"balked at hiring her as a contributing editor for Yahoo Food" Paltrow wasn't going to run anything, contributing editors for the role she was being brought in

"balked at hiring her as a contributing editor for Yahoo Food" Paltrow wasn't going to run anything, contributing editors for the role she was being brought in for submit content and bring in readers based on their popularity, which she has a solid track record on. There isn't any "rest of the job" besides that.