News Reporter with Polish

Reuters is looking for a candidate who can speak fluent English and Polish to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk. The reporter will get to produce headlines and write short stories about companies from the Central and Eastern European region. This job offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment for one of the world’s biggest and most trusted news organizations.

Why is this job important?

Trading desks, hedge funds and asset managers at major multinational banks use subscription-based Eikon terminal to get fast & accurate information to base their investment decision. Your stories for Reuters will also be seen by our media clients, on Reuters.com and other extensions available to read for everyone. Reuters news and information reaches one billion people every day.

In your role you will be responsible for:

•  Writing headlines and news summaries accurately, quickly and with high standards of credibility, in accordance with Reuters principles and operating standards
•  Searching through approved sources to grasp and translate news
•  Identifying market-moving figures and comments to filter out news stories from sources including electronic news releases, conferences calls, Webcasts
•  Covering economic data for Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary

Our offer:

•  Job in an international, dynamic environment
•  Intensive training package
•  Wellbeing scheme including private healthcare and Multisport card
•  Company social incentives.
•  High standards of ethics in the workplace
•  Networking opportunities
• ​ 2 additional days off for voluntary activities

You should have:

•  Fluency in English and Polish
•  Knowledge of Czech, Romanian or Hungarian languages will be an advantage
•  Strong news judgment
•  Ability to write with speed, clarity, accuracy and freedom from bias
•  A sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation
•  Comfort with handling financial data and facts accurately and quickly
•  Knowledge of corporate activity, stock markets and financial vocabulary, or an ability to gain such knowledge quickly
•  An ability to work under time pressure
•  Willingness to undertake shifts