Assignment Editor
MT Newswires is a recognized leader in original and unbiased business and financial news. Covering developed capital markets across North America, Europe, and Asia, MT Newswires’ expanding global network of financial journalists and economists produces real-time, multi-asset class news in over 160 categories to cater to the diverse and evolving needs of the investment community. Now serving many of the largest banks, retail brokerages, and professional wealth management applications in the world, MT Newswires has proven to be disruptive in an industry with few competitors.
MT Newswires seeks an assignment editor to join our team. The Editor will operate as a distribution and communication hub primarily for our US newsroom. The Editor will monitor financial news on Bloomberg, as well as other resources such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Reuters, Dow Jones and other major US dailies. The Editor will communicate throughout the day with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editors, detailing all major breaking news stories across the financial universe in North America to ensure MT has comprehensive coverage. The Editor will also be responsible for private company outreach.
Position Requirements:
- Monitor Bloomberg for analyst rating changes and price target moves made by investment banks, daily sending detailed lists to the Analyst Actions team.
- Use Bloomberg to accumulate daily lists of companies reporting quarterly earnings results. These lists will include companies reporting before and after the bell. Lists will include company name; consensus estimates for earnings and revenue as well as consensus estimates for forward quarterly guidance. The lists will be sent to the US Newsroom email address.
- Assist Top News editors and reporters in forwarding conference call transcripts of large cap companies for additional content to be added to more detailed Top News stories.
- Edit stories from MT’s Breaking News and Top News teams as needed.
- Private Company Outreach for reporters and editors
This is a freelance position with a specific shift time of 9a-5p ET Monday – Friday and hourly rates will vary based on experience.