Price Reporter, Forest

The Role:

• Produce price assessments and market intelligence critical to the North American softwood industry.
• Cement our standing as the most trusted source of softwood pricing information for more than 80 years.
• Support and develop new avenues to further embed our data and news across the industry.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Assess hundreds of prices each week using our proprietary MInD database while adhering to published methodologies and IOSCO principles.
• Provide indispensable market commentary that provides context to the prices reported each week.
• Produce market news and analysis for our Random Lengths Weekly Report, Midweek Report, Lumber and Panel Report, and the Fastmarkets dashboard.

Key Interfaces:

• Work within an experienced team of reporters to produce softwood publications.
• Collaborate with colleagues in other parts of the Forest Products business, including analysts and economists.
• Work with marketing and events teams to expand the reach of our price data and market reporting.

Qualifications:

• Some professional writing experience, preferably in newspapers or other trade journals.
• Ability to be self-motivated in a remote-work environment while working collaboratively with teams.
• Strong, concise writing and editing skills; comfort with numbers, statistics, and data-driven prose.