Bisnow
East Coast Editor
Summary
Bisnow, a leading B2B media platform in commercial real estate, is hiring an East Coast Editor (Senior Editor) to help lead its flagship daily newsletter, The First Draft. The role focuses on shaping daily coverage, producing original analysis, and elevating reporting with data-driven insights and proprietary charts.
What you'll do
Serve as an editor and content driver for The First Draft, Bisnow’s top-performing daily newsletter.
Write an anchor column (500+ words) at least twice per month, providing deep analysis and editorial voice using original insights, interviews, or overlooked data trends.
Edit approximately 14 stories per week across three East Coast-based reporters (breaking news through enterprise investigations).
Manage and edit three beat reporters focused on hyperlocal, high-impact CRE news and enterprise reporting in their cities.
Source and integrate exclusive data and proprietary charts into the newsletter, targeting at least two per week.
Curate and contextualize research and data from beyond CRE (e.g., logistics, consumption habits, global economic shifts) to inform coverage.
Identify and spotlight fast-rising CRE markets, property types, and sectors, aiming for at least one in-depth spotlight or “rising opportunity” package per month.
Requirements
7+ years of journalism experience, including 2+ years in a management or assigning editor role.
Strong working knowledge of commercial real estate and related sectors.
Proven ability to write/edit under tight deadlines in a fast-paced daily news or newsletter environment.
Background or training in data journalism (strongly preferred).
Ability to find surprising insights in overlooked sources and explain them clearly to a business audience.
Excellent headline writing, structural editing, and clean, engaging writing style.
Conditions
Must sit in the EST time zone.
Office or remote options available.
Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance (effective the 1st of the month following start date).
Short- and long-term disability insurance (includes maternity and paternity leaves).
401(k).
Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Dependent Care Account.
Unlimited vacation days.
7 days paid sick leave and 9 paid holidays.
Referral bonus program.
Pet-friendly offices.