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Features Assistant Editor

$110k - $130k

DMG Media

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.

About Us

The Daily Mail is an award-winning, multi-platform newsbrand reaching more than 33 million print and online readers each month. The world-famous media outlet offers a unique blend of breaking news, agenda-setting exclusives, showbiz, health, sport and lifestyle stories across print (UK), digital, video, audio and social channels. Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power and breadth of formats delivers highly engaging, trusted Daily Mail content to millions of loyal and new audiences. Founded in 1896, the Daily Mail is today the largest news publisher on TikTok, with more than 28 million total followers and more than 45 billion views in the past year. A trailblazing global phenomenon, the Daily Mail is part of dmg::media.

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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