ArtNews: Senior Market Reporter

ARTnews, the world’s leading authority in art journalism, seeks a senior market reporter.  Reporting to the Executive Digital Editor, this reporter will be responsible for an average of 1-2 online articles per day, as well as several longer features per month.

The ideal applicant will be able to juggle multiple aspects of the art market beat, ranging from profiles of rising art dealers, Q&As with auction house specialists and important collectors, to analytical features examining artists’ markets and categories from Old Masters to Ultra-Contemporary. This reporter will be expected to contribute to our weekly scoops-driven newsletter on the art market, On Balance, as well to our auctions and fairs coverage.

To do well in this role, the reporter should know how to develop sources and be driven by a desire to break high-impact news and engaging exclusives. This person should understand and be able to think creatively about how the art market works, how it is changing, and how that affects the future of visual culture and creative production.

This role would be based in our New York office.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in journalism, ideally covering the art market. Applicants from outside these fields are encouraged to apply if they have excellent, dogged reporting skills and an ability to learn a beat quickly.
• Knowledge of art, the art world, the art market, and the auction houses.
• An ability to work quickly and accurately at digital speed; an ability to work collaboratively.
• A clear, engaging, jargon-free writing style
• Knowledge of SEO best practices. 
• Experience using content management systems and social media platforms

Responsibilities:

• Pitch, report, and write stories on the art market, balancing news with original features reporting and longer enterprise stories.
• Maintain your editorial slate and lineup with realistic deadlines and publish dates.
• Collaborate with other staff of ARTnews on reporting projects that further our overall coverage.
• Collaborate with video and social media editors as needed to develop ways of telling stories on other platforms.

As PMC values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.

Typical Salary: 70K-80K. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits. 

PMC is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. As part of our company-wide rollout of PMC’s paid healthcare plan, for this role the company pays 100% of the monthly health, dental and vision plan premiums for the employee and their family.  Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

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About ARTnews:

Founded in 1902, ARTnews is the oldest art magazine in the world and the world’s leading authority in art journalism. Its global readership includes collectors, dealers, historians, artists, museum directors, curators, connoisseurs and enthusiasts. Between print and digital, the magazine now reaches hundreds of thousands of readers per month. Published four times a year in print, including its celebrated Top 200 Collectors issue annually, ARTnews reports on the art, personalities, issues, trends and events shaping the international art world. Its digital presence, revitalized over the past five years, follows developments in the art world daily, and two daily newsletters go out to thousands of subscribers. Noted for its editorial excellence, ARTnews has received over 40 journalistic prizes, including a National Magazine Award, and is the only art magazine to have received acknowledgement to this extent. www.artnews.com.  ARTnews’ parent company, Penske Media Corporation (PMC), is a leading digital media, publishing, and information Services Company founded in 2003.

About Art in America:

Since 1913, Art in America has published groundbreaking critical insights about contemporary art and culture. Each quarterly issue features exhibition reviews, a collectible artist print, interviews with leading artists, and in-depth essays by individuals at the forefront of their fields. Between its flagship print edition and growing digital presence Art in America today reaches both influential art world insiders as well as abroad audience invested in understanding pivotal cultural trends.