Job Description

Company Description
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.
Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond.

The Role
Collaborate with our technical, development and innovation teams to transform complex data into visually compelling and actionable insights. This role involves creating and improving ways to drive information to our users, especially through data visualization on the Fastmarkets Platform. You will also work alongside other members of the innovation team to develop smart solutions to user problems, enhancing and expanding our output while delivering efficiency. This role is pivotal in building, maintaining and improving a systemized approach to project management and delivery in data visualisation.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Content design & development

• Design and create compelling data visualizations, including dashboards, charts and graphs.

• Develop and implement creative ways to deliver key data to users, especially through data visualization on the Platform.

• Collaborate with data analysts to extract, clean and prepare data for visualization.

• Ensure data accuracy and consistency in visualizations.

• Work with other members of the innovation team to develop smart solutions to user problems.

Collaborative product development

• Engage in collaborative product development and execution in data capture and visualization, working with others to build the best solutions from the ground up.

• Explain and demonstrate processes to improve visibility and manage expectations during project set-up and execution.

• Widen the remit from solely agricultural products to other verticals, including metals & minerals, forest products, and carbon, and be ready to scale/evolve to future verticals.

Stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing

• Present data visualizations to key stakeholders, explaining complex insights clearly.

• Gather feedback from users to improve the effectiveness of data visualizations.

• Share knowledge and create a knowledge base, building a library of techniques, how-to guides and competencies to bolster the team's capabilities and understanding.

• Manage relationships with other stakeholders and partners, including the product development team.

Process improvement and efficiency

• Leverage automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks and optimize workflows, freeing up time for more strategic and creative initiatives.

• Drive improvements to the data-management process, minimizing maintenance time and making processes sustainable and scalable.

• Implement rigorous quality assurance measures to ensure all deliverables meet our brand standards and exceed client expectations.

• Actively explore and implement innovative solutions to enhance content delivery and user engagement.

Qualifications
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world's leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.
If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
We are seeking a highly motivated and driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. A passion for creativity, innovation and continuous improvement is essential.

• Strong command of data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Qlik or similar software.

• Understanding of data analysis techniques and statistical concepts.

• Knowledge of design principles and best practices for visual communication.

• Strong analytical and mathematical skills and ability to interpret data.

• Excellent visual design skills and attention to detail.

• Effective communication and presentation skills.

• Experience with modern database technologies and IT systems.

• Project management and organizational abilities.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Fluent in English.

KEY INTERFACES

• You report into the Global Head of Content and Pricing Operations,

• You work closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to a supportive environment that encourages learning and knowledge-sharing and maximizes team performance.

• You cultivate strong working relationships with reporters, editors, researchers and analysts, based on your willingness to learn and contribute effectively.

• You are receptive to mentoring and coaching from colleagues, developing your skills supporting and team efforts to improve consistency and operational efficiency.

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.
Additional Information
Our Values
Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It's this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common - and they form our Fastmarkets values.
Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers' experience and our business performance

• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done

• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency

• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.

• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do

• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

You've read a little about us - now it's over to you!
If you like what you've read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it's time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it's used to determine whether or not you'll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we'll ask you on the day.
It's vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you're great.