Art Director New New York, NY

New York Times; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times in New York, NY seeks an Art Director for our award-winning features print design team. This role focuses on narrative storytelling with typography, illustration, and photography, coordinating with editors and photo editors on major projects for print and digital formats.

You will lead design efforts, manage projects, and collaborate across designers, editors, and photo editors, ensuring high-quality pages for weekly sections and special projects in a print-centric newsroom.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of design experience required.
• Portfolio demonstrating typography and layout skills, magazine/newspaper/book design acceptable.
• Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Responsibilities

• Partner with editors and photo editors as creative lead and project manager.
• Conceptualize creative solutions and shepherd them through publication.
• Commission illustrations effectively for all platforms.
• Support journalistic independence and commit to mission.
• Report to the Design Director, Print Features.

Skills

5+ years of design experience

Typography & layout

InDesign Photoshop Illustrator

Job description

Office: New York, NY
Department: Journalism — Art and Layout

Job Description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The award-winning features print design team at The New York Times is responsible for the majority of the paper's weekly sections, including Arts & Leisure, Sunday Business, Styles, Book Review and Food. We are looking for an art director to join our team in the NYC office.

You are an art director with a demonstrated talent for narrative visual storytelling. You have sophisticated typography skills, an eye for illustration and photography, and a proven ability to organize complex information to create engaging designs. You have strong project management skills experience taking lead on projects, while working collaboratively with other designers, editors and photo editors. Also, you are passionate about print — interested in generating visual-first story ideas and finding innovative ways to present digital-first content in the newspaper. You are familiar with digital presentation, considering the mobile experience when assigning illustration and animation. Ultimately, you are a team player, able to bring your enthusiasm to projects big and small.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City, and includes regular attendance in the office up to four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$124,979.94 — $141,000 USD

Responsibilities

• Partner with a desk's editors and photo editors and act as both a creative lead and a project manager, designing covers, interior pages and special projects.
• Conceptualize creative solutions and see them through to publication.
• Commission illustration effectively for all platforms
• 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
• You will report to the Design Director, Print Features

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of design experience
• A portfolio that demonstrates superior typography and layout skills, whether through magazine work, innovative newspaper design or book design
• Knowledge of Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated experience selling ideas and building consensus
• Excellent collaboration skills for working with fellow designers, editors, photo editors and other staff
• Experience managing projects and meeting deadlines
• Demonstrated talent with illustration, with a passion for growing a network of diverse artists
• Comfortable working under pressure and adapting to changing priorities
• Familiarity with digital art direction
• Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools

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.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, 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.

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 availablehere .

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 [e-mail]. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

• variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.
• medical benefits
• 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
• professional development programs

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