Editor, Cooking Product Strategy

1 Month ago • 5-5 Years • $100,000 PA - $130,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The New York Times Cooking is seeking an editor with product development experience to shape and execute the product strategy. You will collaborate with the editorial team, product managers, designers, engineers, data scientists, and research teams to enhance the product experience. As a liaison, you will ensure user needs are met, track project progress, and identify and resolve inefficiencies in core workflows. Responsibilities include evolving the product experience, developing content strategy, serving as a subject-matter expert, developing testing strategies, optimizing workflows for digital assets, advising on publishing tools, and reporting on product initiatives. You will report to the deputy editor who oversees NYT Cooking.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience as a digital strategist or senior editor.
  • 5+ years of experience managing cooking or related content.
  • Experience in recipe editing and creating food articles.
  • Experience bringing new digital products to life.
  • Experience with content management systems and project management software.
  • Experience in a deadline-driven environment
Good to have:
  • Experience with digital and content analytics tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat)
  • Editorial judgment reflective of Times mission and principles.
  • A passion for cooking

Job Details

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. 

About the Role, Mission or Department Overview

The New York Times Cooking is looking for an editor with product development experience to help guide and execute our product strategy. You will collaborate with the entire editorial team, product managers, designers, engineers, data scientists, and research teams to improve our product experience with the most efficient workflows. 

You will be a liaison across the editorial team and business teams to ensure user needs are met at the highest possible level of quality and standards. You will track and communicate progress on projects between editorial and other teams, and work to quickly and thoughtfully identify and resolve inefficiency or pain points in the core workflows that support our goals and strategy. 

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

Responsibilities:

  • Creatively evolve the product experience and help develop our content strategy, with an eye toward editorial quality that drives audience and subscriber growth and retention. 
  • Be a subject-matter expert on cooking media and recipes to inform product and business decisions; serve as liaison across teams.
  • Develop and ensure implementation of testing strategies for on- and off-platform content to contribute insights and best practices for engaging audiences. Partner with editors and data analysts to report results. 
  • Develop and ensure optimization of workflows for adding new digital assets and media types to our site and app that improve the user experience . 
  • Advise and help drive the development of enhanced publishing tools. 
  • Help develop and ensure optimization of editorial initiatives and act as a liaison with product, marketing, ad sales and other teams. 
  • Work alongside taxonomists, engineers, SEO leads and others to evolve and optimize key workflows that inform user features 
  • Partner with SEO editors to ensure alignment of relevant editorial strategy and associated workflows.
  • Report on all product initiatives tied to editorial stakeholders, and share data and audience insights to strengthen business outcomes. 
  • Communicate and ensure attainment of editorial standards to our partners throughout the company.
  • 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 deputy editor who oversees NYT Cooking. 

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience as a digital strategist or senior editor in news or lifestyle media organizations. 
  • 5+ years of experience managing cooking or related content with an understanding of the food and cooking media landscape
  • Experience in recipe editing and the ins-and-outs of creating successful food articles and videos
  • Experience bringing new digital products to life 
  • Deep experience with content management systems and project management software (e.g., AirTable). 
  • Experience in a deadline-driven environment 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with digital and content analytics tools (Google Analytics, Chartbeat) 
  • Editorial judgment reflective of Times mission and principles.
  • A passion for cooking 

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$100,000 - $130,000 USD

 

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all  backgrounds to apply.

We are  an Equal Opportunity Employer and do 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 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here

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 reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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

For information about The New York Times' privacy practices for job applicants click here.

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