Role overview

ZAWYA is seeking a Markets Editor, reporting into the Managing Editor of ZAWYA. He/she will oversee coverage of capital markets in the MENA region, ensuring that ZAWYA remains the leading provider of the news and intelligence that market professionals rely on to make deals and decisions every day. He/she will be responsible for producing their own reporting, news and analysis across multiple asset classes in addition to commissioning this coverage among a team of reporters.

Responsibilities

• Drive ZAWYA’s coverage of market news, producing a mix of breaking news and feature-level content across various asset classes including ECM, DCM, Leveraged Finance and loans, Project Finance M&A and macroeconomic outlooks

• Work regularly with the Managing Editor, editors and other team members to identify content ideas and ensure editorial projects progress on schedule

• Maintain strong relationships with the regional financial community to cultivate sources across senior bankers, c-level executives, financial analysts, and wealth and fund managers

• Optimise content using best practices in tagging, keyword usage, headline creation and SEO

• Edit content for style, grammar and factual accuracy

• Monitor content feeds and update spreadsheets, databases and other related content repositories for news and story development as required

• Ability to understand and interpret analytics data to measure content performance, using this information to inform editorial decisions

• Contribute to events, podcasts and various thought leadership initiatives  

Experience/Skills

• Experience as a financial writer, journalist or editor with a local or global publication
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, engaging content for both market professionals and lay readers

• Strong knowledge of journalistic standards, including sourcing, verification, attribution, corrections and media ethics

• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work under deadline

• Basic understanding of HTML and SEO

• Proficiency with content management systems

• Arabic language is a plus

• Experience in multimedia content creation is a plus  

About ZAWYA

ZAWYA by London Stock Exchange Group company is a leading and trusted source of regional news and intelligence for millions of professionals in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East and Africa. The website has both English and Arabic versions and provides real-time updates on equities, fixed income and other asset classes from regional and global markets throughout the day.

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