Senior Staff Editor, Real Estate

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The Real Estate desk at The New York Times is seeking an ambitious editor to assign, oversee, edit and publish features and enterprise work. The ideal candidate brings a roled-dex of writers and a talent for crafting complex stories with clarity.

Experience in real estate or design reporting/editing is helpful; but a deep curiosity about housing, architecture, interior design and daily life is essential. Strong editing and communication skills are required.

Qualifications

• Excellent line editing and copy editing skills.
• Ability to write and edit quickly and with authority.
• Clear communicator.

Responsibilities

• Generate story ideas and assign articles.
• First edit multiple stories per week, including regular columns and one-off features and enterprise.
• Work with staff reporters to hit their enterprise targets.
• Maintain a roster of freelance reporters and contributors.
• Monitor and respond to news developments.
• Work with reporters on assigned stories, paying particular attention to focus, structure and style.
• Identify any major factual omissions or errors.
• Work with visual and multimedia editors to generate additional material and brainstorm around visual direction for all pieces.
• Ability to write and edit quickly and with authority.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• A deep curiosity for housing, architecture, interior design, and how we live.

Skills

Copy editing

Story ideation

Editing coordination

Interpersonal communication

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Real Estate desk is looking for an ambitious editor to assign, oversee, edit and publish features and enterprise work in addition to fan-favorite columns. We are looking for someone who has big ideas, a rolodex of interesting writers and contributors and someone who knows how to craft and navigate a complex story.

Experience reporting or editing in the real estate or design space is encouraged but not required. However, you should have a deep curiosity for the topics of housing, power, architecture, interior design, and how we live. You must also possess excellent line editing and copy editing skills, should be able to contribute to all manner of copy — not just written features — and be a clear communicator.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

You will report to the editor of the Real Estate section.

Responsibilities:

• Generate story ideas and assign articles
• First edit multiple stories per week, including regular columns and one-off features and enterprise
• Work with staff reporters to hit their enterprise targets
• Maintain a roster of freelance reporters and contributors
• Monitor and respond to news developments.
• Work with reporters on assigned stories, paying particular attention to focus, structure and style.
• Identify any major factual omissions or errors.
• Work with visual and multimedia editors to generate additional material and brainstorm around visual direction for all pieces
• Ability to write and edit quickly and with authority
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• A deep curiosity for the topics of housing, architecture, interior design, and how we live

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with multimedia formats
• Experience reporting or editing journalism around housing, architecture, interior design, and how we live

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

Additional Compensation and Benefits:

• For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
• medical benefits
• dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• a company-matching 401(k) plan
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid vacation
• paid sick days
• paid parental leave
• tuition reimbursement
• professional development programs

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

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