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Editorial Assistant

Editorial/Content | New York, NY, United States

The Daily Beast is a website dedicated to news and commentary, culture and entertainment. Created by Tina Brown and IAC, The Daily Beast curates the web’s best content and offers fresh works from its own talented roster of contributors. The Daily Beast can be found online at thedailybeast.com and is an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI).

Title: Editorial Assistant

The Editorial Assistant position is an exciting opportunity for a unique and talented individual who would like to gain exposure to editorial side of the digital interactive media space while supporting a senior level executive of The Daily Beast.

Responsibilities include:

Provide general editorial support
Research stories
Provide panel preparation
Update daily news calendar and compiles headlines from the morning’s papers
Wrangle publicists, transcribe interviews, cover events as needed
Be versed in dealing and interacting with high caliber executives and representatives from various industries.
Assist with special projects when needed.

Requirements/Qualifications:

1 – 2 years editorial assistance experience in a similar environment.
Strict and continual attention to detail in composing, typing, and proofing materials.
Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Must possess interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated poise, tact, judgment, and diplomacy.
Work in a fast paced environment with demonstrated ability to multi-task and to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
Capacity to handle confidential and sensitive information.

This is a temporary to permanent position.

To learn more about IAC and The Daily Beast and to view all of our job listings, please visit www.iac.com. IAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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