Red Ventures is looking for a Senior Real Estate Editor to join our Bankrate team. If you’re passionate about helping people discover the best places to live, choose a real estate agent and make a winning offer on a house, this is the role for you.
This editor will lead the strategy for real estate content, identify and hire additional editors to join the real estate team and work alongside the SEO team to establish content priorities. The editor should have strong editing skills, as well as project management, communication and collaboration skills. An ability to work well in a team setting is a must.
What You’ll Do
- Use search interest data to develop a robust content calendar
- Identify, pitch, assign and edit real estate-related articles that rank on search
- Hire additional editors to round out the real estate team
- Build a network of freelance writers to scale content output
- Assign updates to existing content (guides, comparisons, news, etc.) for timeliness and accuracy
- Work closely with SEO analysts to identify priorities and execute a content strategy
- Stay up to date on industry news and trends to detect content opportunities
- Edit internally and externally produced content for AP Style, brand voice and tone
- Check story drafts for errors, typos and linking opportunities
- Prepare, upload and maintain stories in our content management system (WordPress)
- Embrace opportunities to manage and mentor editors and coach them on best practices and our publishing process
What We’re Looking For
- At least 3 years of writing/editing experience
- Excellent research, writing and editorial skills, with the ability to effectively communicate edits to writers
- Excellent project management and communication skills
- Experience meeting tight deadlines while working independently to manage multiple projects
- Ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities while keeping up with fast-paced content production processes
- Ability to edit content based on SEO concepts and best practices
- Ability to grasp the voice, style and tone of the Bankrate brand
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with a team and individually as needed
- Knowledge and interest in real estate and personal finance
- Experience with AP Style
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.