Weekend Staff Editor, Social Visuals

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 113,945 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid vacation and sick days

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a creative Staff Editor based in New York. This position focuses on visual storytelling and production, requiring attendance in the office two days weekly with some remote flexibility. Responsibilities include adapting journalism for social media, creating visual stories, and collaborating with various teams.

Preferred candidates will have strong multimedia production skills, a solid understanding of social media, and the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of multimedia storytelling and production experience.
• Experience creating presentations incorporating various media.
• Strong writing and editing skills.

Responsibilities

• Adapt journalism for social and off-platform audiences.
• Tell stories visually using various media.
• Collaborate with a team to cover breaking news.

Skills

Multimedia storytelling and production experience

Experience in social media or digital journalism

Strong skills with Figma

Skills in Adobe Premiere

Strong news and editorial judgment

Visual design skills

Understanding of mainstream and emerging social channels

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Position Overview

We are looking for a creative Staff Editor to focus on visual storytelling and production on weekends. The role involves daily news, features, enterprise and investigative projects, delivering news quickly, building a regular publishing cadence, experimenting with formats and optimizing workflows. The position is based in New York and requires regular attendance in the office two days each week, with some flexibility for remote work.

Responsibilities

• Adapt the best of The Times’ journalism for social and off‑platform audiences, including bespoke design tailored from digital and print presentations.
• Tell stories visually in card form with various media assets, including photo, video, graphics, illustration and graphic design.
• Draft and copy edit text, including headlines, captions and narrative text on visuals.
• Demonstrate excellent news judgment.
• Demonstrate grasp of signals from mainstream and emerging social channels.
• Collaborate with a team of social and audience editors to identify and cover breaking news, features, series, exclusives and investigative news, interpreting data and signals to know what pieces fit off‑platform audiences.
• Collaborate with visual editors from photo, graphics, digital news design, video and the home page to create high‑quality off‑platform visuals.
• Experiment with different forms of vertical and mobile visual storytelling, specifically with video.
• Train social editors and other newsroom editors in best practices for creating social visuals, and edit the work they create.
• 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.
• Report directly to the Social Visuals Editor.

Basic Requirements

• 4+ years of multimedia storytelling and production experience.
• Experience in social media or digital journalism for a news organization.
• Demonstrated experience creating presentations that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text.
• Strong skills with Figma and Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects.
• Strong news and editorial judgment.
• Visual design skills – a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion, and behavior.
• Deep understanding of all mainstream and some emerging social channels.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience meeting deadlines and operating in a daily, unpredictable news production environment.
• Experience working collaboratively with members of a mixed‑media team.
• Open to working a flexible schedule that may include nights and weekends.
• Strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of Times style or the ability to absorb and apply it quickly.

Application Requirements

Applications without links to work samples will not be considered.

Location and Pay

Thursday–Sunday position based in New York. The annual base pay range for this role is $113,945.85–$115,000 USD, with potential variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits; Flexible Spending Accounts; a company‑matching 401(k) plan; paid vacation; paid sick days; paid parental leave; tuition reimbursement; and professional development programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 affectionate 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’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

Accommodations

The 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].

Fair Chance Employment

The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable Fair Chance laws, including 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 Notes

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY. Applicant ID: REQ-020284.