Senior Editor, Weekend News Manager, Photo

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Editor, Weekend News Manager for Photo to lead a dynamic team of photo editors. This role involves overseeing visual coverage for weekend news, managing a variety of projects, and ensuring high-quality visual storytelling. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in visual journalism, a passion for innovation, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Join a forward-thinking organization that values independent journalism and is committed to delivering quality content to its audience. This hybrid position offers a unique opportunity to shape the visual narrative of breaking news events.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a visual editor or journalist.
• Extensive experience directing photographers in various circumstances.
• Strong technical skills and familiarity with editing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Supervise desk editors and photographers during weekends.
• Coordinate live presentations of breaking news and planned events.
• Engage with stakeholders to collaborate on coverage.

Skills

Visual Editing

Photo Journalism

Audio and Video Editing

Project Management

Innovation in Visual Representation

Tools

Image Handling Software

Editing Software

Job description

New York, NY

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 Photo department at The Times is seeking a versatile and experienced journalist with excellent news judgment, an elevated aesthetic and strong management skills to join our leadership team. The primary functions of the Senior Editor, Weekend News Manager for Photo are to supervise a team of photo editors across multiple coverage areas and timezones, coordinate coverage, staffing and presentation decisions, especially for breaking news and be the liaison to the senior editor for news who drives the report through the weekend.

You will oversee live visual coverage launched over the weekend, including stills and video shot by photographers, guiding the commissioning and editing for visual presentations connected to weekend news events. You and those you supervise will be responsible for considering all presentation formats for the photography you commission and research, prioritizing mobile display and cutting edge digital formats. You will work productively with staff photographers, freelance photographers, wire services, agencies and all other sources of images, as well as editors, designers, and reporters in the newsroom.

The current expectation for this full-time role is a Thursday-Sunday schedule. This is a hybrid position and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the work of desk editors, photographers and photo editors during weekends, in coordination with Photo’s Assistant Editor for Digital.
• Assign and top edit visual presentations, including stacks, tappers, homescreen promotions and live blog editing connected to weekend news events.
• Coordinate the homepage and live presentation of breaking news as well as planned news events that fall on weekends.
• Prepare homepage presentations for major enterprise, weekend posters and panel artwork as needed.
• Bring in additional photo staffing as needed on breaking news.
• Weigh in on standards, legal and ethical questions that arise.
• Be responsible for determining whether and when visual pieces are published, and identifying the most suitable presentation format.
• Engage in dialogue with critical stakeholders on breaking news stories, including colleagues on Home and in Video to collaborate and coordinate coverage and presentation.
• On occasion, collaborate with editors in the Reporter Video unit to coordinate video that highlights the work and expertise of our journalists and visual journalists in the field.
• Supervise and give feedback to editors in editing, sequencing and producing multimedia pieces in a variety of formats.
• Undertake editorial work on occasion as needed to familiarize with and explore formats, contributing to coverage in live news vehicles, home screen presentations, Express stories, and breaking/after hours news.
• 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.
• This role reports to Photo’s Assistant Editor, Digital.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a visual editor and/or visual journalist in a newsroom or equivalent.
• Extensive experience assigning and directing photographers in the field in a variety of circumstances.
• Familiarity with collecting and editing photo, audio and video.
• Substantial knowledge of the photographic landscape and an array of image handling and editing software and workflows.
• A history of innovation regarding the visual representation of journalism, as demonstrated in a portfolio of work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong technical skills and a facility for learning new technologies.
• A passion for visual storytelling and breaking news, feature and enterprise journalism.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects on a variety of timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience delivering high quality visual work on deadline.
• Willingness to work nights and weekends responding to breaking news as needed.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$140,000 - $160,000 USD

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.