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Team Assistant - Returnship Program, Dow Jones - NY

Employer
Dow Jones
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$DoE
Closing date
Oct 12, 2021

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Industry
Journalist
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Sector
Finance
Discipline
Financial Journalist

Job Details

Job Description:

What is a Returnship?

A Returnship is an opportunity for professionals who have not been in the workforce for at least two years due to child-care, family care, and other life events, to transition back into a professional setting. Participants of the Returnship will go through a 3-6 month paid program to gain experience back in the workforce.

Who Is Eligible?

This program would be open to anyone who has been out of the workforce for two or more years and are ready to return. This includes:

  • Parents returning to workforce
  • Long term caregivers for sick or elderly family who are returning to work
  • Military/Veterans
  • Disabled
  • Long term unemployed


This position is a unique opportunity for a talented and motivated candidate to work closely with the WSJ Membership Team. Our ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and self-motivated. You should have strong communication skills, a professional demeanor and the ability to handle confidential information. You should be a creative problem solver, extremely well-organized, take ownership of the tasks at hand, calm under pressure, and capable of multitasking. You will also be someone who enjoys being a team player, and can handle many different types of people with tact and courtesy.

Responsibilities:

 

  • Scheduling, correspondence, travel planning, ordering catered lunches, running errands and organizing work flow throughout the office.


Requirements:

 

 

  • You've got a college degree. (preferred)
  • Marketing Background. (preferred)
  • You are a strategic thinker.
  • Must be comfortable and confident to advise Executive leadership team.
  • You've got a positive, problem solving attitude.
  • You're a team-player with an outsized sense of fun.
  • You've successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously.
  • You communicate clearly and effectively.
  • Strong knowledge of Google Office.


Here's the good stuff about us...

 

 

  • WSJ Membership includes the following teams:
  • Core Membership
  • Professional Membership
  • Student Membership
  • Live Journalism
  • Commercial Partnership
  • Apple News+
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Partnerships & Loyalty
  • This is a highly entrepreneurial environment in a global organization (employee base of over 5000 people across 100 locations).
  • You'll make an impact. Dow Jones is not afraid to give you real opportunities to be epic and make a difference immediately.
  • We've got a big presence, but a small team.
  • We have fun!
  • We encourage and support each other in creating new ideas by paying attention to the world out there, using our imagination, experimenting, and learning from success and failure.
  • We want you to be yourself, speak your mind, and know that nothing here is above question.


Dow Jones , Making Careers Newsworthy

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .

Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.

Business Area: WSJ MEMBERSHIP GROUP

Job Category: Administration

About Us

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.

Req ID: 26958

 

Company

We break stories, influence ideas, and advance business intelligence and cultural interest.

We expose the events that turn markets, the digital breakthroughs that transform art, the demand that drives invention, as well as the political and societal passing moments and lasting consequences.

We are the people of Dow Jones. From different fields, backgrounds and viewpoints we invite you to join us.

Examine the world and bring it to others.

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