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About the Role

This role offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, highly organized Executive Assistant to support the General Manager of Daily Mail US, playing a key role in leadership and the daily operations of the US business. You will manage a complex executive schedule, coordinate priorities, and ensure the General Manager is prepared for key meetings and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the General Manager's complex calendar, including internal meetings, external appointments, travel, events, and changing priorities.
• Prepare agendas, briefing materials, presentations, reports, and other documents for meetings and executive engagements.
• Act as a trusted point of contact and gatekeeper for the General Manager, managing internal and external communications with professionalism and discretion.
• Coordinate meetings, projects, and priorities across editorial, commercial, advertising, marketing, finance, HR, legal, product, and other teams.
• Track key decisions, follow-ups, deadlines, and action items to ensure priorities are executed effectively.
• Draft, edit, and coordinate executive correspondence, presentations, reports, and other communications.
• Manage domestic and international travel arrangements, itineraries, accommodations, transportation, and meeting schedules.
• Organize leadership meetings, off-sites, conferences, client meetings, dinners, and company events.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, colleagues, clients, agencies, and external partners.
• Support special projects, strategic initiatives, and business priorities as directed by the General Manager.
• Coordinate with colleagues across the wider Daily Mail organization, including UK and international teams where required.
• Anticipate the General Manager's needs and proactively identify issues, opportunities, and competing priorities.
• Handle confidential business, personnel, financial, and strategic information with the highest level of discretion.
• Ensure the General Manager is consistently prepared, informed, and supported across all key priorities and engagements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting a senior executive, preferably a General Manager, President, CEO, Managing Director, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex calendars, travel, meetings, and competing priorities.
• Exceptional organizational, time-management, and prioritization skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential information.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace.
• Ability to prepare polished presentations, briefing documents, reports, and executive correspondence.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence communicating with senior executives and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and solve problems with minimal direction.
• Ability to work quickly and effectively while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing last-minute changes and multiple competing deadlines.
• Strong understanding of professional etiquette and executive-level communication.
• Experience in digital media, publishing, advertising, entertainment, technology, or another fast-paced environment is advantageous.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects or supporting strategic business initiatives is a plus.

Skills

• Organization
• Time-management
• Prioritization
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Judgment
• Discretion
• Handling confidential information
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Google Workspace proficiency
• Presentation preparation
• Briefing document preparation
• Report preparation
• Executive correspondence
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication with senior executives
• Communication with external stakeholders
• Independent work
• Problem-solving
• Attention to detail
• Managing last-minute changes
• Managing competing deadlines
• Professional etiquette
• Executive-level communication

Location

• Onsite, New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting a senior executive

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Generous paid time off
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

• The Daily Mail reaches over a billion people globally every month, renowned for its agenda-setting exclusives, breaking news, incisive commentary, and in-depth investigations.
• Delivers a unique editorial blend spanning showbiz, royals, lifestyle, health, sport, money, and more.
• Maintains a powerful presence across social media, engaging more than 150 million followers and delivering more than 6 billion video views each month across platforms including Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.

Equal Opportunity

• Daily Mail US is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
• Committed to fostering diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.
• Welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
• Disability Confident Committed.
• Will provide alternative formats or reasonable accommodations upon request, held separately from application and not considered in selection.