Audience Growth Editor, Climate & Science

Socket.dev; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking an audience editor to join the newsroom Audience team in New York City. You will partner with Climate and Science desks to grow readership, guide framing, and optimize distribution across search, social, homepage, and newsletters.

Expect to track performance data and provide actionable insights to editors. This in-office role requires four days a week in New York, with some flexibility to work remotely per department guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital journalism with a track record in audience development.
• Ability to bridge reporting, editing, product, analytics, design, and user research.
• Demonstrated ability to drive work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Inform coverage with audience strategy and framing.
• Maximize distribution through search, social, and homepage coordination.
• Provide daily/weekly/monthly audience performance reports and insights.
• Collaborate with newsroom audience analytics for deep analysis.
• Write social copy and advise on platform strategies.

Skills

Audience development

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven storytelling

Independent work

Job description

The New York Times Company is seeking an audience editor to join the newsroom Audience team in New York City. You will partner with Climate and Science desks to grow readership, guide framing, and optimize distribution across search, social, homepage, and newsletters.

Expect to track performance data and provide actionable insights to editors. This in-office role requires four days a week in New York, with some flexibility to work remotely per department guidance.