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Real estate news site seeks web writer

Bisnow, the nation’s largest provider of commercial real estate news, has typically provided e-publications to markets across the country and is now adding web based content to it’s media channels.

In order to jump start the initiative, Bisnow is looking to hire a web content writer/editor.

This person will:

– Create unique content for the website which will be similar to snappy, viral content that Buzzfeed and Business Insider publish
– Write and edit original call-to-action statements, headlines, descriptions and copy
– Repurpose content across other media sources to take a stance or drive traffic writing snappy, original copy with developed perspective that helps drive traffic
– Heading up branded content, native advertising content and aggregation of news
– Work directly with the CEO and Editor in Chief on pitching and developing stories and building up the initiative

Compensation is competitive dependent on previous experience.

This is the opportunity to build a department from scratch.

We’re looking for anyone who has experience with writing viral content, repurposing stories to head up the initiative. Experience can vary.

To apply, send your resume, clips and cover letter to Michael Mazzara at michael.mazzara@biznow.com

Chris Roush

Chris 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.

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