Reporter - Investment Week

Incisive Media, part of the Arc network, is an entrepreneurial and creative, digital-facing organisation on the cutting edge of media. Working in the sustainability and financial services markets, we provide analyst-grade insight, business intelligence, and content to specialist networks of business professionals around the globe. We are passionate about our people, products and customers and our values are at the heart of our business; they define us, and they are how we conduct ourselves both as a company and as individuals. Our values are summed up as: integrity, teamwork, innovation, trust, good judgement, passion for our work, curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Overview of the role: Incisive Media’s flagship publication Investment Week is looking for a hardworking reporter to join its dynamic team. Investment Week provides the latest investment news, analysis and opinion for wealth managers and the UK funds industry. Guided by the editor, as well as the title’s news editor and features editor, the reporter will work alongside colleagues to break news, stay ahead of industry movements and create content for our email alerts, which are typically sent out three times per day. Alongside writing news stories, the Investment Week team regularly writes features focusing on industry themes, exclusive research, and interviews with key figures in the asset management world.

Employment Type: Full Time/Permanent

Function: Editorial

Why join the Investment Week team? Founded in 1995, Investment Week has been inspiring and informing professional investors for more than 30 years. Parent company Incisive Media, which houses a range of forward-thinking finance titles, is headquartered in Covent Garden, just minutes away from Seven Dials, Covent Garden Market and Leicester Square. Alongside coming into the office to catch up with our enthusiastic and close-knit team every week, the role offers some flexibility in terms of working from home. Investment Week prides itself on being the industry B2B champion in diversity and inclusion, and we always make sure that we practice what we preach.

The editorial team at Investment Week covers a wide range of subjects, from macroeconomics to industry-level scoops, as well as thought-provoking, longer-form content that aims to pave the way for fresh thinking within the asset management and wealth management industries.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Help drive the news agenda for IW including developing big stories, generating exclusives and finding interesting new angles.
• Be able to produce a high level of news coverage and features, including suggesting ideas and ensuring we are ahead of the competition.
• Develop a good working knowledge of all the areas we write about, including different asset classes, markets, regulation, investment products.
• Develop senior level contacts across the wealth and asset management sector.
• Help tell our stories across platforms including online, video and social media.
• Represent IW in the market and attend key events, both within and outside normal office hours.
• Use your best efforts to meet agreed deadlines, which may occasionally require working outside of normal office hours.

What we value:

• A degree or equivalent in journalism, media studies or communications, or other relevant subject.
• At least one year’s experience in journalism.
• Knowledge of investment and UK financial services or experience in financial reporting would be ideal but is not essential.
• Experience of writing news, features, analysis and interviews.
• Ability to write accurate copy to a high standard.
• Experience of working in a newsroom that produces off-diary and exclusive reporting.
• Demonstrable ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Experience of meeting short and long-term deadlines.

What you can expect from us:

• Excellent training and development programmes.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contributions.
• Voluntary Private Medical Insurance.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days.
• Health Cash Plan for those everyday healthcare costs.
• Savings on items from Currys via our SmartTech Scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted Gym rates.
• Retail discounts saving you money on essential & everyday purchases.
• Employee Recognition Scheme to recognise your colleagues with rewards.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for extra support if things get tough.
• IMFoundation - making a difference by supporting our 4 charities.
• Plus a number of flexible salary sacrifice benefits.

All souls are welcome at Incisive Media. As an equal opportunity employer we hire, develop and retain the best people regardless of their social background, age, sex, ethnicity, religion/belief or disability, and to make use of their talents. We are proud members of Inclusive Employers and the Living Wage Foundation. At Incisive Media we value everyone as an individual. We recognise that everyone is different and have created a work environment where we treat everyone fairly and in a consistent way and promote a culture of respect and dignity, to create a company that’s the right fit for every person inside of it.

To ensure our values are fully embedded in our culture we are proud to support our working groups – All Souls Network, the Incisive Media Foundation, the Working Parents Group and our Sustainability and Social Committees.

We are excited by the incredible potential of AI and the innovative ways it can enhance the way we work. However, in our hiring process, we aim to get to know you. To stand out to our hiring managers, we encourage you to let your personality shine through, rather than relying on an AI-generated application. You are welcome to use AI as a writing assistant to help structure and articulate your thoughts. Please do not use it to generate fictional skills or experiences. Using AI responsibly can support your application, but your application must ultimately represent you.