Weekend Staff Editor, Social Visuals

The New York Times
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 113,945.85 - 115,000 annuallyFunction: Content & Editorial (Writing/Editing)Experience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Editing","Leadership","Storytelling"]

A weekend-focused staff editor role overseeing visual storytelling for social platforms. You’ll adapt Times journalism for off-platform audiences, lead visual production on daily news, features, and investigations, and collaborate with reporters and editors to maintain a rapid publishing cadence across social channels. You will train editors in best practices, manage visuals, and ensure editorial independence aligns with the NYT mission.

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The New York Times
The New York Times
2 months ago

Weekend Staff Editor, Social Visuals

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Job Summary

A weekend-focused staff editor role overseeing visual storytelling for social platforms. You’ll adapt Times journalism for off-platform audiences, lead visual production on daily news, features, and investigations, and collaborate with reporters and editors to maintain a rapid publishing cadence across social channels. You will train editors in best practices, manage visuals, and ensure editorial independence aligns with the NYT mission.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Content & Editorial (Writing/Editing)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Adapt the best of The Times' journalism for social and off-platform audiences, including bespoke design tailored from digital and print presentations.
  • •Tell stories visually in card form with various media assets, including photo, video, graphics, illustration and graphic design.
  • •Draft and copy edit text, including headlines, captions and narrative text on visuals.
  • •Demonstrate excellent news judgment.
  • •Demonstrate grasp of signals from mainstream and emerging social channels.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 113,945.85 - 115,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid LeavePaid SickPaid Parental

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of multimedia storytelling and production experience.
  • •Experience in social media or digital journalism for a news organization.
  • •Demonstrated experience creating presentations that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text.
  • •Strong skills with Figma and Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects.
  • •Strong news and editorial judgment.
Experience:4+ yearsNewsMediaJournalismSocial visual
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationEditingLeadershipStorytelling
Languages:English
Tech Stack:FigmaAdobe PremiereIllustratorPhotoshopAfter EffectsVideo editingGraphic design

Company Brief

The New York Times
Operates The New York Times, a global news organization delivering journalism across print and digital platforms, plus specialty sites like Wirecutter. Produces reporting, opinion, multimedia, and subscription-driven content covering national and international affairs.
Industry: News, Journalism & Broadcasting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1851
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