Be Part of What's Next
Help bring ELLE’s entertainment coverage and signature talent moments to life. We’re looking for a highly organized, entertainment-savvy Temporary Entertainment Assistant who thrives behind the scenes—connecting people, details, and teams to make ambitious editorial and event work happen.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is one of the world’s largest publishers of magazine media across all platforms. With 30 brands in the U.S., we inspire, entertain, and create meaningful experiences for audiences everywhere.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Support the Entertainment Director in developing presentations and decks for prospective talent bookings and editorial opportunities.
- Coordinate with editorial, social, photo, and video teams to track talent logistics, including availability, sizing, glam preferences, scheduling, and other shoot needs.
- Partner with the Marketing team on ELLE’s Women in Hollywood event execution, supporting talent bookings, presenter needs, scheduling, and event logistics.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date talent tracking sheets for photo shoots, Women in Hollywood, and other entertainment initiatives.
- Manage scheduling, email follow-ups, and ongoing communications on behalf of the Entertainment Director.
- Track multiple talent-related workstreams and deadlines, ensuring key details and next steps are communicated to relevant stakeholders.
- Attend screenings as needed to stay connected to upcoming film, television, and cultural moments.
Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)
- 1+ years of relevant experience supporting entertainment, editorial, talent booking, events, or a related area; internship, freelance, and staff experience are all welcome.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage a high volume of tasks accurately and efficiently.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence collaborating across teams and following up with internal and external partners.
- Ability to prioritize competing needs and stay detail-oriented in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment.
- A genuine passion for editorial culture and a strong working knowledge of entertainment trends across film, television, music, and the broader cultural landscape.
- Talent booking, assistant, or entertainment-industry experience is preferred.
- A collaborative, proactive approach and sound judgment when handling time-sensitive talent information and logistics.
- This is a remote position.
The base pay rate for this role is $20 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.
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Skills Required
- 1+ years relevant experience supporting entertainment, editorial, talent booking, events, internship, freelance, or staff experience
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage a high volume of tasks accurately and efficiently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence collaborating across teams and following up with partners
- Ability to prioritize competing needs and stay detail-oriented in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment
- Genuine passion for editorial culture and strong working knowledge of entertainment trends across film, television, music, and broader culture
- Talent booking, assistant, or entertainment-industry experience
- Collaborative, proactive approach and sound judgment when handling time-sensitive talent information and logistics
- Willingness and ability to attend screenings as needed
- Ability to work remotely and maintain reliable communications
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.
