: Fluent — required (able to conduct meetings, collaborate effectively, and communicate clearly in writing and verbally).

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to analyze and process data using tools such as Microsoft Excel, Python, or R.
• Familiarity with generative AI tools and their application in content creation and data journalism.
• Knowledge of emerging data journalism tools and techniques.
• Education: A qualification in graphic design, digital journalism, data journalism, or visual communications is an advantage.

Additional Information

• We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
• Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.  

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: [email protected] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  
 
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