Data Journalist - Market

Data Journalist - Housing Market page is loaded## Data Journalist - Housing Market locations:
WA - Seattle time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
59537

This position is a hybrid role requiring employees to work from our headquarters location in Seattle, WA every Tuesday and Wednesday, and remote all other days.## Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning website and mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way.

If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment, join our team!

As a Data Journalist - Housing Market reporting to the Editor-in-Chief of Redfin News, you’ll use Redfin’s robust real estate data and novel insights to educate consumers and drive news on a range of topics from home decor to housing affordability and generational attitudes about home ownership. As a member of the communications team, you’ll partner with our economics team and real estate agents to create data-driven content that is informative and shareable.

This role requires someone who can juggle multiple stories at once and produce high-quality content at volume.
** The Role
*** Write compelling, newsworthy, data-driven articles about a range of housing and lifestyle-related topics that are interesting to national media, the real estate industry and consumers.
* Be able to produce consistently high-quality content on a schedule, react quickly to news cycles, and manage time and workload independently.
* Be comfortable getting on the phone with Redfin real estate agents, customers, and other industry experts  to uncover and report on real estate trends and insights.
* Be just as comfortable collaborating with data scientists and economists to pair anecdotes with data to report on emerging trends in real time.
** Housing Market Focus
*** This role will be focused on reporting on Redfin’s trove of data about national and local housing market trends, in real time.
* This writer will be responsible for writing and publishing several of Redfin’s established monthly and quarterly reports about trends in housing market activity.
* There will also be plenty of opportunities to identify and report on emerging housing market trends.
* The person in this position will be encouraged to become familiar with and explore proprietary and public datasets and to regularly pitch and own new one-off and recurring report topics.
* We are also hiring for a similar role, Data Journalist - Lifestyle, which will focus on reporting on home design and decor trends and timely and viral stories about the way Americans are living.
** Desired Skills & Experience
*** Bachelor's degree required.
* Minimum of 3 years working in online media or print journalism. Experience writing about housing and real estate topics is a plus.
* Strong analytical skills: you’re able to dig out big-picture stories from a spreadsheet or a handful of anecdotes.
* Writer, storyteller: you’re able to churn out easy-to-read articles that are not only grammatically correct and typo-free, but make complex topics easy to understand.
* Proficient at using word processing, data visualization and blog publishing software and tools to write drafts, shepherd them through the editing process and publish articles.
* Solid understanding of SEO and GEO.
* Comfortable with a fast paced, quick turnaround work environment.

Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York City, New Jersey, Jersey City, California, D.C. and Washington candidates only:

Base Pay Range: $84,900..The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found . The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is only an estimate and is subject to revision from time to time as the Company, in…