Staff Editor, Home Team

A key goal for The Times is to increase reader engagement by improving the experience of connecting with Times journalism, particularly on our homescreens. The Home team is at the heart of these engagement efforts in the newsroom, and we are seeking editors who are passionate about achieving that goal. Home team editors are responsible for the programming and presentation of our own digital platforms, including the home screen and push notifications, in accordance with our strategic goals. They stay abreast of breaking news, recalibrating our presentation and mobilizing editors and reporters. They also review the quality and tone of what we publish to ensure that Times standards are met and that our content is properly produced.

This is a hybrid position based in Los Angeles and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance. The schedule will include at least one weekend day.

Responsibilities:

• Master the production tools and workflows for our home screen(s) and push notifications

• Write lively and compelling summaries, headlines and captions in a manner that is consistent with Times style

• Handle breaking news presentations

• Build and/or execute special presentations for the home screen

• Workshop and send push notifications

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

• Work with product and CMS teams to provide insights and feedback about our home screens, along with helping guide development of tools and platforms used to produce our report

• This role reports to the Deputy Editor, Home Team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Three or more years of experience as a digital news editor, working with audience data to inform programming decisions, including evaluating story performance, weighing reader interest and assessing the strategies and performance of our competitors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellence in news judgment, audience-sensitive framing and writing mechanics

• Ability to quickly and cleanly execute changes to the layout and order of our platforms while showing creativity and initiative in presentation and framing

• Working well under pressure, setting priorities among many tasks and keeping up with the demands of multiple editors and supervisors.

• Sensitivity to visual design and user experience

• B.A. or B.S. degree

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $113,945.85 and $115,000.00.

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