Chief Editor, Mansion Real Estate & Features

Dow Jones; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones’ Wall Street Journal is seeking a Mansion Bureau Chief in New York, NY to lead Mansion, our luxury real estate section. The role requires steering a high-profile team, shaping editorial agenda, and delivering top-tier, visually engaging reporting across print and digital formats.

You will edit multiple stories weekly, coach reporters, and generate ambitious ideas with strong real estate hooks. Experience leading real estate coverage and a broad industry network is essential.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years experience as an editor on real estate or similar topics.
• Experience editing complex subject matter.
• Ability to identify potential legal issues.
• Enhance storytelling for mobile audience across platforms.
• History of finding elevated, visually sumptuous stories appealing to a general audience.
• Established contacts and a proactive approach to making stories happen.
• Sense of humor and ability to find clever, intelligent entry points.
• Meticulous fact-checking and attention to detail for high-profile stories.
• Visual thinking and interest in how stories look across platforms.
• Collaborative, upbeat, entrepreneurial team-player attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assign and edit multiple stories each week exploring real estate and homeownership.
• Manage and coach reporters and columnists on Mansion desk; build partnerships across Features.
• Generate ambitious, highly shareable story ideas with clear news value.
• Bring deep experience covering real estate and network of sources to break news.
• Edit both surprising feature stories and fast, news-driven deal reporting.
• Embodied the Features mission to inform and entertain audiences.
• Collaborate with editors and culture teams; ensure cross-team alignment.
• Amplify profiles and trends with storytelling that is shareable and impactful.
• Leverage audience data and editorial judgment to shape smarter coverage.

Skills

Real estate editing

Editorial leadership

Feature storytelling

Cross-platform storytelling

Mobile storytelling

Sources and reporting

Audience engagement

Attention to detail

Job description

Dow Jones’ Wall Street Journal is seeking a Mansion Bureau Chief in New York, NY to lead Mansion, our luxury real estate section. The role requires steering a high-profile team, shaping editorial agenda, and delivering top-tier, visually engaging reporting across print and digital formats.

You will edit multiple stories weekly, coach reporters, and generate ambitious ideas with strong real estate hooks. Experience leading real estate coverage and a broad industry network is essential.