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Assistant to the Global Editorial Director
Advance Magazine Publishers - New York, NY
posted 2 months ago
About the position
WIRED is seeking an organized and intellectually curious professional to support the Global Editorial Director and the Deputy Global Editorial Director, along with other executive team leaders. This role involves providing essential administrative support, managing schedules, booking travel, organizing events, and conducting research to prepare editors for interviews and conferences. The position is based in New York and requires effective communication and multitasking skills, as well as the ability to maintain confidentiality.
Responsibilities
- Assist with various scheduling tasks, expense paperwork, and booking travel for the Global Editorial Director, Deputy Global Editorial Director, and three other senior leaders.
- Assist with scheduling interviews for job candidates and facilitate communication with candidates.
- Assist with onboarding new hires and speakers for UK events.
- Research story topics and interview subjects for senior editors.
- Help organize internal office events.
- Tackle special projects, such as helping to coordinate award entries and some tasks related to public-facing US+ UK events.
- Greet and escort outside visitors to the office.
- Perform other administrative tasks as needed.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience maintaining confidentiality.
- Strong communication skills with clean, concise prose and good grammar.
- Experience in research or information-gathering for projects and reports.
- Proficiency in using the Google suite of tools including Google Sheets.
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Trello, Asana, or Airtable.
- Demonstrated professionalism and good judgment when communicating with internal teams and members of the public.
- Comfortable working in a CMS such as WordPress, or willingness to learn.
Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with WIRED's writers and news coverage.
- Familiarity with editorial processes.
- An interest in technology, science, internet culture, or business news.
- Basic knowledge of HTML.
Benefits
- Generous employee benefits package.
- Discretionary bonus compensation.
