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 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. 

About the Role

Fastmarkets is looking for a dynamic storyteller to join our Marketing team as a Social Media Associate. In this role, you will take the reins of our social media channels, drive engagement and brand visibility while supporting critical internal communications efforts.
This position has a heavy focus on social media execution. You will be the architect of our social media calendar, working collaboratively across various departments to uncover compelling stories that showcase our expertise and culture. You will also work closely with our Internal Communications Manager to ensure our internal messaging aligns with our external brand voice.

Your Impact

• Own the Social Media Calendar: You will plan, schedule, and manage a robust social media calendar, ensuring a consistent flow of high-quality content across LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and other relevant channels.
• Collaborate Across Departments: You won't work in a silo. You will actively partner with our events, product, editorial, and sales teams to source and create content, translating complex market data into engaging social posts.
• Support Internal Communications: Working side-by-side with the Internal Communications Manager, you will help craft newsletters and intranet updates that keep our global team connected and informed.

Main Accountabilities

Social Media Management

• Develop and manage the daily social media content calendar, working closely with our events marketing team
• Create engaging multimedia content (copy, basic graphics) that drives follower growth and interaction.
• Monitor social listening tools to track brand sentiment and competitor activity.
• Analyze social media metrics to report on performance and optimize future campaigns.
• Create content for our employee advocacy efforts.

Internal Communications & Collaboration

• Partner closely with the Internal Communications Manager for social media strategy, assist in executing employee engagement campaigns, and support on internal communication initiatives.
• Assist in maintaining "The Hub" (our intranet) with fresh, relevant news.

What You Bring

• Experience: 1-2 years in social media management and/or communications.
• Social Savvy: Demonstrated experience managing a corporate social media calendar and using scheduling tools (e.g., Oktopost, Hootsuite, Sprout Social).
• Collaborative Spirit: A proven ability to work with different teams and stakeholders to get things done.
• Communication Skills: exceptional writing and editing skills in English; you know how to adapt your tone for different platforms and audiences.
• Education: Relevant experience in social media marketing. Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or similar is beneficial but not essential.

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.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process, please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

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.