Features Assistant Editor Job at DMG Media in New York

US Features Assistant Editor
Location: New York

Position: Full Time/permanent

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 depending on experience

About the role
We are looking for a dynamic candidate to join the Daily Mail’s growing Features desk in our New York office as Assistant Editor.

The successful candidate will have at least four to five years of newsroom experience working at a newspaper, news website, magazine or television news show. Ideally you will be comfortable writing as well as editing as the role is varied, and some degree of flexibility is a plus.

This is an in-office position and a 9-hour shift Monday to Friday, but applicants must be willing to work flexible hours and shifts as news arises.

Main Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:

Pitching feature ideas daily

Composing briefs for feature writers

Editing under tight deadlines

Restructuring articles

Researching article ideas

Fact-checking drafts of feature articles

Legalling articles and working on sourcing with reporters.

Working with photo editors to create images to illustrate articles

Building articles in a content management system

Processing contributor payments

Familiarity with online research tools is essential

You must have an understanding of, and enthusiasm for, the DailyMail.com brand, our editorial voice and audience.

Our Commitment
We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.

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