Asia Companies and Markets Editor

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The Role

The Financial Times is looking for a news editor with financial savvy to join our Asia team in Hong Kong. Commissioning and handling some of the biggest FT stories, destined for the home page and the front page, you will work with colleagues to manage our corporate, financial, technology and markets coverage out of the most populous and fastest growing region of the world.

The role entails commissioning and editing a range of fascinating stories. From technology giants such as Sony, Samsung, Huawei and TSMC, to financial behemoths such as HSBC and the Chinese state banks; and from Indian billionaires such as Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to the vast capital flows needed to recycle China’s trade surplus, stories from Asia have a global impact.

We have a network of experienced journalists in all the main regional centres. They have the contacts and the language skills to bring in scoops; the role of the companies and markets editor is to channel their energy to the most important subjects, edit their work into compelling copy, and commission analysis with the depth and subtlety that FT readers have come to expect.

Increasingly, we seek to hire and promote local reporters, which strengthens our understanding and our network of contacts, but also requires editors with the patience to support correspondents who are writing in their second language. Helping those reporters to understand what makes a story work for international readers is an important part of the role.

 

Your skills

The core skills for the role are commissioning and copy editing. You must have great story ideas and the confidence to make bold commissioning decisions, which requires both a genuine interest in the topics that matter to business and some knowledge of Asia. We would like you to demonstrate both.

On the editing side, the Hong Kong desk handles the copy that comes out of Asia and leads publication of all stories while London is asleep. Strong news judgement and the ability to make quick, decisive edits of breaking news stories are important, as is the capability to work on longer pieces, keeping the reader always in mind.

The Asia news desk is small but tight-knit. The candidate needs to be versatile, happy to work within a team and willing to assist with editing other topics when necessary. The home page produced by Asia is what the FT’s core readership in the UK and Europe see when they wake up in the morning. Aptitude and ideas for building stories out digitally would also help a great deal.

 

Please submit your application by the end of the day, Wednesday 6th November 2024. 

 

What’s in it for you? Our benefits

Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a hybrid working model that promotes flexibility, including remote work options. We will support specific flexibility requests for all roles where feasible.

 

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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