Deputy Editor- PERE Deals

We at PEI Group are looking for a Deputy Editor to join our welcoming, diverse, and growing team based in New York.

• Support the Editor in leading PERE Deals’ coverage of the global private real estate transactions market.
• Have a constant handle on key news and events in the marketplace with a view to selecting coverage for all formats (website, database, podcast).
• Be a key source of content ideas for PERE Deals, in close collaboration with the Editor.
• Become an editorial authority on all matters regarding private real estate transactions regularly being able to demonstrate which transactions matter most and why.
• Produce regular private real estate transaction news, insight and data stories.
• Optimize content based on user engagement metrics to ensure relevance and value to PERE Deals target audience of private real estate transactions professionals and advisors.
• Contribute to ensuring the PERE Deals website always has timely content.
• Collaborate closely with the PEI’s Research & Analytics team to help ensure the PERE Deals data offering is of the highest quality and consistently embedded in the editorial.
• Where appropriate, collaborate with other Real Estate Group colleagues on affiliate editorial assignments.
• Adhere to PERE Deals and PEI editorial codes of conduct and best practices at all times.
• Maintain PEI’s high editorial standards.

• Work closely with the PERE Deals Editor to determine the overall editorial direction and execution strategy for the title.
• Break exclusive transaction news.
• Maintain strong reporting on on-diary transaction news.
• Edit colleague copy and other content when needed.
• Develop network of private real estate investment executives and advisors.
• Conduct regular interviews with relevant private real estate investment executives and advisors.
• Ensure transaction level data features appropriately in the editorial content set.
• Contribute actively to the PERE Deals transaction data collection and structured information creation process
• Contribute to the editorial agenda for PERE Deals in collaboration with the PERE Deals Editor.
• Ensure the PERE Deals website is consistently updated and oversee daily and weekly digest curation and publishing.
• Determine, pitch, research and write off-diary analysis and insight features for PERE Deals and other Real Estate Group titles.
• Attend and participate in non-PERE Deals associated industry events.

• Minimum two years’ experience in business journalism, preferably in institutional level real estate journalism
• Editing experience is a bonus, ready to take on editing responsibilities a must
• University educated and relevant journalism qualification
• Fluent verbal and written English. Further fluent languages is a bonus

• Able to work from PEI’s New York office minimum three days a week
• Keen networker and able to travel for work
• Thrive working in pressured scenarios and a busy editorial team
• Able to think laterally to achieve results while honouring corporate and editorial goals
• Able to juggle multiple stakeholders inside and outside the organization
• Happy to work unsociable hours as the work requires (we do balance with time off in lieu in relevant circumstances)