Job Description
Why Hearst?
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S.—including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics—inspires, entertains, and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social, and print, reaching nearly 139 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.
We are a global media company that publishes nearly 260 magazine editions and 200 websites around the world and, together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Job Overview:
Cosmopolitan seeks an energetic, resourceful, and proactive editorial assistant to support the editor-in-chief. This position will be a pivotal point of coordination for the team, between the brand and other divisions of the company, as well as external stakeholders, with a front row seat to the brand. This role is split between administrative tasks and some editorial responsibilities, keeping the editor in chief’s office running smoothly and pitching/writing stories or social posts. The ideal candidate has both keen writing skills and highly developed organizational and project management skills.
Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
This position is based in the NYC office 5 days a week. No remote option.
This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Why Hearst?
Hearst Magazines’ portfolio of more than 25 powerful brands in the U.S.—including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics—inspires, entertains, and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital, video, social, and print, reaching nearly 139 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation, cutting-edge technology, and industry-leading data capabilities, we make media and products that move people across all platforms.
We are a global media company that publishes nearly 260 magazine editions and 200 websites around the world and, together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.
Job Overview:
Cosmopolitan seeks an energetic, resourceful, and proactive editorial assistant to support the editor-in-chief. This position will be a pivotal point of coordination for the team, between the brand and other divisions of the company, as well as external stakeholders, with a front row seat to the brand. This role is split between administrative tasks and some editorial responsibilities, keeping the editor in chief’s office running smoothly and pitching/writing stories or social posts. The ideal candidate has both keen writing skills and highly developed organizational and project management skills.
Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide general administrative support to the editor-in-chief, including managing an extremely active calendar by scheduling and organizing meetings, appointments, and events; handling expense reports; and coordinating travel for the EIC
- Assist in preparing advance materials, including presentations for the EIC; plan and execute team events and important meetings for the brand
- Project manage a variety of one-off projects including but not limited to award submissions, team events, merchandise & OOH marketing efforts.
- Research, pitch, and write digital article and/or social posts and videos
- Assist with key editorial production tasks for both digital and print, including building, updating, and optimizing content; researching stories; transcribing interviews
- Be a resource for the team, answering direct inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and becoming a reliable point of contact for key stakeholders
- Perform light research tasks to aid the EIC and Senior Director of Editorial Operations.
Qualifications:
- At least one internship that included administrative experience supporting a high-level executive in an editorial setting
- Exceptional organizational skills and obsessive attention to detail
- Strong sense of discretion and professionalism and good judgment when handling confidential information and working with high-profile individuals
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Able to project manage, multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines
- Experience writing for an editorial consumer outlet
- Familiarity with and passion for the brand and its editorial mission
- Comfortable building files, troubleshooting existing systems, and learning new programs and software quickly
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, or other relevant field
- Able to be in-person in the Hearst NYC office 5 days a week
- Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Teams), Keynote, Google Drive (Slides, Docs), and Zoom
This position is based in the NYC office 5 days a week. No remote option.
This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
