Editorial Assistant

Job Description:Editorial Assistant

Buy Side from WSJ, a shopping website dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions about how to spend their time and money, seeks an editorial assistant. This person will assist a team of editors and writers with the production of our reviews and recommendations coverage. 

The editorial assistant will input stories in our content management system, ensuring proper layout of images, product cards and other features. They will handle editorial updates such as ensuring that product prices and rates are up to date each day. They will also create graphs and charts that help our readers better understand the topics we cover. 

The ideal candidate will have at least one year of editorial experience. They will also have a keen eye for detail, and a desire to uphold the high editorial standards that Dow Jones is known for. Finally, you will collaborate well with other teams. The role will be based in New York, though other locations will be considered on merit.

Job Description

Input multiple stories per day into the CMS, ensuring that all content meets our high editorial standards
Update stories with the latest prices, rates and other data
Create graphs, charts and other visualizations as needed
Help manage editorial calendar 
Work closely with clients and partners
 

Skills & Requirements

• At least 1-3 years  of editorial experience, ideally in the personal finance space

• Detail-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced environment

• Strong editorial judgment and time management skills

• Exemplary communication skills, for working with outside clients as well as internal team members

• Ability to be nimble and pivot across different projects

• Knowledge of SEO best practices

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/AA/M/F/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 - Media Sales

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union / A clear and likely internal candidate

Pay Range: $60,000 - $75,000

We 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..