Senior Editor, Architecture Lists

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Forbes is looking for a seasoned architecture writer or editor who will anoint the best of the best in architecture and design for our exclusive rankings. For over 40 years Forbes has set the gold standard for lists including the Forbes 400 and 30 Under 30. This position will sit within the editorial team and will collaborate with stakeholders across the company including growth revenue and SEO. Drawing upon your architecture and design expertise you will be the central player in building new revenue-generating lists highlighting the best of the best in the field. You will be tasked with designing high-quality quantitative and qualitative methodologies gathering data and nominations seeking out external partners using other pre-existing data and/or creating new internal datasets. You will lead the editorial processanalysis reporting writing and/or assigning and editing highly engaging and smart articles and profiles collaborating with video photography social and moreto create clear robust and compelling editorial importantly you will be the voice and face of the list within the specific industry as well as for general audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of the editorial team partnering with Growth Revenue and SEO stakeholders to align content strategy with business objectives.
• Leverage deep architecture and design expertise to spearhead the creation of new revenue-generating best-of lists and industry rankings.
• Establish rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodologies to evaluate industry excellence including the development of internal datasets and the synthesis of external data.
• Oversee the full editorial lifecyclefrom gathering nominations and securing external partners to data analysis and final reporting.
• Write assign and edit high-impact articles and profiles collaborating with video photography and social media teams to ensure a robust multi-channel presence.
• Act as the primary voice and face of editorial lists representing the brand to industry leaders external partners and general audiences.

The ideal candidate

• At least 7-10 years of writing and editing in a digital newsroom. Experience working in business journalism is preferred.
• Knowledge experience and deep sourcing in the architecture field.
• Working knowledge of SEO best practices
• Readiness to work quickly on multiple projects with multiple stakeholders
• Commitment to detail and deadlines with high-level time management and organizational skills including maintaining an editorial calendar
• Ability to confidently take complicated or large quantities of data and turn into a clean and compelling consumer storyline that includes a list and full editorial package that will appear on- and off-platform as articles videos photography social campaign and more.
• Familiarity with analytics and facility in using a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods formulas survey design and statistical analysis. Highly skilled in working with spreadsheets as well as common business data sources such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet. An ability to tackle design and analytical challenges as they arise plus quality control checks.
• Engaging interpersonal communication skills with some people leadership experience and demonstrated ability in managing writers both staff and freelance
• Bachelors degree required

The annual base salary range for this role is $120000 - $165000

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