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About the Role

The Projects & Initiatives team is dedicated to innovative storytelling and audience engagement through new visual formats, audience engagement, and reporting techniques. This role serves as a nexus between the newsroom, business side, R&D, and subbrands, aligning ambitions and priorities. You will lead and coordinate large-scale and quick-turnaround visual projects, uniting disparate groups while upholding Times values and evolving visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

Conceive, commission and edit special projects in a variety of story forms.
Lead and coordinate large-scale and quick-turnaround visual projects that align with the Special Projects mission and incorporate opportunities for technological experimentation.
Serve as a nexus between the newsroom, the business side, R&D and subbrands, aligning ambitions, priorities and major opportunities across these groups.
Engage with business and advertising colleagues on confidential commercial partnerships and weigh commercial interests as a feature of the presentation of editorial content.
Work in partnership with freelance staff, visual journalism desks, other newsroom departments, the R&D team and outside organizations to deliver ambitious visual projects.
Manage the work of staff and freelance reporters, among other contributors.
Work with Projects and Initiatives’s leadership to shape editorial ideas into visual and multimedia story opportunities.
Act as a point person/project manager for multimedia projects, calling meetings, setting deadlines, providing feedback and supporting development.
Collaborate closely with editors on other desks, as well as video, photo and graphics editors, designers and art directors across the newsroom.
Help drive the desk to create new digital experiences and story forms.
Guide the team toward greater fluency when it comes to conceptualizing, editing and executing new story forms.
Show strong editorial judgment, working with Times editors, standards and legal department for ethical and legal questions.
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.
Report to a Deputy Managing Editor.

Requirements

7+ years of editing experience in a newsroom environment, with a focus on visual journalism.
Substantive experience within one of the following visual journalism disciplines: Design, Information graphics, Video journalism or Photojournalism.
Demonstrated ability to conceive and create compelling stories that incorporate video, photography, text and audio.
Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.
Strong editorial judgment and design sensibility with a proven ability to translate editorial priorities into compelling and/or innovative multimedia storytelling.
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere.
Technical and visual resourcefulness, including the ability to assess the relevance of emerging technologies to our journalism and their potential for strong journalistic outcomes.
Entrepreneurial and strategic mindset, with strong journalistic and digital instincts.
Deep understanding of the values of Times journalism and of our evolving visual storytelling.
Management experience.
Willingness to work a flexible schedule as news demands.
A passion for journalism across coverage areas.
Experience meeting deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment.
Exceptional organizational and diplomatic skills to bring together disparate groups.

Skills

Visual journalism
Design
Information graphics
Video journalism
Photojournalism
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Editorial judgment
Digital instincts
Diplomatic skills
Organizational skills

Location

New York

Work Type

In-office
Hybrid

Experience Level

7+ years editing experience
Management experience

Salary/Compensations

$160,000—$180,000 USD

Benefits

Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
Company-matching 401(k) plan
Employee stock purchase plan
Paid vacation
Paid sick days
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development programs
Variable pay (annual bonus, restricted stock)

About the Company

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 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.
Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com.