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Job Description

A Photo Editor for The New York Times has a creative eye and an innovative approach to formats and mobile-focused presentations. You should bring your technical skills and sound journalistic judgment to join a team creating visual journalism—still and video— for breaking news, features and enterprise stories for on- and off-platform publishing.

The primary duties of the job are to conceptualize and assign photography and video for the New York Times’ culture report, and to select and publish images and video for multiple platforms of The New York Times. You will assign and research a wide array of news and feature photographs and video, working productively with staff photographers, freelance photographers, wire services, agencies and all other sources of pictures, as well as editors, designers, and reporters in the newsroom. You will engage our staff and freelance photographers to identify and develop pitches with strong visual potential, producing strong photographic, video and multimedia displays with an eye toward innovative digital story forms and presentations. 

You have a strong demonstrable passion for multimedia, journalism and photography of all kinds, and possess a broad knowledge of the current photographic, video, visual and social media landscape, including digitally innovative formats and mobile-first multimedia presentations. You must be a team player and a good communicator, and must initiate and develop ideas for photographs, short video clips and visual stories in different formats.

Familiarity with electronic image handling is a necessity. You should possess exceptional technical skills, including proficiency in Photoshop and other image handling software and a facility for learning new technology. A basic familiarity with Premiere 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:

• Conceive of, pitch, develop, edit, pace and build powerful and innovative visual stories with attention to detail in a fast-paced newsroom.

• Maintain the highest standard of photography and multimedia assigning for feature, news and enterprise stories for all platforms including mobile, print and social.

• Identify, vet and onboard new contributing photojournalists as needed. Ensure that new contributors are versed and committed to ethical journalistic rigor, independence and integrity. Work to build relationships with the photographers you are directing through briefings, regular contact and feedback.

• Collaborate with writers, reporters, editors, visual editors and photographers to shape ideas into visual story opportunities.

• Demonstrate strong editorial judgment, working with Times editors and legal department for all vetting, copyright, legal and ethical questions.