Posted 2 days ago

News Editor

ChicagoRemoteFull-time

AI Summary

Lead and execute editorial coverage for commercial real estate news in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Chicago, managing a team of reporters and freelancers.

About this role

BISNOW OVERVIEW

Bisnow is the commercial real estate industry's leading, vertically integrated B2B media platform, covering North America, Canada, the UK and Ireland. We serve the CRE industry through award-winning news and publications, renowned events, wide-ranging marketing services, specialized recruitment solutions, and intelligent sales enablement tools.

With 1.7M+ subscribers and 400+ events annually across 47 markets in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, we don't just cover the industry, we help move it forward.

We inform. We connect. We create opportunities that turn into deals. Global mindset. Hyper-local execution.

Bisnow is seeking a seasoned, razor-sharp Editor to help lead, report, and build our growing commercial real estate news operations. We're in the business of delivering intelligence at the intersection of international commercial real estate and politics, sports, entertainment, business, technology, and beyond. We need a thorough editor with a deep passion for the news who can help us continue to expand our ambitions.

Location: Ideally based in Central Time Zone — office or remote both work.

Key Responsibilities

Provide editorial planning and hands-on execution for day-to-day coverage of Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago, long-term packages and special projects for Bisnow.com and our large stable of newsletters.

Manage a team of full-time reporters and freelancers, including organization and professional growth.

Assign articles and line edit online articles, newsletters and morning briefs.

What are we looking for?

Minimum 5 years of experience working on an editorial team, including experience managing a team of reporters.

Experience in daily news pace and volume.

Ideally, experience in business-to-business reporting; experience in commercial real estate reporting a major plus.

Clear, friendly, hyper-organized, goals-based management style.

Demonstrated experience as a skilled, thorough and conscientious storyteller.

Experience editing and recruiting high-caliber writers and editors.

An eye for quality journalism, as well as stories with viral/share potential.

Excellent news judgment.

Deep familiarity with the competitive set in the CRE news space in Texas and Chicago.

Extensive experience working in content management systems.

Basic SEO knowledge.

What's in it for you?

Competitive compensation structure!

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - effective the 1st of the month following your start date.

Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - this includes maternity and paternity leaves as well.

401K

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Dependent Care Account

Unlimited Vacation Days

7 days paid sick leave

9 paid Holidays

Referral Bonus Program

Pet Friendly Offices

You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate).

Skills

Business-to-business ReportingCommercial Real Estate ReportingContent Management SystemsEditorial PlanningFreelancer ManagementNews EditingReporter ManagementSEO