Assistant Weekend Features Editor

$100,000 - $150,000/Yr

Dmg Media - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

501-1,000 employees

About the position

DailyMail.com is seeking an Assistant Weekend Features Editor for its Opinion/Features desk in New York City. This role involves commissioning and editing news features, guiding reporters, and working collaboratively with photo editors to create engaging content. The position requires flexibility in hours to accommodate news developments and operates within a fast-paced newsroom environment.

Responsibilities

• Commissioning news features to run on weekends
• Coming up with original ideas and guiding reporters in the field
• Editing feature content on a wide array of topics from news to celebrity and sport
• Editing under tight deadlines
• Restructuring articles
• Researching article ideas
• Working with photo editors to create images to illustrate articles
• Building articles in a content management system

Requirements

• At least 5 years working as an editor at a newspaper, news website or magazine
• Understanding of the DailyMail.com brand, editorial voice and audience
• Knowledge of online research tools

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental insurance
• Optical insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K
• 15 days PTO plus one additional day for every year of service (capped at 20 days)
• Public holidays are in addition to PTO allowance