New York

Editorial Journalism

$100,000 - $110,000

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Editor - PERE Deals

About The Role

The editor oversees all content for the PERE Deals brand, including website, alerts and newsletters as well as all associated publications. The editor sets the publications’ strategic focus in collaboration with the editor-in-chief, real estate. The editor serves as an ambassador for the brand, both inside and outside the company. The editor plays a key role in recruiting for the publication and performance management of the team.

Responsibilities & Duties

Lead the communication of the big-picture editorial vision for the brand
Determine news which should be covered
Ensure content provides substantial off-diary/exclusive coverage alongside on-diary coverage and some analysis, commentaries and various digital editorials to justify subscription
Take the lead by writing many of PERE Deals most impactful stories
Assign stories to the PERE Deals editorial team and lead their editing
Collaborate closely with PERE’s research team to help ensure the PERE Deals data offering is as fresh, complete and apposite as possible
Coordinate coverage in conjunction with the coverage in PERE and PERE Credit
Coordinate and where applicable, collaborate with other editors in the Real Estate Group on cross-title coverage
On an ongoing basis, guide team members in developing their skills and careers
Recruit and hire new members to the editorial team when needed
Ensure the editorial team is deploying best practices in all activities and adhering to the highest journalistic ethics and standards
Optimize content based on metrics to ensure content is relevant to our audience and is being produced to deliver performance
Collaborate with peers in other editorial and non-editorial departments
Work with upper management to ensure the brand is meeting the overall company’s goals
Continually establish and keep close contact with important sources in the private real estate industry and their public relations representatives
Participate in home and external industry events, including speaking on panels

About You

Essential Experience

Extensive experience in business or financial reporting and editing preferred
Experience covering commercial real estate, institutional markets or related financial fields a plus
Experience managing editorial teams
Computer proficiency, such as using the Microsoft Office Suite, online search tools, databases, WordPress, plus specialized tools to monitor website performance and SEO optimization

Essential Knowledge/Skills

Strong leadership and people management skills
Strong communication skills that manifest in quality interviewing; clear, concise writing; and a full range of editing skills, including line editing and top editing
Ability to meet deadlines
Excellent observation and judgment skills to extract and develop compelling stories
Familiarity with financial markets and investing, especially commercial real estate
Familiarity with social media platforms, such as LinkedIn

Personal Characteristics

Excellent people skills
Ability to stay organized and calm under pressure
Intellectually curious
Flexible, able to adapt to change
Deadline-oriented
Self-motivated
Comfortable multi-tasking
Strong attention to detail

Motivations

Desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations and global reach
Desire to be a team leader
Keen to establish self as authoritative voice on beat/subject matter
Excited about engaging with a sophisticated audience.
Interested in developing skills needed to generate quality longer-form/enterprise journalism

About Us

Who we are:

PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.

What we do:

PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.

At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.

PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.

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