Senior Executive Producer, Reporter Video

The New York Times; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization in visual journalism as a Senior Executive Producer for the Reporter Video team. This dynamic role is perfect for an experienced leader with a passion for storytelling through video. You will guide a talented team, collaborate closely with journalists, and shape the editorial vision for compelling video content. Your expertise in news judgment and multimedia storytelling will be essential as you navigate a fast-paced environment, ensuring that the highest journalistic standards are met. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization values a range of perspectives, making it an exciting place to grow your career in journalism.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of editing or multimedia storytelling experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing a team in a news environment.
• Strong writing and editing skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team producing videos that feature New York Times reporting.
• Establish strategic goals and coverage targets for video content.
• Edit scripts and provide feedback to reporters and video journalists.

Skills

Video Production

Editing

Multimedia Storytelling

News Judgment

Team Management

Communication Skills

Deadline Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism or related field

Tools

Video Editing Software

Content Management Systems

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.

Job Description

The New York Times is an industry leader in visual journalism with reporting that includes extraordinary news coverage, investigations, and culture and lifestyle reporting. The Reporter Video team aims to bring the depth and breadth of our news report onto our site and other platforms through video that features the expertise of our world-class journalists.

The Senior Executive Producer, Reporter Video will help grow and guide a team that produces videos that feature New York Times reporting — and often — reporters. We’re looking for someone who can build and nurture teams, identify compelling stories and steer editorial details under tight deadlines. You will co-lead the Reporter Video unit with another Senior Executive Producer who will provide visual oversight and guide the unit’s video style and storytelling. Together you will establish strategic goals and coverage targets. You’ll craft editorial workflows, lead team meetings, set production schedules, and assign and oversee individual stories.

Your role requires experience covering both breaking news and enterprise, including features and investigative projects. You have solid news judgment and an understanding of relevant journalistic standards. You should guide news coverage by being an opportunistic story selector who reads news reporting widely as you look for promising targets. You should build good relationships with many newsroom desks. You will work collaboratively and maintain cohesion on teams with players who don’t work for you. You are a partner who can co-lead a team.

You will report to the Director of Video.

Responsibilities:

• Exhibit excellent news judgment in determining opportunities and implementing ideas.
• Suggest story ideas and find opportunities in partnership with newsroom desks. Establish communication channels and production workflows involving all relevant teams, and collaborate to frame visual pieces connected with Times coverage.
• Refine and guide the voices of The Times on video across platforms.
• Establish and meet daily production targets tied to strategies jointly established with Video leadership and the Audience team.
• Experiment with different forms of vertical and mobile visual storytelling.
• Determine measures for success by combining editorial and visual judgment with data and feedback about engagement, growth and reader responses.
• Uphold journalistic standards for the team.
• Edit scripts, adjust writing for substance and style, copy edit.
• Structure story beats and arcs.
• Provide feedback to reporters and editors featured in videos.
• Provide editorial feedback to video journalists and help guide their career development.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of editing or multimedia storytelling (including video production) experience at a news organization.
• 5+ years of experience managing a team.
• News judgment and ability to work with colleagues and reporters to synthesize newsgathering and/or investigations into a tight, informative and engaging project.
• Able to work with journalists without video experience.
• Experience in a deadline-driven environment.
• Understanding of video editing and production; awareness and attention to the details connected with timely editorial delivery.
• Strength in writing and editing and familiarity with production.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leadership and mentorship skills.
• Relish making video stories with non-video people, especially writers and text editors.
• Experience managing teams that create digital journalism.
• Experience tracking social signals and data as inputs for story targets and strategic decisions.
• Strong communication and diplomatic skills; can articulate what success is and can bring stakeholders and partners together around strategic goals.
• Details-oriented manager of editorial workflows, staffers and storylines.
• Experienced meeting and making quick decisions under deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including giving feedback clearly.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule.

Please include a cover letter and work samples in your application.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $160,000.00 and $200,000.00.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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 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].

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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