Desktop Publishing Specialist

**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.
**Job Description** The Role**

Create impactful and engaging content across various formats, including newsletters, presentations, data visualizations and more. You will transform data and written content into compelling layouts, designs and graphics that showcase our expertise, consistently delivering business-critical intelligence to our customers. You will also embrace and implement new production technologies and workflows to optimize efficiency and enhance the visual appeal of our outputs.

**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**

**Content delivery, design and development**
- Partner with reporters, analysts, economists and editors and other stakeholders to lay out newsletters, reports, whitepapers and studies quickly without compromising in quality, ensuring they meet the highest standards of design, clarity and visual consistency.
- Design visually engaging and informative charts, graphs and infographics that transform complex data into actionable insights using tools such as Excel (required) and PowerPoint (preferred).
- Take a data-driven approach to content design, combining layout expertise with a flair for storytelling to produce compelling, user-centric products.
- Proactively suggest visual improvements and creative solutions that enhance the effectiveness of our business-critical prices, forecasts and market intelligence.

**Process improvement & efficiency**
- Leverage automation tools (e.g. templates, stylesheets, repeatable workflows, scripts) to streamline repetitive tasks and optimize workflows, freeing up time for more strategic and creative initiatives.
- Implement and follow quality assurance processes to maintain accuracy, brand consistency and customer satisfaction.
- Embrace a culture of innovation, continuously exploring new tools and methods to evolve how we deliver content and engage users.
- Contribute ideas for content personalization and segmentation based on user preferences and behaviour, tailoring presentations and other deliverables for maximum impact.

**KEY INTERFACES**
- You report to the Production Team Leader.
- You will work closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to a supportive environment that fosters knowledge sharing and maximizes team performance.
- You will cultivate strong working relationships with reporters, editors, researchers and analysts based on trust and proven ability.
- You will be receptive to mentoring and coaching from colleagues and contribute to team efforts aimed at improving consistency and operational efficiency.

**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 looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.
- Highly motivated and creative, thriving in a fast-paced, deadline-driven but collaborative environment.
- High degree of proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign (must-have), with experience in Illustrator, InCopy, Photoshop and Acrobat Pro.
- Advanced Excel skills for data visualization (must-have); experience in PowerPoint and chart automation tools is a strong plus.
- Tech-savvy and adaptable, with a drive to learn and embrace new tools and production technologies.
- Able to translate complex data into clear, engaging visuals and narratives, tailoring output for diverse audiences and platforms.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on continuous improvement.
- A positive attitude to change, adapting quickly and helping inspire others.
- Excellent communicator and collaborator; able to navigate feedback and align with evolving business priorities.
- Fluent in English.

**Additional Information** Our Values**

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