Lead the charge.

Leading Internet content provider is looking for an accomplished senior editor/writer to serve as a Lead Blogger and help launch the news operations of a media-focused real estate website. We are looking for focused, driven applicants, passionate about helping consumers reach new levels of transparency and insight into the way we think about our homes, neighborhoods, and the markets and policies that shape and govern them—from national macroeconomic news of housing markets to the hyperlocal dimensions of home trends. The ideal candidate will be able to oversee, edit, and write fast-moving news related to real estate every day, making sure our site is ahead of its competition while also creating regular columns and features that will give consumers provocative news and opinion about real estate they can find nowhere else.

Deep commitment to understanding real estate economics, from macroeconomic indicators to behavioral economics of, and to express that knowledge in a fast, inclusive, fun approach to the everyday problems of real estate, working from the core of our mission to inform and entertain every person with a roof over their heads and not just someone who is buying or selling a property.

Working remotely, you will have a cool head, grace under pressure, and the ability to manage a variety of skill levels and personalities, many of them also working remotely. Must be both a team player and team leader.

Specifically, the editor will:

• Help coordinate all daily coverage of real estate news and trends. The editor will assign stories, field pitches, and coordinate with managers to make sure all news is covered.
• Develop distinctive feature columns that give our site a strongly differentiated voice and vision.
• Edit stories, ensure they are SEO-friendly and properly optimized.
• Hire and develop freelance writers.
• Keep abreast of web world conventions, social networking, mobile technologies, etc. and contribute the overall creative growth of the site.

Requirements:

• 5-7 years category experience, including assigning and editing text.
• Basic understanding of HTML, Photoshop and internet publishing platforms.
• Wide-ranging understanding of macroeconomic housing trends and real estate news and trends
• Highly organized self-starter who can think big and also pay attention to detail.
• Rolodex of writers and industry contacts
• Endless energy and ideas.
• As comfortable—and competent--working remotely as you would be in an office