Creative Director, Opinion

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 New York Times Opinion department is looking for a Creative Director to work with editors and visual teams to distinguish our coverage wherever it is encountered. You will help convey to audiences on all platforms how Times opinion coverage is distinct from newsroom coverage.

You will partner with senior visual leaders, collaborating with graphics, photography, video and audio teams. You will work with Opinion editors and teams across the company to reach new audiences with ideas, formats and products that provoke intelligent conversation and debate. You are an imaginative leader, able to translate complex ideas into accessible narrative experiences with a high standard of craft.

This is both a design and management role, overseeing a team of multi-disciplinary art directors and developers. You will be responsible for hands-on design and art direction that spans both print and digital mediums, furthering the reach and impact of Opinion’s journalism. You will also play an active part in the broader design community, mentoring outside artists and designers as contributors and cultivating new talent.

This is a hybrid position and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior leadership to build, lead and achieve a shared vision.
• Provide hands-on mentorship for individual and team growth, guidance on art direction, design systems and innovative storytelling experiences.
• Infuse high-level creative teams with the support and spirit necessary to achieve common visual goals.
• Identify, propose and produce visually-driven story ideas and special coverage.
• Work with cross-discipline teams, help translating visuals across all Opinion mediums: print, digital, audio and video.
• Manage illustration and freelance budgets; advocate for additional bandwidth when necessary.
• 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.
• You will report to the Opinion Editor

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of operational design experience in print or digital (not simply directing but creating).
• 5+ years of experience managing designers and art directors.
• Experience with all fundamentals of design — across print, digital, mobile and video platforms.
• Experience shaping, designing and developing editorial content with a variety of visuals.
• Experience communicating visual ideas to many audiences through dialogue, sketch or wireframe (editors, writers, engineers, other designers, etc.).
• Relationships with a roster of Illustrators, photographers, film-makers and videographers, both emerging and established, globally and nationally.
• Portfolio of work that shows extraordinary design capabilities; typographic, illustrative and conceptual.
• Knowledgeable experience with design software: Figma, Indesign, Adobe suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of digital design experience with some understanding of product limitations.
• Familiar with sound UX/UI guidance for complex storytelling with working knowledge of front-end design wireframes.
• Experience working in a news/media environment.
• Highly-developed judgment of trends and styles in both illustration and photography.
• Experience maintaining brand identities while working with emerging platforms.
• Experience building collaborative environments that foster trust, mentorship and growth opportunities.
• Experience working under tight-deadlines while processing multiple stakeholder feedback.
• Appetite for risk; unafraid to learn new things to take on a problem.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$180,000 - $230,000 USD

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