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About the Role

The New York Times is seeking an experienced and agile news photo editor to join the Digital News Desk team in its New York newsroom. This role will guide photographic coverage from the breaking news operation and curate desktop and mobile home screen presentations, as well as global newsletter products. The editor will collaborate with various teams and colleagues, including photo, design, graphics, and video, and work with staff and freelance photographers, wire services, agencies, and other picture sources. The position involves driving visual curation and presentation of The Times’ report, assigning breaking news visual coverage, and pitching and creating visual and multimedia enterprise stories. The role also contributes to Live coverage as needed.

Responsibilities

Produce and build promotional visual assets for news stories and enterprise content with attention to detail in a fast-paced newsroom, and across a variety of digital surfaces, including the homescreen and live coverage, Listen tab and newsletters.
Learn, embrace and publish innovative and experimental visual storytelling formats.
Own critical editorial decision making in a fast-paced environment, ensuring timely and accurate visual journalism.
Demonstrate strong editorial judgment, working with Times editors and legal department for all vetting, copyright and ethics questions.
Maintain a very high level of photography and video assigning for news, narrative, investigative, feature and enterprise stories for all platforms including mobile and print.
Demonstrate the ability to pitch, develop, edit, pace and build a powerful visual story, incorporating multimedia and the use of innovative storytelling tools.
Work with reporters and editors to shape ideas into visual story opportunities.
Focus on working with a diverse range of subjects and photographers, keeping our global and multigenerational audience in mind.
Work to strengthen relationships with the photographers you are directing through briefings, regular contact and feedback.
Work closely with supervisor and broader department, fostering productive, collegial and collaborative relationships with journalists throughout the newsroom.
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 in a newsroom photo editing role.
Experience assigning and directing photojournalists in a variety of situations.
Exceptional technical skills, including in depth knowledge of web tools and programs, content management systems, Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, video editing tools, FTP, and social media platforms.
Knowledge of responsive design and best practices for building stories and editing images for maximum impact on mobile devices.
An enthusiasm for visual journalism and current events, coupled with keen news judgment and ethics.
Strong organizational, communication and collaborative abilities.
Proven deep research skills.
The initiative to take on and learn new tasks.
Openness to working a flexible schedule as news demands.
Experience making quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure news environment.
Can work occasional early mornings, nights or weekends.

Skills

Photojournalism
Visual storytelling
Digital editing
Multimedia presentations
Editorial judgment
Journalistic integrity
Photographic usage and copyright
Complex photo assignments
Agency and social media research
Web tools and programs
Content management systems
Photoshop
PhotoMechanic
Video editing tools
FTP
Social media platforms
Responsive design
Mobile-first multimedia presentations

Location

New York
DC

Work Type

Hybrid
Onsite
Remote

Experience Level

Experienced

Salary/Compensations

$113,945.85—$115,000 USD

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.
The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism.
To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization.

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 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.
The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.