Temporary Editorial Assistant, Delish & House Beautiful

CDS Global • New York, NY

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Delish and House Beautiful as a Temporary Editorial Assistant and help bring compelling food and design content to life while supporting two iconic brands that inspire millions of readers across platforms. Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with more than 30 brands, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s BAZAAR, Popular Mechanics, and Delish. We reach more than 150 million people every month in the United States alone. We engage our audience across all mediums and channels—print, digital, video, and social—with sophisticated content creation, distribution, and data capabilities. We create, package, and sell products with cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. Together, we are reinventing publishing for the 21st century.

Requirements

• 1+ years of professional or academic experience in journalism, editorial, project management, or equivalent experience.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills with an interest in digital publishing and storytelling.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Experience using Google Workspace, including Google Sheets; familiarity with Asana or similar project management platforms is a plus.
• Passion for food, design, lifestyle, and digital media, with an understanding of current trends and creators.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset with the ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to support both editorial and operational functions.
• Portfolio, writing samples, or other examples of editorial work are encouraged.

Nice To Haves

• familiarity with Asana or similar project management platforms

Responsibilities

• Manage the Editorial Director's calendar, scheduling, travel arrangements, expenses, and meeting coordination while partnering with editorial and executive assistants across the organization.
• Maintain and organize the Delish and House Beautiful editorial inboxes, routing pitches, responding to inquiries, and supporting editorial workflows.
• Support editorial operations by processing contracts and invoices, creating production documents, filing copyrights, organizing pitches, confirming shoots, conducting archive research, auditing recipe content, building presentations, and compiling team data.
• Assist with outreach and coordination for influencer campaigns, events, panels, and other cross-functional brand initiatives.
• Pitch, research, and write digital stories and social video content as assigned, with opportunities to contribute recipes and other editorial projects.
• Contribute to print production by completing the Table of Contents, distributing issues and PDFs to contributors, and assisting with other print editorial needs.
• Organize and maintain the Delish and House Beautiful archives to ensure editorial assets are accessible and well managed.
• Handle administrative and operational support, including sourcing products, running occasional errands, ordering supplies, and assisting the team with day-to-day priorities.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed