Jobs: Spanish ‘essential’ to cover markets in Mexico City or ‘a plus’ to cover real estate in San Antonio
Two business-reporting jobs popped up recently on PoynterCareers in which Spanish-speaking skills are either desirable or essential.
Fluent Spanish or Portuguese is essential for markets-reporting jobs in Latin America at Bloomberg News. The jobs include positions in its Mexico City office, covering “the local fixed-income and equity markets under real-time deadline pressure. The successful candidate must break news on governments and corporate finance and write agenda-setting stories by interviewing company executives, bankers and investors,” the ad states. Minimum experience level is three years, including experience working in a real-time news environment. A bachelor’s degree and U.S. residency status are required.
To apply, go to http://www.bloomberg.com/about/careers.
Spanish is described as “a plus” for a real estate-reporting job at the San Antonio Express-News. The paper is looking for an “experienced, full-time reporter to cover commercial real estate and some residential real estate.” The ad notes: ”There is much 1A potential for the stories off this high-profile beat. Stories would include new shopping centers, office buildings, multi-use developments etc., but also broader trend pieces as they apply to San Antonio. The reporter also would be expected to write biweekly residential stories for the award-winning Sunday Real Estate section. These stories are more consumer-friendly and focus on educating readers about the San Antonio residential market.”
The job is open to U.S. residents who hold a bachelor’s degree and have five to 10 years of experience on “a major daily newspaper.” For more information and to apply, click here.
For more on the importance of foreign language skills in business reporting, please see this post by Reynolds Center President Andrew Leckey.
