About the Role
We are seeking a full-time English-language digital content editor to join the Tokyo team at S&P Global Ratings. You will strengthen the way our articles explain rating actions and credit trends. You will edit content for the digital age through good headlines, brevity, and highlighted opinions that clearly tell a credit story. You will post-edit machine translations and have the ability to read Japanese source material (minimum Japanese ability: JLPT N2). The quality of your work is critical to S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. This is an exciting time to join our global editorial team as our content evolves for the digital age. You will gain exposure to new approaches to presenting research, be trained in data visualization concepts, help build our social media presence, and be at the forefront of the modernization of our publishing channels.
Responsibilities
- Pay strong attention to detail and processes to ensure error-free English-language articles under tight deadlines that comply with regulatory standards.
- Post-edit machine translations while checking against Japanese source material.
- Communicate effectively with local and overseas colleagues.
- Edit and create graphics using standard graphics software tools (e.g., Excel, Visio, Plotly, and Illustrator).
- Ensure articles conform to global publishing standards in terms of format, style, and branding specifications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree holder in digital journalism, communications, economics, or a related discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills (native level).
- Proven reading skills in Japanese (minimum JLPT N2).
- Good interpersonal and decision-making skills.
- Ability to adapt in a fast-paced and pressured environment.
- Sound knowledge of terminology and concepts used in financial markets.
- Proven interest in developing digital, desktop publishing, and data visualization skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio) and Adobe Illustrator.
Skills
- Digital journalism
- Communications
- Economics
- English communication
- Japanese reading
- Interpersonal skills
- Decision-making skills
- Adaptability
- Financial markets terminology
- Digital skills
- Desktop publishing
- Data visualization
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
Location
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Middle Professional Tier I
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Health care coverage
- Generous time off
- Access to resources for career growth and learning
- Competitive pay
- Retirement planning
- Continuing education program with company-matched student loan contribution
- Financial wellness programs
- Family benefits
- Retail discounts
- Referral incentive awards
About the Company
- At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction.
- By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
- S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).
- S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
- With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
- Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.
- Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective.
- Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
- We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in.
- We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.
- Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
- Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead.
- S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise and technology to make decisions with conviction.
- We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive in a rapidly changing global landscape.
- From helping our customers assess new investments across the capital and commodities markets to navigating the energy expansion, acceleration of artificial intelligence, and evolution of public and private markets, we enable the world’s leading organizations to unlock opportunities, solve challenges, and plan for tomorrow – today.
Equal Opportunity
- S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.
- Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
- If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
- US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal.
