Graphics/Multimedia Editor, Graphics

undefined ago • 5 Years + • Video Editing • $113,945.85 PA - $136,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Graphics department at The New York Times is seeking an experienced visual journalist to report, write, design, and code graphics and multimedia stories, including statistical visualizations, video, photography, and animation. This role involves conceptualizing new reporting, analyzing data, and collaborating with other journalists to create original visual journalism. The ideal candidate can create graphics-focused coverage for breaking news and enterprise, demonstrating journalistic judgment, visual creativity, and innovation while ensuring accuracy and clarity. This is a hybrid position based in New York City.
Must have:
  • Conceptualize, sketch and execute new visual approaches to news coverage
  • Design and build interactive visualizations and other visual formats for the web
  • Report and conduct data analysis to cover news stories with a visual emphasis
  • Collaborate with other journalists in Graphics and the wider newsroom to create ambitious journalism with impact
  • Bring a curious mindset and a willingness to find timely solutions to challenging problems in a dynamic news environment
  • 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
Good to have:
  • Ability to meet deadlines and adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment
  • Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories
  • Experience working collaboratively with members of a mixed-media team
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule
  • Must be able to make quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment

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.

The Graphics department at The New York Times is looking to hire an experienced visual journalist to report, write, design and code graphics and multimedia stories, including the presentation of statistical visualizations, video, photography and animation.

You will be responsible for conceptualizing new lines of reporting, analyzing data to find stories, and collaborating with other journalists from around the newsroom to create original visual journalism. You have a demonstrated ability to create graphics-focused coverage on breaking news and enterprise timelines, and have published a variety of visual forms. You exercise journalistic judgment, visual creativity and innovation while ensuring the accuracy, clarity and validity of the content published.

The Graphics department is a diverse group of journalists and visual thinkers with creative backgrounds ranging from architecture to cartography to computer science. We are curious about all kinds of things and seek to find individuals who bring their own curiosity to bear in creative approaches to storytelling.

Applications should include links to a portfolio or work samples to demonstrate the creation of visual journalism. A cover letter describing your role in specific projects is a plus.

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

Responsibilities:

  • Conceptualize, sketch and execute new visual approaches to news coverage
  • Design and build interactive visualizations and other visual formats for the web
  • Report and conduct data analysis to cover news stories with a visual emphasis
  • Collaborate with other journalists in Graphics and the wider newsroom to create ambitious journalism with impact
  • Bring a curious mindset and a willingness to find timely solutions to challenging problems in a dynamic news environment.
  • 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.
  • This role reports to a Deputy Editor in Graphics.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Expertise in development of interactive graphics or Web sites, including HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Skill in interface design and information graphic design
  • Extensive experience reporting and producing visual journalism or other visual media
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment
  • Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories
  • Experience working collaboratively with members of a mixed-media team
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule
  • Must be able to make quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

REQ-018179

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$113,945.85 - $136,000 USD

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About The Company

At The Times, our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Having a diverse staff with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences is vital to ensuring we cover the world fully and fairly and offering products that have a wide appeal. Our vision is to become the essential subscription for every curious person seeking to understand and engage with the world. This work is supported by our journalists and a range of dedicated individuals, from data scientists to marketers, designers, engineers and more.

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