Senior Editor, Architecture Lists

Jerseydigs; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes is seeking a seasoned architecture writer/editor in Jersey City to curate top architecture and design lists and profiles for exclusive rankings. You will design robust data-driven methodologies, gather nominations, and collaborate with Growth, Revenue, and SEO to build engaging editorial content.

You will lead the editorial process—from outreach to final reporting—and act as the voice of the list to industry leaders and audiences worldwide, delivering high-impact multi-channel coverage.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of writing and editing in a digital newsroom preferred.
• Knowledge and sourcing in the architecture field.
• Experience applying SEO best practices to editorial projects.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with various stakeholders.
• Maintaining an editorial calendar and meeting deadlines.
• Capable of turning large data sets into a compelling consumer story.
• Familiarity with analytics and employing quantitative/qualitative methods.
• Leadership experience managing writers, both staff and freelance.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as core member of editorial team, align content with business objectives.
• Spearhead creation of revenue-generating architecture lists and rankings.
• Establish rigorous methodologies using internal and external data.
• Oversee full editorial lifecycle from nominations to final reporting.
• Write, assign and edit high-impact articles and profiles for multi-channel delivery.
• Represent the brand voice to industry leaders and external partners.

Skills

Architecture writing & editing

SEO knowledge

Data analysis

Editorial leadership

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Storytelling for lists & profiles

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Hoovers & Dun & Bradstreet

Spreadsheets (Excel)

Data visualization basics

Job description

About Forbes

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.

About the Role

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
• Bachelor’s degree required

Compensation

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.