Senior Editor, Architecture Lists

Forbes; Jersey City (NJ); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Forbes seeks an experienced architecture writer/editor to lead the creation of new, revenue-generating rankings. This role collaborates with various stakeholders to design methodologies, gather data and nominations, and oversee the editorial process.

The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of experience in digital journalism, strong architecture knowledge, and excellent communication skills. The annual salary range offered is between $120,000 and $165,000 based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Formación

• 7-10 years of writing and editing experience in a digital newsroom.
• Knowledge and sourcing in the architecture field.
• Experience in managing writers and projects.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with Growth, Revenue, and SEO stakeholders to align content strategy.
• Create revenue-generating 'best-of' lists and industry rankings.
• Oversee the full editorial lifecycle from nominations to reporting.
• Write, assign, and edit articles and profiles.

Conocimientos

Writing and editing

Architecture expertise

SEO best practices

Data analysis

Interpersonal communication

Herramientas

Spreadsheets

Business data sources

Descripción del empleo

Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

Forbes is looking for a seasoned architecture writer or editor who will anoint the best of the best in architecture and design for our exclusive rankings. For over 40 years, Forbes has set the gold standard for lists, including the Forbes 400 and 30 Under 30. This position will sit within the editorial team and will collaborate with stakeholders across the company, including growth, revenue and SEO. Drawing upon your architecture and design expertise, you will be the central player in building new revenue-generating lists highlighting the best of the best in the field. You will be tasked with designing high-quality quantitative and qualitative methodologies, gathering data and nominations, seeking out external partners, using other pre-existing data and/or creating new internal datasets. You will lead the editorial process—analysis, reporting, writing and/or assigning and editing highly engaging and smart articles and profiles, collaborating with video, photography, social and more—to create clear, robust and compelling editorial content. Most importantly, you will be the voice and face of the list within the specific industry as well as for general audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of the editorial team, partnering with Growth, Revenue, and SEO stakeholders to align content strategy with business objectives.
• Leverage deep architecture and design expertise to spearhead the creation of new, revenue-generating "best-of" lists and industry rankings.
• Establish rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodologies to evaluate industry excellence, including the development of internal datasets and the synthesis of external data.
• Oversee the full editorial lifecycle—from gathering nominations and securing external partners to data analysis and final reporting.
• Write, assign, and edit high-impact articles and profiles, collaborating with video, photography, and social media teams to ensure a robust multi-channel presence.
• Act as the primary "voice and face" of editorial lists, representing the brand to industry leaders, external partners, and general audiences.

The ideal candidate

• At least 7-10 years of writing and editing in a digital newsroom. Experience working in business journalism is preferred.
• Knowledge, experience and deep sourcing in the architecture field.
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices
• Readiness to work quickly on multiple projects with multiple stakeholders
• Commitment to detail and deadlines with high-level time management and organizational skills, including maintaining an editorial calendar
• Ability to confidently take complicated or large quantities of data and turn into a clean and compelling consumer storyline that includes a list and full editorial package that will appear on- and off-platform as articles, videos, photography, social campaign and more.
• Familiarity with analytics and facility in using a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, formulas, survey design, and statistical analysis. Highly skilled in working with spreadsheets as well as common business data sources such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet. An ability to tackle design and analytical challenges as they arise plus quality control checks.
• Engaging interpersonal communication skills, with some people leadership experience and demonstrated ability in managing writers, both staff and freelance

The annual base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $165,000.

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

This role may evolve over time. While this job description outlines the primary responsibilities, additional duties may be assigned as business needs change.

Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

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