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Job Description

The Books, Events, and Film/TV team is looking for an experienced project manager to support the team across the portfolio. You have strong organizational and managerial skills with a keen ability to navigate key stakeholders around projects on long and short lead times. You will help manage a publication/launch calendar of our book and film and tv projects, take meeting notes and keep track of to-do’s and deliverables of all kinds. You will understand the acute needs of each project and ensure that we have the resources to complete the projects on deadline. You will communicate frequently with multiple stakeholders and collaborators inside the New York Times and out.  

One of the primary responsibilities of the role will be to help support the different pieces of The 1619 Project moving ahead–books, film, tv, and events. Since its publication in August 2019, The 1619 Project has grown from a NYT Magazine issue, broadsheet section and a podcast into a much larger enterprise. We’ve published two of five books (the third will be published this October) and have a development partnership (film, tv, exhibitions) with Lionsgate and Harpo Films (of which the 1619 doc series on Hulu was the first expression). At its core, the team is led by the project’s creator, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and the editors Caitlin Roper, Jake Silverstein, and Ilena Silverman.

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

Responsibilities: 

• Track deliverables and manage all communications with several stakeholders including New York Times leadership, the publishing team and our film/TV partners

• Maintain a master calendar of events and production timelines, proactively managing conflicting priorities

• Attend meetings and take notes, track and update action items and set up follow through 

• Conduct ad-hoc research and competitive analysis on an individual project basis 

• Asset management, e.g. pulling organizing images and text for book projects. 

• Coordinate scheduling and travel booking, across the film, TV, publishing and events work 

• Work on an archive of The 1619 Project and its impact since its launch in 2019

• 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 Caitlin Roper, executive editorial director of Books, Film/TV and Events.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience

• A background in publishing, journalism, events, film/tv (or a combination).

• Experience managing multiple stakeholders at once.

• Superb critical thinking and problem solving skil