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Redfin · 1 day ago

Data Journalist - Housing Market

WA - Seattle

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$85K/yr - $127K/yr

3+ years exp

Redfin is revolutionizing the real estate industry by using data and innovative design to enhance the customer experience. The Data Journalist - Housing Market will leverage real estate data to create informative and engaging content, focusing on housing market trends and consumer insights.

InternetMarketplaceOnline PortalsProperty ManagementPropTechReal EstateReal Estate BrokerageRentalRental Property

Responsibilities

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

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

Qualification

Data analysisContent writingSEO knowledgeData visualizationJournalism experienceCollaborationTime managementStorytelling

Required

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

Benefits

Annual bonus

Incentives

Medical

Dental

Vision benefits

401K retirement plan

Paid time off

Company

Redfin

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Redfin is a technology-driven residential real estate brokerage with the country’s most-visited real estate brokerage website. It is a sub-organization of Rocket Companies.

Founded in 2004

Seattle, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees