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About the Role
PitchBook News is seeking an experienced journalist to break news and cover major trends in the venture capital market. This reporter will be a lead contributor to PitchBook’s new VC newsletter, producing compelling journalism with original insights and leveraging proprietary datasets.
Responsibilities
- Report on trends and major news about venture capital deals, funds and startups, leveraging your own reporting along with PitchBook proprietary data and research
- Deliver original analysis, scoops and other enterprise reporting on your beat
- Serve as a lead contributor and editorial voice for PitchBook’s VC & tech newsletter, helping shape its coverage direction and execution
- Collaborate with PitchBook research analysts, data analysts and data visuals team to produce unique, insightful journalism
- Build and cultivate a deep network of industry sources
- Attend major conferences or other relevant events in person, including some travel when needed
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years’ experience working in journalism
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Experience working on the venture capital and/or startup beat
- Proven ability to break news and cultivate a deep network of sources
- Write clearly and concisely with little or no rewriting by editors
- Skill navigating data to find insights and tell stories with charts
- Translating complex financial and tech topics with an engaging and authoritative voice
- Initiative, and ability to pitch and develop your own story topics independently
- Proven ability to juggle multiple projects amid various deadlines
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
Skills
- Journalism
- Venture Capital
- Startups
- Data Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Outlook
- Word
- Excel
Location
- United States
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000-$130,000
- 10% target annual bonus
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Additional medical wellness incentives
- STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance
- Paid sabbatical program after four years
- Paid family and paternity leave
- Annual educational stipend
- Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
- CFA exam stipend
- Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
- Employee assistance program
- Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days
- Matching gifts program
- Employee resource groups
- Subsidized emergency childcare
- Dependent Care FSA
- Company-wide events
- Employee referral bonus program
- Quarterly team building events
- 401k match
- Shared ownership employee stock program
- Monthly transportation stipend
About the Company
- At PitchBook, a Morningstar company, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.
- Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things.
- The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.
- If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.
Equal Opportunity
- We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.