Assistant, Good Housekeeping Institute

Job Description

The Good Housekeeping Institute is looking for a motivated, self-starter to join its team as an Assistant. This entry-level role will primarily support the Good Housekeeping Institute's GM with operations, logistics and other administrative duties. The ideal candidate is hyper-organized, efficient and quick to respond to a wide variety of tasks. They have an interest in people operations, project management, consumer trends and research, event coordination, stake holder relations and related tasks. They possess an eagerness to support a wide variety of projects on a high-performing cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team that collaborates deeply with many groups within Hearst.

What You'll Do
• Support day-to-day operations and logistics, managing calendars and expenses, scheduling events and meetings, tracking and organizing projects, preparing presentations, coordinating tours and space bookings, plus other related tasks.
• Provide pre-meeting research as needed for interviews/outside events, TV segments, photo and video shoots and more.
• Execute general admin and people operations responsibilities to support the Institute team, including people onboarding and accounts payable.
• Assist with product sample procurement and prep for in-lab and consumer testing, getting product samples ready for consumer trials, liaising with PR contacts for images and fact-checking, blinding and sending out products, coordinating consumer testers, prepping and organizing labs, post-test clean-up, and building online product reviews.
• Coordinate consumer research projects and surveys, assisting with data collection and creating research reports.
• Update/audit content for print, digital and events as needed.

Qualifications
• Organized, deadline-driven person willing to push the envelope and work hard
• Team player who wants to learn from others with an ability to juggle competing projects simultaneously and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Skilled in time- and project-management, and solving problems
• Excellent oral communications skills and ability to respond in a timely manner
• Passionate about science, technology, consumer products, research methods, data, analytics, storytelling, social media, publishing, trends and news
• Experience with basic HTML, content management systems, blogging systems, and other software like PowerPoint and Excel
• Familiarity with data and analytics platforms is a plus, including website data or audience data and tools such as Omniture, Chartbeat, Google Analytics, etc.
• Sound judgment and discretion (need to handle confidential material)
• Prior internship experience with administrative duties in a related role

The base salary for this role is between $50,000 and $52,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb2x9e-18-222-163-31-42 in your application.