Job Description

Job Description

About Us

The New York Times is seeking inventive and motivated interns to join the Licensing Group. In this role you will understand all facets of editing, from story selection to collaborating with a team in achieving results. You will learn the relationship between the various editorial departments and functions. In addition, you will embed with the Editorial team to help produce the content for the News Service, Large Print Weekly, Spending Well, early and late Time Digest, and Photo/Graphics.

About our Team

NYTLicensing is the content licensing division of The New York Times Company. We empower companies to connect with their audiences, using world-class journalism and content curation to elevate experiences and engage customers. We help organizations of all sizes streamline communications, supplement existing marketing campaigns and drive growth. We traditionally served other media organizations with our licensed content. It is now our goal to generate awareness of the NYTLicensing brand and drive revenue growth in new markets.

As a Licensing Editorial intern, you will:

* Learn to elevate and refine your copy-editing/proofing skills through various editorial projects
* Participate in budgeting/planning of story selections and resources
* Suggest products for use by the Sales team
* Receive feedback from various editorial functions, e.g., Editorial Development, Syndicate
* Learn to navigate and respond to client/sales requests for information about story use, rights, and availability
* Learn to understand decisions that inform Editors curation choices of content for various projects

About You

* Journalism coursework and/or edit experience
* Curiosity about the news
* An appreciation of language

About Our Summer Internships

* Our internships are paid
* They are 10 weeks long, starting on or around June 1, 2021
* You will work remotely

Benefits and Perks:

* Interning at The New York Times is a unique opportunity to work at an innovative and historic global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information
* You will be helping to power, distribute and expand what is possible for our award-winning journalism
* We run a week-long maker event during the summer, where Design, Product, Project, Marketing and Technology come together to work on creative, cross-functional projects
* We have frequent panel discussions and talks by a wide variety of newsmakers and industry leaders
* NYT interns benefit from competitive pay, great perks and influential networking

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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, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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 New York Times Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local Fair Chance laws.