Senior Reporter

Media Contacts; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Media Contacts, an established private markets intelligence group, seeks a senior reporter to focus on breaking real estate deals and capital deployment. You will own a beat, developing senior investor and adviser relationships and producing multiple stories daily from press releases and exclusives.

You will join a newsroom with international reach, supported by a deals database and global events program, targeting growth as the private real estate market recovers.

Qualifications

• Background covering real estate transactions as a journalist or from a deal-side role.
• Proven track record of breaking stories and strong news judgement.
• Existing network across real estate investors, managers and advisers a plus.

Responsibilities

• Break news on real estate deals and capital deployment.
• Own a beat and manage a contact book across investors, managers and advisers.
• Investigate and write analysis on dealmaking trends.
• Use proprietary deal data to find and support stories.
• Contribute to events and the wider editorial platform.

Skills

News reporting

Real estate knowledge

Relationship building

Industry networking

Job description

Join an award-winning newsroom at an established private markets intelligence group as a senior reporter focusing on breaking deals in the real estate market. You will own a beat, with the autonomy to build relationships with senior investors and advisers. More specifically, you will focus on capital deployment. You will be expected to produce 2-3 news stories a day, covering a mix of press releases and proprietary exclusives.

You will be joining a business with a large international footprint that encompasses deal news, a proprietary transactions database and a global events programme. The business is looking to invest in new areas of coverage, and you will be joining at a time when the private real estate market is recovering.

Key Responsibilities

• Break news on real estate deals and capital deployment
• Own a beat and manage a contact book across investors, managers and advisers
• Investigate and write analysis on dealmaking trends
• Use proprietary deal data to find and support stories
• Contribute to events and the wider editorial platform

Key Requirements

• Background covering real estate transactions, as a journalist or from a deal-side role
• Record of breaking stories and strong news judgement
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders, with an existing network across real estate investors, managers and advisers a plus

Everyone who applies will receive a response within one week.