Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.
Forbes is looking to hire inquisitive and analytical temporary researchers to assist in Forbes’ marquee coverage of the planet’s wealthiest people. These people will be part of the team that maintains our Real-Time Billionaires ranking and produces several of our most popular lists, including the World’s Billionaires and Forbes 400 projects.
Responsibilities
- Gathering information on billionaires through old-school reporting: digging through financial filings and annual reports, conducting phone interviews with billionaires themselves and reaching out to third-party sources.
- Calculating the net worth of each billionaire and ensuring our biographical data is accurate and up to date for the billionaires you cover.
- Analyzing trends in wealth to uncover new billionaires and story ideas.
- Using AI platforms as tools to help with the process of data and information collection.
- There is the potential to contribute to web features and short magazine articles.
The ideal candidate
- Strong analytical skills and research experience.
- Interest in covering successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
- Interest in delving into financial documents.
- Comfort with financial figures and terms.
- Prior experience in writing or finance is a plus.
- Language skills are a plus.
Please include a cover letter describing yourself, why you’re interested in Forbes and what you can bring to the Forbes newsroom. Candidates who are selected for interviews will be asked to complete a short research exercise.
The hourly rate for this role is $24.00 - $24.00
Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!
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