What are the responsibilities and job description for the The New York Times is hiring: Visual Editor, Social, Sub Brand in New York position at The New York Times?
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 looking for a visual editor with experience in journalism, design and managing and producing for social platforms to develop a vision for how we can better frame, through visuals, various Times stories, recipes, videos, games, and shows for audiences off platform.
You will help build our presence on flagship Times social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and other emerging social networks. As more platforms embrace and prioritize visual, mobile-first storytelling we need someone to translate the breadth of our journalism for those audiences.
Responsibilities :
- Develop and execute a strategy for enhancing our social platform visibility through better visuals.
- Collaborate with Audience teams from Audio, Video, Games, Cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter, Film and TV and developing cohesive ways to showcase various offerings on The Times’s social accounts.
- Collaborate with Brand on styling and messaging across Times sub-accounts.
- Conceptualize story ideas and collaborating with reporters, editors, designers, and various desks across the newsroom.
- Design, film, animate, and direct video and still content for use on social platforms.
- Partner with other social editors on social strategies and plans for our biggest enterprise.
- Develop testing strategies around medium (images, video) and message (headline, social share text), to inform a constantly updating set of best practices for engaging off-platform audiences (Social, Search, etc.).
- Partner with editors across desks to workshop on-platform framing of articles that leverages off-platform performance and readers’ interest.
- Interpret data and signals to know what pieces are the right fit for audiences both on and off our platforms.
- Work with journalists in the newsroom on best social media practices, including how to frame their stories for different platforms and audiences.
- Collaborate with Audience Product on shareable formats and UI.
- Create original content as a bridge between our site and social platforms.
Basic Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $99,000.00 and $115,000.00.
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,
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Salary : $99,000 - $115,000
