Weekend Staff Editor, Social Visuals

The New York Times is continuing to expand our presence across social media platforms. The Social Visuals team's core mission is to convey important news coverage and strong visual stories across the depth and breadth of our report. We showcase the expertise of Times journalists, share urgent news updates, and promote and elevate our most compelling stories to our growing social audiences. The team applies expert design, photo editing, art direction and social platform expertise to the visuals that lead and accompany the way our work is presented to our audiences off platform., We are looking for a creative Staff Editor to focus on visual storytelling and production on weekends. You will work on daily news, features, enterprise and investigative projects. You will bring an understanding of editorial priorities and coordinate with journalists on our visual teams. The role includes delivering news quickly, building a regular publishing cadence, experimenting with formats and optimizing workflows.

You have expertise with visual journalism and storytelling, including experience writing and editing social copy, graphic design and photo editing. You have strong work samples with a deep understanding of modern digital practices and a great awareness of trends on social and emerging platforms. You are a fast learner with creative ideas and can work collaboratively.

This is a Thursday-Sunday position based in New York and includes regular attendance in the office two days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

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.

• 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.

• Visual design skills - a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion, and behavior.

• Deep understanding of all mainstream and some emerging social channels.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience meeting deadlines and operating in a daily, unpredictable news production environment.

• Experience working collaboratively with members of a mixed-media team.

• Open to working a flexible schedule that may include nights and weekends.

• Experience making quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment.

• Strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of Times style or the ability to absorb and apply it quickly.

Applications without links to work samples will not be considered.

$113,945.85 - $115,000 USD

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

We're excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you're an Engineering candidate, we'll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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