Temporary Executive Assistant, Content

Location: Hybrid in Washington, D.C., United States; required to work from the hirify.global Washington, D.C. office at least 2 days per week and reside in an hirify.global-supported location based on the selected number of onsite days.

Hourly rate: $36.06–$38.46 USD, plus benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a mission-driven multimedia organization producing news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations.

What you will do

• Manage complex, changing calendars for senior Content leaders, including leave coverage and protected preparation time.
• Prepare, proofread, and organize briefing materials, agendas, presentations, and background documents for Board meetings, leadership forums, and Member station delegations.
• Coordinate multi-leg travel, itineraries, accommodations, expense reports, and vendor invoices in line with financial policies.
• Monitor executive inboxes, prioritize inquiries, and draft professional correspondence on behalf of leadership.
• Prepare meeting notes, track action items, maintain secure digital files, and support documentation in systems such as Salesforce.
• Coordinate retreats, cross-functional meetings, stakeholder visits, team engagement initiatives, interview scheduling, onboarding administration, and emerging project tracking.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience providing administrative support to senior leaders or collaborative leadership teams.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and Google Workspace, including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
• Experience managing complex executive calendars, multi-leg travel arrangements, and business-expense reconciliation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive correspondence, meeting-note synthesis, and high-accuracy proofreading.
• Ability to handle sensitive organizational information with discretion, confidentiality, and professional judgment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and collaborative work across varied teams.
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work from the Washington, D.C. hirify.global office at least 2 days per week and reside in an hirify.global-supported location.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the public media ecosystem, Member station networks, or mission-driven nohirify.globalofit media organizations.
• Experience with Salesforce, Concur, or modern enterprise workflow and CRM systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on journalism, public media, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility.
• Workplace centered on collaboration, diverse voices, inclusion, integrity, ethical standards, and legal compliance.
• Temporary full-time position lasting 6 months.
• Eligible employees may access health, dental, vision, life, disability, paid-time-off, wellness, and retirement savings benefits according to hirify.global eligibility rules.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter with the application.
• Describe a specific judgment call made on behalf of an executive, including the circumstances and outcome.
• Application deadline: Thursday, October 29, at 5:00 p.m. ET.