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About the Role
The award-winning features print design team at The New York Times is responsible for the majority of the paper's weekly sections. We are looking for an art director with a demonstrated talent for narrative visual storytelling, sophisticated typography skills, and an eye for illustration and photography.
Responsibilities
- Partner with a desk's editors and photo editors and act as both a creative lead and a project manager, designing covers, interior pages and special projects.
- Conceptualize creative solutions and see them through to publication.
- Commission illustration effectively for all platforms.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Requirements
- 5+ years of design experience.
- A portfolio that demonstrates superior typography and layout skills, whether through magazine work, innovative newspaper design or book design.
- Knowledge of Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated experience selling ideas and building consensus.
- Excellent collaboration skills for working with fellow designers, editors, photo editors and other staff.
- Experience managing projects and meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrated talent with illustration, with a passion for growing a network of diverse artists.
- Comfortable working under pressure and adapting to changing priorities.
- Familiarity with digital art direction.
- Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail.
Skills
- Sophisticated typography skills
- Visual storytelling
- Illustration
- Photography
- Project management
- Indesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Collaboration
- Digital art direction
- Editorial judgment
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- In-office
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years of design experience
Salary/Compensations
- $124,979.94—$141,000 USD
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- Company-matching 401(k) plan
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development programs
About the Company
- The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. We have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. We focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. Our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.
- The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. We embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
- The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.