The Real Deal

• Write several original web stories per week • Produce in-depth features for the website and monthly magazine • Contribute three to six original articles per week to The Real Deal’s regular coverage • In most months, contribute a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly magazine • Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects

• Contribute four to six original articles per week to The Real Deal’s regular coverage of the real estate industry, focused on South Florida, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties • In most months, contribute a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly, national print magazine • Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects, typically investigative work or deeply researched features

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description This is a freelance, hourly contract role working on a project basis. - PDF Mining: Extract structured data from scanned or text-based PDFs, including property records and filings. - Web Scraping: Develop scrapers to pull data from public websites, real estate portals, and government records. - Interactive & Custom Data Visualization: Build bespoke maps, charts, and dashboards to support editorial storytelling. - Data Cleaning & Normalization: Standardize, deduplicate, and reconcile inconsistent records across multiple sources. - Entity Resolution & Research: Identify and verify real estate entities (buyers, sellers, LLCs, brokers, developers) using registries and public records. - Story Support & Collaboration: Partner with editors and reporters to translate data into compelling narratives, graphics, and insights. - Automation & Workflow Scripting: Create and refine scripts to automate routine data tasks, including scheduled scraping and data transformation. - Manual Record Cleaning: Willingness to perform tedious but essential data tasks, such as reconciling names, addresses, or document IDs by hand. Qualifications - Journalistic Rigor & Detail Orientation: Capable of tracing data lineage, documenting sources, and identifying inconsistencies or red flags. - Strong Data Literacy in a Real Estate Context: Ability to understand how data reflects trends, transactions, and players in the property world. Company Description The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors. - Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated. - As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry. - We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. - We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. - We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists. - We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. - These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

• Audit existing TRD Data and website pages for usability and design inconsistencies • Improve spacing, typography hierarchy and visual clarity • Redesign key product landing pages and dashboard entry points • Help simplify navigation and highlight product features more effectively • Create Figma files that are organized and developer ready • Establish basic design system guidelines including spacing rules, typography scale and component patterns • Iterate based on feedback from product leadership • Suggest UX improvements based on user behavior and engagement patterns • Provide guidance on improving subscription conversion through layout and messaging clarity