Executive Assistant, Newsroom - Masthead

The role

The executive assistant will support the newsroom masthead, including the masthead editor overseeing newsroom strategy, operations and finance. This role involves managing complex scheduling, coordinating across senior leaders, and providing administrative support within a fast-paced newsroom.

What you will do

• Provide operational and administrative support with organization, proactivity and discretion
• Manage a complex, fast-changing calendar by prioritizing requests and resolving conflicts
• Track executive priorities, direct report updates, and newsroom initiatives
• Anticipate needs by proactively flagging relevant information, risks, and opportunities
• Draft and edit executive correspondence
• Process expense reports and reconcile receipts
• Serve as a professional liaison to newsroom leaders, department heads and external partners
• Coordinate domestic and international travel
• Provide support as needed for the teams overseen by the leaders supported

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of administrative or executive support experience supporting leaders in complex, fast-paced organizations (or equivalent professional experience)
• Experience operating with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and judgment when handling sensitive matters
• Demonstrated organizational, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience communicating and building relationships with stakeholders inside and outside the company
• Demonstrated passion for and interest in journalism and media
• Proficiency in Google Suite workspaces

Nice to have

• Experience in a complex news or media organization
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of professional experience

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• company-matching 401(k) plan
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid vacation
• paid sick days
• paid parental leave
• tuition reimbursement
• professional development programs

Before you apply

• submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process

About the company

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.