Job Description

Retail Dive is looking for you - a sharp, experienced reporter ready to deliver timely, insightful coverage of the retail industry. In this role, you’ll dive into the fast-paced world of physical retail and e-commerce, writing breaking news briefs, in-depth articles, and compelling feature stories.

You’ll collaborate closely with a team of editors and reporters to develop engaging coverage, whether it's a quick-turn earnings analysis or an investigative deep dive into how a distressed retailer’s strategy unraveled.

This is your beat to own. You’ll pitch original story ideas, build strong industry relationships, and chase down the stories that matter most. Reporting directly to Retail Dive’s managing editor, you’ll have the opportunity to shape coverage and make an impact in a dynamic newsroom.

What you’ll do:

• Build an assigned beat

• Develop source relationships with organizations and analysts relevant to your beat

• Pitch story ideas and work with editors to refine angles

• Write an average of 5 items per week, of varying length and depth

• Identify and support team coverage of key storylines

• Produce daily and weekly newsletters alongside your team — reporting, writing and editing every day in a collaborative fashion

• Work as a team player to support Retail Dive's ambitious goals

Qualifications

• A proven track record of strong reporting and writing skills
• Ability to interpret and analyze business concepts, earnings reports, industry trends, and major news stories and to connect the dots to highlight larger trends
• Ability to build relationships with important sources and report on complex subjects
• Experience interpreting and analyzing business and financial news, trends and concepts
• Deadline-oriented time management skills; ability to turn around stories on tight deadlines
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced news environment — reporters may need to quickly pivot to cover emerging news.
• Bachelor's degree or better in journalism, English or similar field
• Experience: 2-4 years experience. Retail coverage preferred or translatable financial reporting experience.

The salary range for the role is $60k-88k USD depending on experience.

Additional Information

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive, and we support a range of working patterns
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 15 days PTO rising to 20 after three years and 25 after six years, plus 10 national holidays, a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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