Job Description

Job Description

Times Opinion is looking for a Deputy Editor who can help manage a team in creating groundbreaking digital opinion video commentary. We are looking for a talented, inventive and creative storyteller who is also a seasoned journalist to help lead the team to enhance our video coverage with visual and conceptual innovation. The editor should be passionate about creating well-argued, bold opinionated video in different formats, and elevating a diverse range of outside voices and video makers via acquisition and commissioning video. We are looking for a news-driven editor, but one who can see through the clutter to find whats truly interesting and can drive the conversation.

The person in this role will work closely with the team director in managing the team and setting the editorial agenda. The person will be responsible for developing and overseeing news coverage, social video journalism, and enterprise projects. We are looking for a proven leader who can communicate effectively with editors, producers, sources, senior leadership, journalists, crews and freelancers.

We are looking for someone with mature editorial judgment and management skills, who can guide a team of producers, reporters and editors to produce path-breaking work. This editor knows the difference between provocation and a good argument; and can handle tricky situations with diplomacy and finesse. This leader is committed to representing different points of view and to mentoring and developing staff members.

This editor would help shape our overall strategy and find new ways to deepen our engagement with Times readers and find new audiences for our work.

Responsibilities will include:

* Conceiving big-hit, original story ideas aligned with our mission of high-impact journalism

* Reviewing and critiquing stories

* Editing scripts to ensure they meet standards, and overseeing edits

* Managing workflow to ensure producers work at their maximum potential and efficiency

* Inventing new story formats and inspiring a creative production team

* Fostering a highly experimental culture that also meets The Timess editorial standards

* Developing a wide range of video voices about the biggest news and ideas

* Anticipating the news with smart, forward thinking assigning to staff and outside video makers

* Coordinating with the audience team to maximize the reach and impact of the work

Ideal Candidate Requirements:

* 10+ years of significant journalistic news experience

* Broad knowledge in current events and news

* A deep rolodex of sources that will lead to significant story ideas

* Excellent writing, video editing supervision, and communication skills

* Management experience

* Fluency in digital video formats and the evolving digital video journalism industry

* Understanding of Times standards of journalistic excellence and truthfulness

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.