Senior Reporter - Real Estate Capital EMEA

The Role

We at PEI Media are looking for a Senior Reporter to join our welcoming, diverse, and growing team based here in London. The Successful candidate will have a passion for finding exclusive stories, for writing insightful copy which educates readers on key industry trends, and for building their personal brand within a particular marketplace.

Real Estate Capital Europe is a website and magazine focused on the lending market which underpins Europe's commercial real estate sector. It reports on, and analyses, the activities of the banks, insurance companies, and institutional fund managers which provide the huge volumes of debt capital necessary to make Europe's biggest commercial property deals happen. It is considered a must-read by real estate finance market professionals and has a consistently growing subscriber base.

Real Estate Capital Europe is owned by PEI Media, the global financial information group focused exclusively on alternative asset finance and investment. For more information, visit

Your main responsibilities will include but not limited to;

Working closely with the REC Europe Editor and REC Europe Magazine Editor to determine the overall editorial direction and execution strategy for and REC Europe magazine.
Overseeing the editorial agenda for and REC Europe magazine in collaboration with the REC Europe editor and having a constant handle on key news and events in the marketplace with a view to selecting coverage for both formats.
Determining, pitching, researching, and writing off-diary analysis and insight features for REC Europe magazine and associated special magazines.
Breaking exclusive news on events in the European real estate debt market.
Writing regular commentaries for and REC Europe magazine and various special magazines as well as maintaining commentary on social media channels.
Contributing to REC Europe's weekly Term Sheet email newsletter, through idea generation and by providing items.
Chairing and writing up thought leadership initiatives, including roundtable discussions.
Participating in REC Europe events, both on-stage and digitally and, on occasion, participating in non-REC associated industry events

Requirements

We are looking for someone who is;

Looking to break news stories and produce insightful copy
Looking to take their reporting role to new stages within a fast and exciting company
A keen networker
Someone willing to occasionally travel for assignments

Qualification & Experience

Formal Journalism education or training
Minimum two years' experience in business journalism
Good knowledge of the Real Estate Sector (Desired)
Experience in Social Media multimedia Journalism including Video, Podcast and/or other online formats

Formed in London in November 2001, PEI has grown to become the dominant B2B information group in global private capital markets. With offices in London, New York, Washington D.C, San Francisco, Tokyo & Hong Kong. We publish a wide range of industry leading financial information websites and databases, run more than 50 events globally per year, and recently launched a new series of innovative digital networking products. We are primarily focused on private equity, private real estate, private debt, infrastructure, and venture capital investing. As these asset classes continue to grow in scale and significance - for investors, fund managers, and service providers globally - PEI is positioned to provide unparalleled business knowledge, intelligence, and networking opportunities to this fast-growing finance sector.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (+8 bank holidays)

You deserve a break and are entitled to 25 days paid annual leave in addition to the 8 public/bank holidays. Long Service award PEI offer a scheme to increase an employee's holiday allowance according to length of service. After 2 years of service, you will receive an additional day's annual leave, you will receive an extra day up to 4 years of service, taking you 28 days annual leave.

Holiday-Flex

Any permanent employee of PEI can buy from or sell PEI up to three holiday days. The value is calculated as 1/260th of the employee's current annual basic salary.

Flexible working policy

We know how busy life can get and believe it is very important to have a good work-life balance. That is why we have a comprehensive Flexible working policy so you can best fit work into your life.

4 days volunteer leave per year

Volunteer leave at PEI offers employees the option of taking 4 working days per year (fully paid) to give back to a charitable cause of their choice.

Life Cover

The Company provides you with life cover of 4 times your "basic salary", as long as you are on a permanent contract with PEI.

Free access to Employee Assistance programme

The Company provides staff with access to a confidential employee assistance programme (EAP), which is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The EAP provides access to trained experts either via the phone or on a face-to-face basis.

Employee Referral scheme

We offer incentives for successfully recommending someone new into the business. If you make a recommendation for a vacancy, you will be eligible for a £1,500 bonus.

Private Medical Insurance

After successful completion of your probation period, PEI offer Private Medical Insurance via BUPA as a free benefit to you, but it is taxable.

4.5% matched pension contribution

After three consecutive years' in the pension scheme with PEI, employees will have the opportunity to have any increased pension contributions (above 4.5%), matched by the business up to 5%.

Cycle to work scheme

After successful completion of your probation period, PEI will work with you to ensure that the loan of a bicycle can be treated as a tax free benefit, enabling you to cycle to and from work (we also have great shower facilities on site, as well as plenty of bike racks to safely store your bike!) Season ticket / Travel loan After successful completion of your probation period, PEI offers an interest free travel loan, available for all permanent employees, for rail or tube annual tickets, for the purpose of you travelling to and from work.