Mansion Editor: Real Estate & Luxury Coverage

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. seeks a dynamic Mansion Bureau Chief, Features, to lead Mansion, the luxury real estate section, in New York.

You will guide reporting, editing, and storytelling across digital and print, shaping coverage that resonates with wealthy homeowners, investors, and readers across platforms. You will manage a team of reporters and columnists, craft ambitious stories with a strong real-estate hook, and collaborate with graphics, video, audience, and platform editors to maximize

Qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years experience as an editor on real estate or similar topics, including editing fast-breaking news, reported feature stories, and longer-form features.
• Experience editing complex subject matter.
• Ability to identify potential legal issues.
• Ability to enhance storytelling for mobile audiences across platforms.
• Proven history of discovering unique takes in the real estate world.
• Strong contacts and a persistent, results-driven approach to story development.
• Humor and intelligent storytelling to engage broad audiences.
• Meticulous fact-checking and attention to detail.
• Visual thinking and focus on presentation across platforms.
• A collaborative, team-player attitude and entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• Assign and edit multiple stories each week exploring real estate and homeownership, delivering smart, engaging content.
• Manage and coach reporters and columnists on Mansion desk, building partnerships across Features and newsroom.
• Generate ambitious, shareable story ideas with clear real-estate value and distinctive execution.
• Bring deep experience covering real estate with a strong industry network to break news and develop features.
• Balance between editing high-quality features and fast, news-driven deal reporting for diverse formats.
• Collaborate with features editors and culture teams to ensure high-quality journalism.
• Amplify profiles, trends and events with compelling storytelling across platforms.
• Use audience data and editorial judgment to shape smarter real estate coverage.
• Ensure adherence to The Wall Street Journal standards and ethics across all work.

Skills

Real estate editing

News editing

Cross-platform storytelling

Editorial leadership

Story ideation

Job description

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. seeks a dynamic Mansion Bureau Chief, Features, to lead Mansion, the luxury real estate section, in New York.

You will guide reporting, editing, and storytelling across digital and print, shaping coverage that resonates with wealthy homeowners, investors, and readers across platforms. You will manage a team of reporters and columnists, craft ambitious stories with a strong real-estate hook, and collaborate with graphics, video, audience, and platform editors to maximize