Correspondent, Equity. Salary offered: 6 lacs

Company: Leading Newswire Client of Vanguard Technologies

Position Title: Correspondent Equity

Job Location: Bangalore

Salary: As per industry standards. (Max: 6 lacs p.a.) Candidates with expectation higher than this may not apply.


Group Overview: Becoming part of a real time news reporting operation producing headlines, stories and tables based on corporate announcements from U.S. mid- and small capitalization companies and equities analysts’ reports on all North American, Western European and other companies.

Job Description:
• Writes stories with accuracy, speed and independence, in accordance with the company’s principles and operating standards.
• Identifies market-moving figures and comments from sources including electronic news releases, conference calls, Web casts, press conferences and produces news items based on them.
• Builds and maintains a set of contacts and sources. Manages news coordination with equities reporters in New York and Europe.
• Develops expertise and knowledge in relevant areas of sector specialization through research, networking with specialist reporters in other Company’s bureaux etc.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS - EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & MUST TO HAVE AND NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

Prefer to have:
Typically 0-8 years experience writing and reporting business news.
Knowledge of corporate activity and stock markets, or ability to gain such knowledge quickly

Must have:
Ability to write clearly and quickly per Company’s reporting standards and principles. Sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation. Comfort with handling figures and facts accurately and capability to digest financial data. Must be able to work under time pressure and willing to work in shifts.

Typically, shifts are: 4.00 pm-1.00 am
9.00 pm/10.00-5 am/6 am

Drop in your updated CV`s at: pranav@vtl.co.in or call Pranav Saxena at 09891147969.