Visual Editor, Special Projects

Description

The company's goal is to pursue the truth and help people make sense of the world. Journalism sits at the center of the business, and its strategy depends on making reporting strong enough that readers choose to pay for it.

The newsroom sends journalists to report from nearly 160 countries, and readers encounter the work in print, audio, and on the website and app.

The team tells stories and reaches audiences with new reporting and packaging methods. Some projects are funded by commercial, nonprofit or other backers and advertisers. The team favors work that teaches the newsroom something, such as new visual formats, ways to engage audiences, or reporting techniques.

The desk links the newsroom, the business side, R&D and the subbrands, lining up their goals, priorities and major opportunities.

Recent projects include a look at pasta tourism, the hidden LGBT history of Harlem, the risk of flooding in New York, and a very popular series on the math of everyday life.

This role leads large and fast-turnaround visual projects. You bring an entrepreneurial approach, strong journalistic and digital judgment, and the tact to get different groups working together, while staying true to the company's values and to visual storytelling as it changes.

Good judgment, creativity and close attention to detail matter here, along with a record of publishing ambitious work, working across teams, and turning story ideas into visual concepts and the reverse.

This is an in-office role in New York, with office attendance four days a week. Some remote work may be possible, depending on departmental guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate large and fast-turnaround visual projects that fit the Special Projects mission and make room for testing new technology.
• Conceive, commission and edit special projects across different story forms.
• Connect the newsroom, the business side, R&D and the subbrands, aligning their goals, priorities and major opportunities.
• Work with Projects and Initiatives leadership to turn editorial ideas into visual and multimedia story opportunities.
• Work with freelancers, visual journalism desks, other newsroom departments, the R&D team and outside organizations to deliver ambitious visual work.
• Manage staff and freelance reporters and other contributors.
• Act as the point person and project manager for multimedia projects. Call meetings, set deadlines, give feedback and support development.
• Collaborate closely with editors on other desks, and with video, photo and graphics editors, designers and art directors across the newsroom.
• Engage with business and advertising colleagues on confidential commercial partnerships, and weigh commercial interests as part of how editorial content is presented.
• Work with Times editors, standards and legal staff on ethical and legal questions, and show sound editorial judgment.
• Help the desk build new digital experiences and story forms.
• Guide the team toward greater skill in conceiving, editing and producing new story forms.
• Support the company's commitment to journalistic independence and to its mission of seeking the truth and helping people understand the world.
• You will report to a Deputy Managing Editor.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of editing experience in a newsroom, with a focus on visual journalism.
• Substantial experience in at least one visual journalism discipline: design, information graphics, video journalism or photojournalism.
• A record of creating compelling stories that combine video, photography, text and audio.
• A proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong editorial judgment and design sense, with a track record of turning editorial priorities into compelling or innovative multimedia storytelling.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere.
• Technical and visual resourcefulness, including the ability to judge whether emerging technologies suit the journalism and could produce strong journalistic results.
• An entrepreneurial, strategic mindset with strong journalistic and digital instincts.
• A deep understanding of the company's journalistic values and of its evolving visual storytelling.
• Preferred: management experience.
• Preferred: willingness to work a flexible schedule as news demands.
• Preferred: a passion for journalism across coverage areas.
• Preferred: experience meeting deadlines and adapting to change in a daily, unpredictable news environment.
• Preferred: strong organizational and diplomatic skills for bringing together different groups.

Conditions

In-office role based in New York, with four office days a week. Remote work may be possible depending on departmental guidance.

Reports to a Deputy Managing Editor.

Annual base pay ranges from $160,000 to $180,000 USD.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics, including citizenship, sex, age, race, religion, disability and gender identity.

Benefits

• For U.S. roles, depending on the position, variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock may be available.
• Benefits may include medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts, a company-matching 401(k) plan, an employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
• For roles outside the U.S., benefit details are shared during the interview process.