Deputy Property Editor

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Job Description

The property team at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age is looking for a Deputy Property Editor who will help shape our coverage and assume a leadership role in the team.

The ideal candidate takes a keen interest in the state of the housing market and will be able to explain its ups and downs to a highly engaged audience.

This is a varied role that includes both writing and editing, as well as helping curate a mix of stories covering everything from house price movements to buying and selling trends, the rental crisis, the best suburbs and the prestige property market.

Reporting to the national Property Editor, this is a Tuesday to Saturday position that includes editing auction coverage on Saturdays, regularly working the 11am-7pm Saturday shift.

Day to day you will:

• Pitch original stories for self and others, including national and local stories, daily and longer-term projects
• Write news leads and liaise with the national Property Editor on copy flows
• Maintain relationships with contacts and generating story ideas from contacts
• Work with data with a high degree of accuracy and clarity
• Absorb and retain a large volume of news and information about the property market
• Consider feedback from analytics in shaping story selection
• Manage multiple competing deadlines
• Edit colleagues’ copy when required
• Edit Saturday auction coverage, including liaising with reporters on auction selection, briefing weekend editors and homepage editors, editing copy, and complaint resolution

Qualifications

What we would like to see:

• A keen interest in the property market, and either a broad knowledge of the topic and a range of contacts - or a willingness to learn fast
• Newsroom experience and a track record as a self-starter who can work independently, generate ideas for self and others, report and write stories with complexity and depth
• Strong news judgement and an ability to problem-solve
• Experience meeting deadlines and working with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent copy and strong attention to detail
• Some experience editing others’ copy and writing headlines, or an enthusiasm to learn

Additional Information

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At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

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