Senior Reporter - Steel

About CRU:
CRU International is a leading provider of business intelligence and consulting services in the metals, mining, and fertilizer industries. With over 50 years of experience, we offer valuable insights and analysis that help our clients make informed decisions in an ever-changing global market.

About the role: 
Join Steel Market Update (SMU) to break news, deliver in-depth market reporting, and interview steel industry leaders. You’ll help shape SMU’s newsletter and pricing coverage while playing a visible role at Steel Summit, its flagship annual conference.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Break news and report promptly on industry announcements, quarterly earnings, and steel price movements.
• Produce in-depth market reports and exclusive interviews with CEOs and other industry leaders.
• Help lead production of the SMU newsletter and identify ways to improve it.
• Develop sources for news and pricing, assess market indicators, and record supporting information accurately.
• Edit articles and columns from SMU contributors.
• Build expertise in finished steel and ferrous scrap markets.
• Speak and moderate at conferences, including Steel Summit.
• Work with CRU’s steel teams across the Americas and overseas to share insights and identify content relevant to SMU readers.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing colleagues to extend SMU’s reach, including across social media.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Experience in journalism, with a proven ability to deliver accurate reporting to deadline.
• Experience covering steel markets is highly desirable.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong news judgment and the ability to turn complex market developments into clear, concise stories.
• Excellent written and spoken English, including the ability to ask effective interview questions and communicate confidently with senior industry leaders.
• Experience developing and maintaining trusted sources and professional relationships.
• Confidence working with pricing data and market intelligence, with the ability to assess information critically and explain its significance to readers.
• Strong editing and fact-checking skills, with close attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and respond quickly to breaking news without compromising accuracy.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how relevant, high-quality content serves subscribers.
• A collaborative approach to working with editorial, research, sales, and marketing colleagues.
• Willingness to represent SMU at industry events through interviews, speaking, and moderation.
• Familiarity with IOSCO standards is helpful.

Benefits

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package. 
• Opportunities for professional growth and development as part of a global company. 
• A collaborative and supportive work environment. 
• The chance to work with industry-leading experts and over a diverse range of topics and projects.