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Research Assistant

Publicerad 2024-04-24

Job Description

Job Title: Research Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London

This role is perfect for a motivated, detail-oriented candidate looking to progress quickly in a career in markets and investing. You’ll work directly with senior analysts and editors to easy-to-understand, bite-sized educational, and insightful investing and markets content.

You’ll also get involved with the research, analysis and processes that allow our team to produce world-class content every day, and do work that involves our product, growth, sales, and community teams.

  • You’ll work closely with senior analysts and editors to support research, analysis, writing, and editing processes and projects

  • You’ll take on direct responsibility for ongoing and ad hoc processes as required

  • You’ll respond to research briefs from senior analysts with high-quality, insightful, and analytical research to inform their analysis

  • You’ll keep up with industry trends to ensure content is relevant and forward-thinking

  • You’ll progress onto taking ownership of content from conception to publication, sometimes to challenging deadlines

  • About the candidate requirements

    To be successful in this role you will need (minimum experience/ requirements)

  • Good experience in financial services, in a markets-focused role

  • Strong research abilities and a familiarity with financial data and industry sources

  • Native-level written communication skills in English

  • Strong numeracy skills and attention to detail

  • The ability to operate with and keep to tight deadlines

  • Excellent communication skills with a mindset for collaboration

  • Moreover, we recognise that supplementary skills beyond the minimum criteria can greatly enhance your success in this position. These skills are:

  • Keeping up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in content SEO and artificial intelligence (direct experience is a bonus)

  • A willingness to take on a lot of work in a fast-paced start-up environment and adapt to the news flow

  • Self-motivated and intellectually curious

  • Our Benefits 

    There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

    When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around, including 40 days annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount site amongst many others. You can read more about our benefits