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Description

Estates Gazette is the number one brand for the commercial property industry, providing vital news and data across all platforms.  We are searching for a talented journalist to join our team at an exciting time as we continue our editorial expansion.

Job role

This is a hands-on role for an inquisitive self-starter who can combine a head for news and social media with an eye for detail and a passion for delighting online readers. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in optimising digital content, engaging audiences and understanding how to repackage traditional print copy to work seamlessly online. Our web producer will play a key role in linking all our platforms from creating social media campaigns; infographics to selecting weekly click bait to attract our professional audience.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Delivering online key performance indicators across two websites

• Optimising daily and weekly content across online, digital and email

• Building content campaigns: creating new pages and aggregating content

• Monitoring key metrics

• Running our social media accounts

• Creating social media campaigns

• Audience engagement

• Optimising our news homepage

• Managing content sections of estatesgazette.com

• Helping to deliver social media KPIs

• Editing podcasts

• Working closely with the data editor on infographics

• Supporting the editorial team with online guidance on what works

• Podcast production

Key skills

• Proven track record in online journalism and publishing

• A strong understanding of WordPress would be a distinct advantage

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across teams

• Experience in audience engagement

• An eye for detail and strong creative and visual skills

• Understanding of SEO

• Proven track record of growing brands through social media

• Experience of podcast or video editing/filming would be a distinct advantage

At Reed Business Information we provide information and online data services to business professionals worldwide. Customers have access to our high-value industry data, analytics, information and tools. Our strong global brands hold market-leading positions across a wide range of industry sectors including banking, petrochemicals and aviation where we help customers make key strategic decisions every day. RBI people are driven by an environment focussed on innovation, passion for our products, and collaboration, where working in an agile manner is par for the course. RBI is part of Reed Elsevier, a leading global provider of data, information and solutions for professional customers.

RBI General Benefits Package:


Pension Scheme
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29 Days Holiday
Paid Charity Days – 2 days per year
Life Insurance (4x salary)
Save As You Earn Share Scheme (SAYE)
Competitive Salaries

Please contact editor Damian Wild with a CV, covering letter and links to recent work at damian.wild@estatesgazette.com