CoStar Group is hiring: Staff Writer, Hotel News Now in Cleveland

Job Description

Staff Writer, Hotel News Now

CoStar Group Company Intro

CoStar Group (NASDAQ : CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.

Role Description :

CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the leading source of real estate information and data. As a member of the established, award-winning and global Hotel News Now team within CoStar News, you will report on the exciting and high-profile hotel industry. We are looking for experienced, entrepreneurial reporters who can break news, generate scoops and produce a steady run of creative enterprise stories about the people, trends and companies that shape the hotel and travel industries.

Hotel News Now enjoys a respected reputation in the hotel industry. This high-profile role may include travel to cover industry events, along with public speaking and panel moderation. We are seeking a digitally oriented journalist who thrives in a team environment and shows enthusiasm for multimedia reporting and finding new ways to tell the story.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a command of the hotel beat, closely following major industry trends, leaders and companies.
• Collaborate and coordinate with CoStar’s news, research and analyst teams to ensure timely coverage across the many communities that make up our markets.
• Cultivate a bench of knowledgeable sources and show a facility for gleaning insights from relevant information services.
• Produce stories and other content that are expertly tailored for the web, email newsletters, social media and other platforms.
• Follow generally accepted journalism ethics and standards to report the facts, including a commitment to truth, accuracy, fairness and impartiality.
• Demonstrate an ability to write clearly, following AP style, in a way that engages a broad audience of property professionals.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

What’s in it for you?

Benefits

Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you'll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program. Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to) :

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

This role offers 4 days a week onsite with 1 day remote.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing / Editing

Industries

Leasing Non-residential Real Estate, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Research Services

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