Editor – Real Estate Education and Finance

Editor, Real Estate Education and Finance, Homes.com

Job Description

CoStar Group Company Intro:

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings for our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

Homes.com

Homes.com is already one of the fastest-growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years’ experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company.

Learn more about Homes.com.

Role Description:  As Editor, Real Estate Education and Finance, for Homes.com (a subsidiary of CoStar Group), you’ll be an integral part of a growing editorial team. You will edit, optimize and publish content that helps establish Homes.com as the most trusted source of information in residential real estate. Your work will cover all aspects of what it’s like to buy and sell homes today. You’ll educate homebuyers on the effects of the NAR judgment and the impact of fluctuating interest rates. As Editor, Real Estate Education and Finance, you will also put an emphasis on the publication of helpful homebuying and selling articles, geographic insights, and coverage of personal finance topics that relate to residential real estate. You will work with a small team of writers to bring helpful, data-driven real estate content to life. This includes a focus on quality written content, as well as sourcing photography, video and data visualizations. As an Editor at Homes.com, your work will empower and inform homebuyers, sellers and real estate agents.

To succeed in this role, you must be a meticulous editor, a creative problem solver and a terrific communicator with a sharp eye. You have a professional background that includes residential real estate or personal finance. You should also have experience optimizing content to drive traffic, user engagement and strong performance in organic search results. Teamwork is a critical piece of our culture and a key to our success, so a collaborative and adaptable attitude is a must.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and mentor a small team of internal writers on their research, reporting and writing.
• Edit articles and on-page content to enhance the overall storytelling.
• Identify quality concerns and provide guidance to writers on how to improve.
• Produce, upload and publish content, including articles, photos, videos and data visualizations.

• Assist with assignment scheduling and maintaining an up-to-date content calendar.
• Create data visualizations, using both internal and external data sets.
• Execute an SEO-focused content strategy that delivers helpful content with great readability.
• Focus on improving ledes to draw the reader in.
• Rewrite portions of the content that require additional work and/or send the copy back to the writer with clear, helpful feedback.
• Ensure that the overall voice, style and flow of copy is consistent with the Homes.com brand vision.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Creative Writing, English, Marketing or Communications from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College.
• A professional background that includes residential real estate, personal finance, service journalism or data journalism.
• Experience editing and optimizing content for SEO, with a basic understanding of SEO tools like SEMrush.
• The ability to identify opportunities that improve content and drive increased traffic.
• A background working with content management systems, such as WordPress, Drupal or Brightspot.
• Experience following Associated Press Stylebook (AP Stylebook) guidelines.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 7-10 years of professional editing experience.
• 3-5 years of professional experience managing freelancers or a small internal team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data visualization tools, such as Datawrapper, Flourish and Tableau.
• A thorough understanding of SEO best practices, with experience using SEO tools to drive editorial decisions and optimize content.
• Experience managing a content calendar and identifying new opportunities for coverage.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to successfully multitask and track assignments through multiple stages of production.
• A highly collaborative attitude; you’re a team player who is not afraid to speak up or ask questions.

What’s in it for you?

Working at CoStar Group means you’ll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you’ll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.  However, please note that CoStar is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

This role offers 4 days a week onsite with 1 day remote.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing