News Writer - Zawya

About Zawya
ZAWYA.com, a part of Refinitiv Middle East, is a leading source of regional
news and intelligence, serving millions of professionals from the UAE, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt and rest of MEA. The website has both English and Arabic
versions.
Role Purpose
Develop, optimize and refine content in the area of financial news and
analysis for Zawya.com
Responsibilities
* Be able to independently write original, relevant financial content of interest to our target audience with minimal supervision.
* Be able to produce, on a daily and consistent basis, a healthy output of in-depth financial- and market-related stories, focusing on asset classes, investments, capital markets, and macroeconomic outlooks.
* Review content for relevance, accuracy, factual errors, incorrect statements, and online usability.
* Correct content for style, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
* Work to tight deadlines and work with senior editors and team members to constantly give leads and flush out content ideas.
* Optimize content using best practices in tagging, keyword usage, headline creation, content optimization and basic SEO.
* Possess skills to work in a business news team and collaborate with colleagues on several stories.
* Maintain a solid working relationship with the regional financial community including c-level executives, government officials, senior bankers, financial analysts, wealth and fund managers.
* Work regularly with senior editors and other team members to ensure editorial projects progress on schedule.
* Monitor content feeds and update spreadsheets, databases, and other related content repositories as required.
* Be able to use analytics to determine various metrics of content performance (e.g. traffic, engagement) and use this information to tailor, improve content.
* Push content through social media channels to increase readership numbers.
Experience/ skills
* At least ‎7-‎10 years' experience as a writer/journalist with a local or global publication
* Excellent financial writing and reporting experience, with ability to write in a conversational tone and demonstrated ability to successfully write for the web, including experience writing for lay audiences
* Basic understanding of HTML and SEO
* Quality control and fact checking
* Proficiency with Content Management Systems (CMS)
* Experience in video content creation is a plus
* Time management and managing workload
* Communication and 'audience relationship' skills
* Arabic language is a plus
Certifications / Education
A university degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Journalism, or Political
Science is required.
A Master of Finance (MFin) or Master of Business (MBA), Certified Financial
Analyst (CFA) or a related financial qualification is an added advantage.
ZAWYA offers latest news and analysis from regional and global markets
throughout the day. News on equities, commodities and currencies are updated
on real-time basis.
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