TED Publishing Assistant

TED Conferences, LLC•New York, NY

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About The Position

TED is looking for a detail-oriented publishing assistant with a sharp eye, boundless curiosity and an attitude of getting things done to assist in the day-to-day publishing of TED Talks and other editorial content. This is a great role if you're: incredibly detail-oriented; comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment; and passionate about TED's mission of spreading ideas. This is a six-month contract role.

Requirements

1-2 years of professional writing and editorial experience, or an equivalent degree
Ability to pass a transcription and a writing test
Comfort with digital content management and publishing software, like Airtable and WordPress, and the ability and desire to learn new software

Nice To Haves

Near-native fluency in a second language other than English, especially: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish
Photoshop or similar image-editing software experience
News reporting experience
Subtitling experience

Responsibilities

Write headlines and descriptive copy for TED Talks, original series, podcasts and other content
Publish TED Talks as well as other video and written content using internal publishing tools
Work with speakers and their teams ahead of their publish dates to prepare them for their talk's release, helping to bring their ideas to life online and creating maximum impact
Collect, edit and publish annotations and other extra resources from speakers, including footnotes on research as well as new books, works and papers that expand on speakers' research
Write and edit live event recaps from conferences
Write and edit conference promotional materials, including official speaker profiles and copy for apps used at live events
Edit articles about talks, initiative launches and other organizational priorities for the TED Blog
Project manage subtitle process for Featured talks, including assigning review work to freelancers and approving final English transcripts

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