Senior Photo Editor – Newsroom Visuals & Live Coverage

Nashville Public Radio

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 115,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The New York Times seeks an experienced and agile news photo editor to join our Digital News Desk in New York. You will guide visual coverage for breaking news and curate home screen presentations and our global newsletters.

You will work with editors across platforms, collaborate with staff and freelance photographers, ensure copyright and ethics compliance, and pitch enterprise visual stories. Early mornings, nights or weekends may be required.

Qualifications

5+ years in a newsroom photo editing role.
Experience assigning and directing photojournalists in a variety of situations.
Exceptional technical skills, including in depth knowledge of web tools and programs, content management systems, Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, video editing tools, FTP, and social media platforms.
Knowledge of responsive design and best practices for building stories and editing images for maximum impact on mobile devices.

Responsibilities

Produce and build promotional visual assets for news stories and enterprise content with attention to detail in a fast-paced newsroom, and across a variety of digital surfaces, including the homescreen and live coverage, Listen tab and newsletters.
Learn, embrace and publish innovative and experimental visual storytelling formats.
Own critical editorial decision making in a fast-paced environment, ensuring timely and accurate visual journalism.
Demonstrate strong editorial judgment, working with Times editors and legal department for all vetting, copyright and ethics questions.
Maintain a very high level of photography and video assigning for news, narrative, investigative, feature and enterprise stories for all platforms including mobile and print.
Demonstrate the ability to pitch, develop, edit, pace and build a powerful visual story, incorporating multimedia and the use of innovative storytelling tools.
Work with reporters and editors to shape ideas into visual story opportunities.
Focus on working with a diverse range of subjects and photographers, keeping our global and multigenerational audience in mind. Work to strengthen relationships with the photographers you are directing through briefings, regular contact and feedback.
Work closely with supervisor and broader department, fostering productive, collegial and collaborative relationships with journalists throughout the newsroom.
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.