Company Description InsuranceNewsNet is a leading source of comprehensive news and analysis for insurance and financial professionals, delivering coverage of the most important industry issues. The company provides insights from peers, top experts, and original reporting through its magazine, website, webinars, and daily and weekly newsletters. Readers gain timely information on products, trends, and strategies, supported by award-winning editorial, design, and results-oriented marketing. Serving over 110,000 newsletter subscribers, InsuranceNewsNet focuses on helping advisors grow their practices and improve business performance.
Position Title: Editorial Assistant
Department: Editorial
Reports To: Managing Editor or Editor-in-Chief
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $40k-$45k, plus benefits
Position Summary
The Editorial Assistant supports the editorial team in helping to create timely, accurate and engaging content for a business-to-business insurance magazine and digital news platform. This role assists with article production, fact-checking, content management, social media promotion, newsletters and administrative tasks while helping ensure editorial quality and deadlines are met.
This is an ideal position for someone beginning a career in journalism or business publishing with an interest in insurance, financial services or regulatory news.
Key Responsibilities
Editorial Support
- Assist editors with the production of daily news stories, press releases, feature articles, interviews and special reports.
- Proofread and edit articles for grammar, spelling, AP Style and consistency.
- Fact-check articles, statistics, company information and quotations.
- Research insurance industry trends, regulatory developments and market data.
- Gather background information and supporting materials for editors and reporters.
- Prepare article drafts, briefs and summaries as assigned.
- Keep a calendar of important event and coverage responsibilities.
Digital Content Management
- Upload and format stories in the content management system (CMS).
- Schedule publication of articles and maintain website content.
- Optimize articles for SEO, including headlines, keywords and metadata.
- Source and edit photos, charts and graphics when appropriate.
- Ensure links and multimedia function properly before publication.
Newsletter & Social Media
- Assist with preparing daily or weekly email newsletters.
- Create social media posts to promote editorial content across LinkedIn, X, Facebook and other platforms.
- Monitor industry news and identify story ideas or trending topics.
Administrative Duties
- Maintain editorial calendars and publication schedules.
- Coordinate interviews and communicate with sources when needed.
- Track article assignments and deadlines.
- Organize editorial files, contacts and research materials.
- Assist with special editorial projects, awards programs, webinars and events.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, English, Business or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Familiarity with AP Style.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced news environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
Preferred
- Internship or experience with a newspaper, magazine or digital publication.
- Experience using a content management system (WordPress preferred).
- Knowledge of SEO best practices.
- Familiarity with social media management.
- Interest in insurance, finance, healthcare or business reporting.
Desired Skills
- Strong research and analytical abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to learn complex business and insurance topics quickly.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Collaborative team player.
- Professional judgment and commitment to journalistic ethics.
- Strong time-management and prioritization skills.
Typical Daily Activities
- Monitor insurance industry news and regulatory developments.
- Edit and publish breaking news stories.
- Fact-check articles before publication.
- Format and upload website content.
- Prepare newsletters and social media posts.
- Assist editors with research for feature stories.
- Attend editorial planning meetings.
- Update editorial calendars and assignment trackers.
Preferred Knowledge Areas
Experience or familiarity with topics such as:
- Life insurance and annuities
- Employee benefits
- Health insurance
- Insurtech
- Property and casualty insurance
- State and federal insurance regulation
- Financial services
- Medicare and healthcare policy
- Artificial intelligence in insurance
Performance Expectations
Success in this role is measured by:
- Accuracy and quality of published content.
- Meeting editorial deadlines.
- Attention to detail and minimal corrections after publication.
- Effective support of editors and reporters.
- Growth in insurance industry knowledge.
- Positive collaboration across editorial, marketing and production teams.
- This position offers an opportunity to build journalism experience while covering one of the largest and most dynamic sectors of the U.S. economy. Editorial assistants often advance into roles such as Staff Writer, Associate Editor, Managing Editor or Digital Content Editor.
