Be Part of What's Next
Help shape how millions of design enthusiasts discover inspiring ideas every day. As a Temporary Assistant Social Media Editor, you'll play a key role in bringing House Beautiful's storytelling to life across social platforms while helping grow an engaged and passionate community.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers of trusted content, reaching audiences across 30 brands through compelling storytelling, industry-leading journalism, and innovative digital experiences. Our iconic portfolio spans fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home, entertainment, health, and more, connecting millions of consumers with the content they love every day.
Key Responsibilities (What You're Doing)
- Help execute House Beautiful's cross-platform social media strategy to grow audience, engagement, and brand awareness.
- Develop and maintain the social content calendar while supporting promotional plans tied to editorial initiatives, features, and launches.
- Create, schedule, and publish engaging content across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and emerging social platforms while maintaining brand voice and editorial standards.
- Monitor social media performance and audience engagement, sharing insights and recommendations with the editorial team to inform future content decisions.
- Collaborate with editorial, art, commerce, and photo teams to develop compelling social-first storytelling and creative campaigns.
- Stay informed on emerging social media trends, platform updates, and best practices to identify new opportunities for audience growth.
- Support day-to-day social publishing workflows, ensuring deadlines are met and content is optimized for each platform.
Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
- 1+ years of experience managing or creating social media content for a publisher, media company, brand, or similar environment.
- Strong editorial judgment with excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Passion for home, design, decorating, and lifestyle content.
- Knowledge of major social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and emerging channels.
- Experience using social analytics and publishing tools such as TrueAnthem, Parse.ly, Dash Hudson, or similar platforms.
- Highly organized, collaborative, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Creative thinker with a curiosity for social trends and audience engagement strategies.
- This position is based in our New York City office and requires working onsite.
The hourly rate for this role is $25.00 per hour. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
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.
Skills Required
- 1+ years of experience managing or creating social media content for a publisher, media company, brand, or similar environment
- Strong editorial judgment with excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Passion for home, design, decorating, and lifestyle content
- Knowledge of major social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and emerging channels
- Experience using social analytics and publishing tools such as TrueAnthem, Parse.ly, Dash Hudson, or similar platforms
- Highly organized, collaborative, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Creative thinker with curiosity for social trends and audience engagement strategies
- Ability to work onsite in the New York City office
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
