Founded in 2005 by conservative icon Andrew Breitbart, Breitbart News Network is the biggest source of breaking news and analysis, thought-leading commentary, and original reporting curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Known for hard hitting, no holds-barred journalism along with world-class aggregation, Breitbart News is growing rapidly. The company recently added bureaus in London, Texas, and California, and is currently in the process of launching additional bureaus and verticals. With this expansion comes opportunity.
We are currently looking for self-starters equipped with the will to work hard, work fast, and who already dine on a healthy diet of media, politics, and culture. We are also looking for candidates who are familiar with our site and its style and tone.
If you are ready to hit the ground running, review the list of positions below and submit your resume to jobs@breitbart.com.
BREITBART NEWS OPPORTUNITIES
SENIOR EDITOR
Job Responsibilities:
- Homepage editing: selecting stories, headlines, and layout
- Monitoring and assigning stories across all content verticals that require both original reporting and aggregation
- Tracking stories and narratives in order to present editorial overview directly to senior management and senior editorial
- Editing posts for publication
Necessary skills:
- Must be a “news junkie”
- Impeccable news, headline, and photo judgment
- Ability to use technology and relationships to gather news on a wide variety of topics
- Mastery of grammar
- Basic html
- Years of media experience
- Ability to work quickly in a high-pressure environment
- Must be willing to travel
- Excellent social skills
- Willingness to work odd hours and weekends
- Sense of humor and irony a plus
- Willingness to “walk toward the fire”
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Job Responsibilities:
- Story selection and headline writing for the Big Hollywood vertical
- Monitoring and assigning stories across the vast spectrum of entertainment media
- Original reporting
- Quickly aggregating stories
- Tracking stories and narratives in order to present editorial overview directly to senior management and senior editorial
- Editing posts for publication
Necessary skills:
- Must be immersed in pop culture and social media
- Must have a historical knowledge of Hollywood
- Solid news, headline, and photo judgment
- Ability to use technology and relationships to gather news
- Mastery of grammar
- Basic html
- Prior media experience
- Ability to work quickly in a high-pressure environment
- Willingness to work odd hours and weekends
- Sense of humor and irony a plus
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Job Responsibilities:
- Copyediting
- Photo selection
- Headline writing
- Fact-checking
- Interaction with authors and editors on in-progress stories
Necessary skills:
- Solid news, headline, and photo judgment
- Mastery of grammar
- Basic html
- Ability to work quickly in a high-pressure environment
- Willingness to work odd hours and weekends
Helpful but not mandatory
- Sense of humor and irony
- Expertise in one or more areas of news
- “news junkie”
MEDIA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Job Responsibilities:
- Story selection and headline writing for the Big Journalism vertical.
- Monitoring and assigning stories across the vast spectrum of news media
- Original reporting on the news industry
- Quickly aggregating stories
- Uncovering “buried leads” within stories from other outlets
- Pursuing corrections for inaccurate information reported by other outlets
- Tracking stories and narratives in order to present editorial overview directly to senior management and senior editorial
- Editing posts for publication
Necessary skills:
- Must know the key players in the media business: moguls, authors, editors, and pundits. Online, Television, Print and Radio
- Solid news, headline, and photo judgment
- Ability to use technology and relationships to gather news
- Mastery of grammar
- Basic html
- Prior media experience
- Ability to work quickly in a high-pressure environment
- Willingness to work odd hours and weekends
- Sense of humor and irony a plus
VIDEO INTERN
Job Responsibilities
- Monitoring news outlets: Online, television, print, and radio.
- Editing and posting video
- Writing and transcribing
Necessary skills
- Familiarity with news outlets in various mediums
- Ability to write and transcribe
- Familiarity with five W’s and one H of journalism
- Self Disciplined
- Ability to work quickly and under pressure
ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVES
As an Advertising Sales Representative, you will be responsible for prospecting for clients and selling online ads and sponsorships.
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintaining assigned account bases while developing new accounts
- Immersion in our products and services
- Promoting outside-of-the-box solutions to prospective clients
- Providing clients with estimates of the costs of products or services
- Locating and contacting potential clients to offer advertising services
- Processing all correspondence and paperwork related to accounts
- Informing customers of available options for online advertisement
- Preparing promotional plans, sales literature, media kits, and contracts
Requirements and Skills
- Proven track record of success in Sales and Business Development
- Highly motivated and competitive
- Excellent time management
- Outside-the-box thinking
- Strong Consultative Selling skills
- Prior experience in Media or Online Sales, a plus
- Experience in a commission-based selling environment
- Ability to prospect for clients and build strong business relationships
- Comfortable selling to CEOs, CMOs, and high profile individuals
- Effective communication skills on the phone and face-to-face
