Associate Editor

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 09
**The Role**: Associate Editor, Asia Pacific Shipping & Freight
**The Location**: Singapore
**The Team**: The Asia Shipping and Freight team consists of tanker and dry bulk freight editors. The uniqueness of this team lies in tracking a very exciting and fast-moving shipping market. The freight assessments produced by the team are a key component of the commodity product pricing markets. The tanker and dry bulk price assessments produced by the team is valued by the market, which uses them in physical and derivative freight trading. The freight team members are a bunch of passionate shipping market watchers who have their fingers on the pulse of the global seaborne trade.
**What’s in it for you**:

- The role offers an immense opportunity to grow professionally in one of the most exciting markets that Platts covers
- Involvement in producing benchmark tanker freight assessments offers you exposure to shipping market leaders and maritime trade experts.

**Responsibilities**:

- Collecting tanker freight market information and producing freight assessments/indexes
- Reports/writing daily news, commentary and analysis/and feature stories
- Develops, expands, and maintains sources and contacts relevant to the market area of coverage
- Focus on quality and accuracy of assessments, commentary, editorial practices and documentation
**Basic Qualifications**:

- Well-rounded communication skills with good listening techniques, clear, concise writing style; and good verbal skills.
- The ability to communicate with a wide range of groups and personalities. Able to show good judgment and the ability to express, both positive and negative comments.
- Support changes to methodology/approach
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Understanding of commodity markets and its dynamics
- Possessing public speaking skills
- Shipping/freight market experience, or market reporting experience, a bonus
About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights 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.
What’s In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
**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.
**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. 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 s