Assistant to the Editor of WSJ Magazine

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a dynamic self-starter to manage day-to-day office operations for the editor in chief of WSJ. Magazine & the Journal’s Style News section, managing a range of editorial, strategic and commercial support duties in a collegial yet fast-paced newsroom environment.  The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, highly proactive and an efficient multitasker on a cross-functional team.  They will anticipate needs, learn quickly as new opportunities and challenges arise, and have very polished communication skills.  

WSJ. Magazine sets the bar in defining luxury style, providing best-in-class lifestyle editorial and muscular feature journalism to an affluent global readership.  The Journal’s Style News offers a lively lens on the zeitgeist, drawing connections between events and trends in the culture to form original, big-picture theses about the present moment.  

This is a huge learning opportunity for someone at the start of their journalism career to learn first-hand all facets of the media business within a creative and award-winning team.

You will:

• Strategically manage the daily calendar and weekly agenda, including coordinating with senior team leaders to ensure team operations run smoothly and all production deadlines are met.

• Be a “quick study” on internal and external stakeholders and priorities, including Dow Jones organizational culture, Wall Street Journal company culture, newsroom standards & ethics, key internal executives and protocols, as well as external business partners, CEOs and other industry VIPs.

• Demonstrate strong operational understanding of how to handle an evolving list of priorities, both editorial and commercial, and show good judgement, discretion, and confidentiality.

• Manage delivery schedule of editorial signoffs with close eye on all high-level production timetables, deadlines, and due dates.

• Oversee frequent international and domestic travel arrangements and organize trips in communication with Dow Jones European office to ensure business priorities are met, including directly scheduling with numerous business partners overseas. Supervise evolving schedule during travel periods, and ensure office runs smoothly in absence. 

• Run internal and external meeting arrangements including tech set-up, coordination of attendees, preparation of materials, location support. Take notes, prepare documents and meticulously manage records for coordination of follow-ups and next steps. 

• Prepare research prompts according to guidelines ahead of speaking engagements, panels, media appearances or “off-the-record” summits.

• Manage office role in planning of editorial events and receptions, including serving as on-site support, organizing sign-offs, and acting as communications partner to events team on logistics and deadlines (meetings with production, attending site walk-thrus, etc.) 

• Collaborate effectively with internal partners such as WSJ MEO, Finance and HR to support scheduling company-wide events such as year-end reviews, compensation meetings, workforce planning and legal/Standards training. 

• Manage team office administration and supplies, liaising with the Dow Jones internal Tech Support or iOffice teams to coordinate maintenance as necessary.

• Maintain highest code of conduct under WSJ’s Standards & Ethics policies, and ensure those policies are maintained flawlessly throughout the operation of the office.
   

You have:

• A college degree and 1 to 3 years of work experience for a publishing company, media brand or similar in a support role.

• Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to manage a high volume of tasks efficiently, and a positive, can-do outlook that allows for problem-solving in a timely manner. 

• Good anticipatory skills toward managing conflicting deadlines, recurring logjams, or disruptions to daily plans.

• Excellent writing and research skills, with close attention to accuracy, etiquette, grammar and spelling.  A comfort liaising with global offices or overseas stakeholders and externals.

• Interest in and passion for lifestyle or magazine journalism or luxury editorial content in a newsroom environment.

You will report to the Editor in Chief of WSJ. Magazine & Style News.  This is a full-time position based in our New York office.  

To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter describing your qualifications and interest in this role.  A maximum of 2 clips or writing samples showing past experience is permitted (but not required) by Saturday, November 1st.

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:

Non-Union rolePay Range: $70,000 - $80,000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..