Regional Editor

Media Contacts Ltd; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Media Contacts Ltd in New York is seeking an experienced financial reporter stepping up to an editorial leadership role within a real estate-focused publication. You will inherit strong market relationships and guide a newsroom delivering market-moving insight for investors.

You will edit diary stories and scoops, shape longer features, and chair thought leadership discussions at events, building the team and advancing a bold editorial agenda.

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B financial journalism with strong knowledge of private real estate markets.
• Some editing experience and ability to give developmental feedback and copyediting.
• Track record of breaking off-diary news, impactful analysis and ideas about setting an editorial agenda.
• Capacity to lead reporters and contribute to newsroom leadership transitions.

Responsibilities

• Give substantive editorial feedback on reporters’ stories as well as editing copy and write compelling analysis & thought leadership content.
• Proactively build a contact book across real estate financiers, developers and agents to support the existing team's network.
• Contribute to the editorial agenda for the publication and chair thought leadership discussions and host roundtables at the organisation's events.
• Help onboard and support reporters, with scope to take on formal line-management responsibility as the team grows.

Skills

B2B financial journalism

Real estate markets knowledge

Equity funding dynamics

Editing experience

Developmental feedback

Job description

Location: New York, hybrid - 3 days in, 2 at home

Job Reference number: 35716

This is an opportunity for an experienced financial reporter to take the step up into an editorial role.

You will join an established publication in the real estate sector, inherit strong relationships within the market, and be part of the editorial team that delivers market-moving insight for its audience of investors. You will deliver a combination of hard news & in-depth analysis, editing on diary stories & scoops for online news and shaping longer form features, interviews and cover stories for magazines.

You’ll be expected to push the quality of this publication’s output, identify holes in a story, push reporters to find their angle and help them develop. Direct line management of reporters will come with time, and you’ll work with the Editor to help shape this newsroom’s transition.

You will need the competitive desire to deliver news that puts this publication at the forefront of the sector against its competitor titles. As well as existing contacts you can bring across, you will also be proactively building relationships with people in the market, through conference attendance and face-to-face meetings, and develop your profile within the sector by chairing roundtables at this publication's events.

A strong grounding in the key trends within the real estate sector, knowledge of its equity financing dynamics, and a track record of producing financial or business scoops is fundamental. This is an opportunity to build from that base into a leadership position where you can begin to direct a newsroom.

Key responsibilities

• Give substantive editorial feedback on reporters’ stories as well as editing copy and write compelling analysis & thought leadership content.
• Proactively build a contact book across real estate financiers, developers and agents to support the existing team's network.
• Contribute to the editorial agenda for the publication and chair thought leadership discussions and host roundtables at the organisation's events.
• Help onboard and support reporters, with scope to take on formal line-management responsibility as the team grows.

Key requirements

• Experience reporting within B2B financial journalism, strong knowledge of private real estate markets and equity funding dynamics.
• Some editing experience and good instincts about how to give developmental feedback as well as copyediting.
• A track record of breaking off-diary news, impactful analysis and ideas about how to set an editorial agenda.

Please note: this organisation is unable to sponsor a new work visa for this role but can support the transfer of an existing employer-sponsored visa (e.g. H1B) where the candidate is able to cover any associated costs.