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Bring creative recipes to life for one of the most recognized food brands in media. As a Temporary Recipe Assistant/Developer, you'll help develop engaging, reliable recipes and support photo and video productions that inspire millions of home cooks.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, with a portfolio of more than 30 brands reaching millions of readers across print, digital, video, social, and experiential platforms. Our iconic brands connect with passionate audiences through trusted storytelling, innovative content, and industry-leading partnerships. Join a collaborative team that's shaping the future of media through creativity, quality, and innovation.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)- Develop recipes in accordance with Delish best practices, ensuring consistency, quality, and audience appeal.
- Assist food stylists during photo and video shoots to help execute recipes and prepare sets for production.
- Prepare ingredients, organize materials, and support efficient recipe testing and production workflows.
- Follow established recipe development standards to ensure accuracy, clarity, and repeatability.
- Collaborate with editorial, culinary, and production teams to meet project deadlines.
- Maintain an organized, clean, and food-safe workspace throughout recipe testing and shoot preparation.
- Support multiple assignments simultaneously while adapting to changing priorities as needed.
- Approximately 2+ years of experience in recipe development, test kitchens, food media, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience preparing recipes for editorial, digital, or consumer-facing audiences is preferred.
- Strong culinary skills with attention to detail and recipe accuracy.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Comfortable supporting both recipe development and food styling/photo or video production.
- This is a remote position.
The hourly rate for this role is $30.00/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
- Approximately 2+ years of experience in recipe development, test kitchens, food media, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience preparing recipes for editorial, digital, or consumer-facing audiences.
- Strong culinary skills with attention to detail and recipe accuracy.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Comfort supporting recipe development and food styling, photo, or video production.
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.
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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.
