Editorial Team Lead – Agriculture

🕒 July 14

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Fastmarkets

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1882

🌾 Agriculture

💼 Consulting

Agriculture • Metals and mining • Consulting

Fastmarkets is a leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA) operating within the agriculture, forest products, and metals and mining markets. They provide comprehensive insights, price data, and market analysis, empowering clients to trade effectively and make informed decisions. Fastmarkets also offers a platform for risk management, consulting, and forecasting to help customers navigate the complexities of commodity trading.

📋 Description

• Lead a small, dedicated team of price reporters, own the quality and reliability of our benchmark assessments, and work closely with the Regional Managing Editor to shape where the coverage goes next. • Ensure all assessments are produced to IOSCO-compliant standards and in line with Fastmarkets’ published methodologies and price specifications. • Act as a senior pricing resource for the team — guiding pricing decisions, reviewing assessments, and setting the standard for rigorous, market-grounded methodology. • Drive the production of original, forward-looking market content that adds genuine analytical value for commodity market participants. • Lead day-to-day management of a team of price reporters, setting objectives and conducting appraisals alongside the Regional Managing Editor. • Mentor and coach team members to support their professional development, build market knowledge, and improve the quality and depth of their coverage. • Create and maintain a positive, high-performance team culture that reflects Fastmarkets’ values. • Carry out regular market engagement via calls, meetings, conferences, and trade events to drive price adoption, build relationships, and expand our contact base. • Present at industry events, conferences, and webinars as a representative of Fastmarkets’ agriculture editorial team.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep, hands-on knowledge of Black Sea and European grains and oilseeds markets — fundamentals, trade flows, key pricing dynamics, and their role in global supply chains • Experience in price reporting or commodity market journalism, with a proven ability to produce rigorous, market-grounded assessments under daily deadline pressure • Strong writing skills — clear, concise, and analytically sharp, for both price assessments and market commentary • Familiarity with IOSCO principles and the standards expected of a credible price reporting agency • Good organisational skills and the confidence to coordinate and support a small team, even without formal prior management experience • Comfort engaging externally with traders, exporters, merchandisers, and other market participants at a senior level • A proactive, problem-solving mindset and a commitment to editorial integrity and accuracy • Prior team leadership or line management experience in a PRA, media, or commodity trading environment • Language skills relevant to the Black Sea region — Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, or Bulgarian — are a meaningful advantage • Experience presenting at conferences, webinars, or industry events • Familiarity with financial and physical derivatives relevant to grains and oilseeds.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fastmarkets offers full support and coaching.