Editorial/Publisher’s Assistant

Purpose
This full-time (or part-time) role will remotely assist the publisher for a growing local media company in the United States by writing brief news articles, working with editorial content and performing other important tasks.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Assist editor/publisher in various tasks that can be done remotely.
Daily tasks include:
• Writes short news articles as assigned, or, after becoming experienced, finds topics to write about.
• Posts articles on websites, with supplied images; assigns tags, categories, etc.
• Posts on social media to drive traffic to websites
• Compiles stories in email newsletters
• responds to some email sent to the publisher
• Keeps track of when advertisements are supposed to run in Google Sheets.
• Assures that digital advertisements run when they are supposed to by entering ad flights into ad software.
Less frequent tasks:
• Enters invoices from vendors into accounting software
• Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Education: Any degree
Experience: Fluent English writing experience.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
General knowledge of journalism ethics, or a desire to learn and adhere to journalistic ethical principles.
Familiarity with modern computers required.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with Wordpress, Google Workspace, Wave Accounting a plus.
Degree in journalism or communications preferred.
Working conditions
This is a remote, full-time position. You will be a full-time employee through a company that provides employer-of-record services.
At first, the work hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (GMT -0400 or -0500), with the opportunity to change to a different schedule.