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title: 'News Editor at Bisnow'
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# News Editor at Bisnow

- **Company:** Bisnow
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $70k–$80k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow/64a16b6e-8990-4697-9b4a-1640170da2e1

## Job description

## BISNOW OVERVIEW

Bisnow is the commercial real estate industry's leading, vertically integrated B2B media platform, covering North America, Canada, the UK and Ireland. We serve the CRE industry through award-winning news and publications, renowned events, wide-ranging marketing services, specialized recruitment solutions, and intelligent sales enablement tools. With 1.7M+ subscribers and 400+ events annually across 47 markets in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, we don't just cover the industry, we help move it forward. We inform. We connect. We create opportunities that turn into deals. Global mindset. Hyper-local execution. Bisnow is seeking a seasoned, razor-sharp Editor to help lead, report, and build our growing commercial real estate news operations. We're in the business of delivering intelligence at the intersection of international commercial real estate and politics, sports, entertainment, business, technology, and beyond. We need a thorough editor with a deep passion for the news who can help us continue to expand our ambitions. Location: Ideally based in Central Time Zone — office or remote both work.

## Key Responsibilities

- Provide editorial planning and hands-on execution for day-to-day coverage of Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago, long-term packages and special projects for Bisnow.com and our large stable of newsletters.
- Manage a team of full-time reporters and freelancers, including organization and professional growth.
- Assign articles and line edit online articles, newsletters and morning briefs.

What are we looking for?

- Minimum 5 years of experience working on an editorial team, including experience managing a team of reporters.
- Experience in daily news pace and volume.
- Ideally, experience in business-to-business reporting; experience in commercial real estate reporting a major plus.
- Clear, friendly, hyper-organized, goals-based management style.
- Demonstrated experience as a skilled, thorough and conscientious storyteller.
- Experience editing and recruiting high-caliber writers and editors.
- An eye for quality journalism, as well as stories with viral/share potential.
- Excellent news judgment.
- Deep familiarity with the competitive set in the CRE news space in Texas and Chicago.
- Extensive experience working in content management systems.
- Basic SEO knowledge.

What's in it for you?

- Competitive compensation structure!
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - effective the 1st of the month following your start date.
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - this includes maternity and paternity leaves as well.
- 401K
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Dependent Care Account
- Unlimited Vacation Days
- 7 days paid sick leave
- 9 paid Holidays
- Referral Bonus Program
- Pet Friendly Offices
- You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate).

Get To Know Our Teams! < Click here for more info about Bisnow, Biscred & SelectLeaders!

Before applying, please read our values below. Our values describe and give insight into our culture. If you do not share the same values, this role will not be a mutually beneficial fit. If you do share these values and want to apply, we encourage you to do so.

Our values demand that we be curious, self-aware, fearless, consistent. We say yes to seemingly insurmountable challenges because we dare ourselves to push further. And we go the distance because we are individually and collectively entrepreneurial, always asking: Why can’t it be done? We find a way because we care more than the competition. We embrace team and disown ego. We are ruthlessly disciplined and unabashedly kind. We unreservedly challenge the status quo and vigorously fight for new levels of excellence. We believe the difference between good and great is exceptional communication. We obsess over creating value for our team and our customers. We push ourselves and our industry to be more inclusive, to champion diversity and to fight racism, gender bias and all forms of inequality. We never peak. We never quit. We never have excuses. We own our failures and we commit to being smarter and stronger because of them. We give our best today and even better tomorrow. We are here to win.

## About Bisnow

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bisnow is the leading B2B platform serving the commercial real estate industry, delivering news, events, marketing services, and recruiting solutions to over 1.7 million subscribers worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Axel Springer in 2016)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, USA
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Online Media / Commercial Real Estate B2B Platform
- **Target customers**: B2B – commercial real estate professionals including developers, owners, investors, brokers, and service providers (Enterprise, SMB)
- **Mission or purpose**: “To inform, connect and advance the commercial real estate community to do more business.” [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)

## Products & Services
- **Bisnow News**: Award-winning daily journalism covering the most pressing CRE trends across 50 metro markets in North America and Europe. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Live & Digital Events**: 340+ events per year (webinars, digital summits, in-person conferences, and premier leadership retreats like Elevate, Escape & Ascent) attended by over 75,000 people and 2,000 sponsors. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Studio B (Marketing Services)**: Custom content creation, targeted lead generation campaigns, and brand awareness solutions for CRE clients. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **SelectLeaders (Recruiting)**: A real estate job network connecting talent with the industry’s most prominent companies. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Biscred (Sales Enablement)**: A platform providing CRE-specific contact data, email addresses, phone numbers, and LinkedIn profiles to help sales teams close deals. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Newsletters**: Morning briefs and sector-specific newsletters reaching more than 1.5 million executives. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Axel Springer in May 2016 for $50 million (not currently trading publicly). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of ~$40 million (LinkedIn estimate). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Axel Springer (parent company); acquired SelectLeaders in December 2019.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 172 (+13.3% year-over-year); operates across 7 countries (U.S., UK, Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, etc.); hosts 340+ events annually; reaches over 1.7 million subscribers. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertically integrated CRE platform**: Combines news, events, marketing services, recruiting, and sales intelligence – a one-stop ecosystem for the industry.
- **Deep market penetration**: Active in 47+ local markets across North America and Europe, providing hyper-local coverage alongside global perspective.
- **Data-driven sales tools**: Biscred offers proprietary CRE-specific contact data that competitors lack.
- **Most Loved Workplace® Certified**: Recognized for culture and employee experience. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the data and intelligence capabilities of the platform (e.g., Biscred).
- Continue scaling the events business both in-person and digitally.
- Deepen presence in existing markets and explore international expansion (already in UK/Ireland).
- Enhance recruitment offerings through SelectLeaders and cross-selling to the existing subscriber base.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced, collaborative, and ownership-driven. Values include “Bold, Collaborative, Accountable, Curious, Fast-paced, Authentic, Respectful.” [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Work environment**: Hybrid-first with many roles offering hybrid or remote arrangements. Offices in New York City (HQ), Atlanta, and Washington D.C. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)
- **Perks & benefits**: Unlimited vacation, health insurance with HSA, mental health support via Talkspace, fertility care through Kindbody, generous parental leave, wellness incentives, and dependent care support. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Career development**: Individual Development Plans, quarterly ROCKS goal-setting, clear internal promotion paths, and cross-departmental mobility. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Engineering/technology culture**: Data-driven mindset; leverages AI tools in the hiring process; small, agile teams with high ownership. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow)

## Sources
1. [Bisnow](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
2. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)
4. [Most Loved Workplace](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
5. [Bisnow Careers (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow)

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