Administrative Assistant

First, a little about us. EastIdahoNews.com is the #1 news website in eastern Idaho. Since we launched in 2015, we’ve had over 600 million pageviews with millions of users from around the world.

We are locally owned, based in Idaho Falls and have former TV, newspaper and radio journalists working to bring the best news coverage to our audience every day. We have over 176,000 followers on Facebook and more than 440,000 YouTube subscribers.

We don’t want to brag, but we’ve won dozens of awards – including a national Edward R. Murrow award. Our reporters’ work is featured on other websites and television programs all the time. Plus we have a robust sales operation along with top-notch web development and graphic design departments.

Now here’s what we want from you. We are looking for someone who is extremely fast at solving problems, detail-oriented, proactive and genuinely happy and helpful. We need an energetic, outgoing, hard-working administrative assistant who can help us with a variety of duties including:

• Answering calls and greeting visitors
• Assisting in scheduling interviews, meetings and appointments
• Coordinating and managing advertising trade accounts
• Posting obituaries and death notices on EastIdahoNews.com
• Shipping merchandise and prizes to EastIdahoNews.com users
• Processing incoming payments and handling account receivable duties
• Maintaining accounts with third-party companies who offer services on EastIdahoNews.com
• Other tasks as assigned

Our ideal candidate will have at least two years of administrative assistance experience and basic knowledge of WordPress and QuickBooks, but don’t let that hold you back if you think you have what it takes.

This in-office full-time position is based in our Idaho Falls newsroom – a short drive from Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole, ski resorts, rivers, streams and over 10,000 acres of sand dunes.

You’ll work Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and get every major holiday off. Starting salary is $18/hr. but negotiable based on experience. Excellent benefits include:

• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Free Club Apple family membership