Bisnow seeks lead reporter in New York

Over the course of the last decade, Bisnow has built itself into the largest media and events platform in the United State’s trillion dollar commercial real estate industry. Bisnow hosts almost 300 events a year that are attended by over 70,000 people, 2,000 sponsors and hundreds of speakers. We also publish tens of newsletters that reach almost three quarters of a million executives.

How do we make money?

Bisnow has three primary forms of cash flow: Tickets to our events, event sponsorship opportunities and advertising in our newsletters and on our website.

What the role entails:

• Being our all-access pass into continuing to dominate the commercial real estate industry
• Working a beat, travelling around New York covering the latest trends, personalities and news related to the commercial real estate industry
• Infiltrating the CRE industry—turning arcane data into useful and entertaining information while maintaining personal relationships with lots of leads and sources
• Having an intimate knowledge of your market’s CRE business—knowing where the major players are located and what events they attend
• Keeping it fun, snappy, and informative

The ideal candidate must have: 

• Knowledge of commercial real estate, urban and community planning and urban design is a plus, and contacts within those scenes are an even bigger plus
• Great writing skills
• News judgment, dot-connecting and a passion for the web
• Digital experience and has at least two years of experience in business journalism
• The personality of a self-starter and must be a thoughtful, opinionated and articulate writer who is interested in building his or her voice and journalistic brand on Bisnow.com

What Are The Benefits?

• Highly competitive salary
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Full health, dental and vision benefits
• 401k
• Seamless work/life integration

What Are the Drawbacks?

Most companies wouldn’t dream to include drawbacks on a job description – but we know we’re not perfect and don’t pretend to be. So here are the most common drawbacks voiced by people who did not find Bisnow to be a good fit.

• “Lack of structure.” – we’ve gone from a handful of entrepreneurs to a company with 100 employees relatively quickly and our management team are mostly in their thirties which means we don’t have decades of experience. We’re figuring things out as we go, so if you’re someone who needs structure in place, we’re probably not the place for you but if you consider yourself an entrepreneur and want to help figure things out with a smart team of like-minded executives, this could be your dream career.

• “Chaotic at times, Bisnow should put proper policies in place.” – Mario Andretti once said that if things seem under control, you’re probably not going fast enough. We don’t encourage chaos but we do see a healthy amount of it as a result of exciting growth and we’re also not big fans of bureaucracy and find the more policies we implement the more bureaucratic things become.

• “Long hours, not a lot of time off, unlimited vacation means no vacation.” – We encourage taking long vacations and time off and we truly believe that those sorts of trips can lead to more productivity when people come back and feel more inspired by new ideas. We do work long hours and for some people that’s not ideal. As entrepreneurs, we have to love what we do or else we wouldn’t be particularly good at it and when you love what you do, you don’t really separate work and play but rather integrate the two. This is obviously not for everyone, so think about whether you want that before accepting an offer from us!

To apply, please send your resume, cover letter and clips of your work.

Send your resume tocareers@bisnow.com with the subject line “New York Lead Reporter.”