Strategic Market Editor - Critical Minerals

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge.

The role of Strategic Markets Editor focuses on critical minerals and rare earths markets, which are becoming increasingly important to the global economy, underpinning the energy transition, advanced manufacturing, technological innovation and supply-chain resilience. As demand grows for materials used in batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors and defence applications, these markets are becoming more strategically significant for industry, governments and investors alike.

The Strategic Markets Editor leverages deep expertise and experience in critical minerals, including rare earths markets, to help shape Fastmarkets’ PRA strategy in this area, driving the development of prices, market-leading content and industry engagement. The role produces high-value strategic content, builds senior market relationships and acts as an ambassador for the Fastmarkets brand.

Principal accountabilities:

• Identify opportunities for and produce high-value strategic content, including insightful market reporting, in-depth analysis, interviews and commentary, to drive market engagement and strengthen Fastmarkets’ profile in rare earths and the wider critical minerals space.
• Help expand Fastmarkets’ presence and reputation in critical minerals markets where the business aims to grow.
• Identify opportunities for new price launches and product development, including helping to determine specifications, methodology and data submission pools.
• Work with the broader business to plan market engagement and help lead efforts to strengthen relationships with market participants, using Fastmarkets’ insight and expertise to deliver value to customers.
• Produce, coordinate and edit strategic content across markets and geographies in a joined-up way to maximise impact.
• Share knowledge widely, guide and mentor reporters, strengthen market understanding across the team and help colleagues build their own profile, while providing strategic and functional direction.
• Assess and approve prices as required, helping to ensure all prices produced by reporters meet Fastmarkets’ and relevant regulatory standards.
• Align strategic content with marketing and across customer-facing channels, including editorial, events, client presentations and meetings.
• Strengthen Fastmarkets’ reputation for market-leading expertise and insight by serving as a brand ambassador at Fastmarkets and external events, attracting high-profile speakers and moderating panels.
• Help raise Fastmarkets’ profile across external channels, including social media, to showcase expertise and build market interest.

Key interfaces:

• Partner with the Editorial Director and Regional Editors to define and plan priorities for strategic content and customer engagement.
• Engage with reporters and Editorial Operations to guide and support a joined-up approach to high-impact strategic content.
• Collaborate with the Events team to grow delegate lists and create compelling agendas, maximising the reach and impact of content-led events.
• Align content strategy with the goals of the Marketing team, ensuring consistency of message and strength of impact.
• Work with Product and Strategy teams to align and showcase the value of content through customer-facing products and platforms, driving adoption and engagement.
• Engage with Research to produce content aligned with internal forecasting and market insight, enhancing relevance and value.
• Partner with Editorial Operations to support the production of collateral that aligns with marketing strategy for maximum efficiency and impact.

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

• Strong expertise in critical minerals markets, including rare earths.
• Experience of working in a PRA and/or in commodity markets.
• Excellent journalism and editing skills.
• A strong network of contacts and credible, relevant industry relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, share expertise, mentor junior colleagues and build strong working relationships across teams.
• Strong understanding of pricing, price discovery and methodology, with the ability to contribute to benchmark development and market engagement.
• Ability to operate effectively at senior levels internally within a matrix management structure and externally with market participants and other stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to identify market opportunities, emerging trends and areas for growth.
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to assess market developments, customer needs and competitive dynamics.
• Sound commercial awareness and the ability to connect editorial and pricing activity to broader business priorities.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively not just with editorial colleagues, but with product, events, marketing, research and commercial teams.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Adaptability and resilience, with the ability to respond to changing market conditions and business needs.
• Strong influencing skills, including the ability to lead through expertise and credibility in teams without direct reporting lines.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and persuasively to both internal and external audiences.
• High levels of integrity, sound judgement and commitment to ethical decision-making.

If you’re excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Our Values:

• Metrics driven: We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance.
• Accountable: We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done.
• Growth mindset: This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency.
• Inclusive: We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
• Customer centric: We are customer-centric in all that we do.
• Collaborative: We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.