Senior Video Editor, NYT Magazine

Description

The company runs a large newsroom, with journalists reporting from nearly 160 countries, and its business strategy aims to make its journalism worth paying for.

The magazine is hiring a senior video editor to edit and publish short and long videos that support its storytelling.

The role suits an editor who understands video production and storytelling well, including editing and using graphics and animation to explain complex ideas.

Ideal candidates have some journalistic or editorial experience and can turn the magazine's distinctive voice into polished video stories.

You will work with reporters, editors, producers, art directors and designers to showcase the expertise of the company's journalists. Topics include news, enterprise projects and short-form video columns made with social platforms in mind.

Responsibilities

• Build video stories from original design, photography, footage and animation.
• Turn visual ideas and complicated information into clear video sequences and animation.
• Make tight, informative short vertical videos with writers, editors and visual journalists.
• Produce video assets for several surfaces and platforms alongside audience editors, video editors and home desk editors.
• Secure licences, permissions and usage rights for all video in magazine stories, meeting contractual, editorial and legal requirements.
• Deliver work on budget and on schedule, finding practical solutions.
• Uphold journalistic independence and the company's goal of seeking the truth and helping people understand the world.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of video editing and motion design experience.
• Strong skills in Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Creative Suite.
• Fluent in Figma.
• A strong reel of edited work.
• Ability to combine audio, footage, still images and text intelligently, often on tight deadlines.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule.
• Enthusiasm for creating and inventing video formats that reflect the range and voice of the magazine.
• Preferred: experience animating and editing animations in Adobe After Effects.
• Preferred: a digital-first approach to editing on-platform and for social media.
• Preferred: familiarity with current video editing techniques and tools.
• Preferred: foundational knowledge of legal, ethical, copyright and usage issues for visuals.
• Preferred: good knowledge of social and digital media, keeping an eye on what competitors do and which new tools they adopt.

Conditions

Hybrid work model.

The position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

Annual base pay ranges from $124,979.94 to $130,000 USD.

Requisition ID: REQ-020773.

Submit your own work and do not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

Equal opportunity employer: no discrimination based on protected characteristics, including citizenship.

Reasonable accommodations are provided during the application and interview process as required by law.

Benefits

• For US roles, depending on the role, variable pay may be available, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.
• For US roles, benefits may include medical, dental and vision cover, flexible spending accounts, a company-matching 401(k), an employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programmes.
• For roles outside the US, benefit details are shared during the interview process.