The New York Times
Editor, Weekend Audience at The New York Times in New York, NY
Job Description
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.
The New York Times is looking for an editor to help lead our teams across our flagship social accounts and search, with a focus on weekend programming. A successful candidate for this role will bring expertise in all things audience growth off-platform, including search and social platforms as well as emerging ones, a strong sense of news judgment and audience signals, as well as a keen eye for off-platform photos, graphics and videos.
The editor will help establish a vision for shaping and targeting our journalism for different platforms to ensure that the full breadth of Times journalism finds audiences on weekends. This role bridges tactical execution and high-level strategy. Leading the work of a small team of off-platform editors during the weekends, you will work story by story — including helping to program our social accounts — and think more broadly about the mix of our off-platform social report, and how it should or should not differ from the weekday to the weekends. You will also have a hands-on role in ensuring our journalism appears across high-demand topics for users who seek news, but haven't yet made The Times their destination for news.
This person will work Wednesday through Sunday.
This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.
Responsibilities:
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Play a lead role in shaping our weekend social report off-platform. This will include leading the work of social editors to develop effective ways to share Times journalism off-platform, as well as helping to execute those strategies day to day and week to week
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Conduct daily performance tracking and detailed analysis to identify immediate content opportunities and necessary optimizations.
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Systematically translate complex changes and day-to-day observations into clear, timely, and actionable editorial SEO recommendations and best practices for various newsroom teams.
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Help to lead our weekend report off-platform, ensuring that priorities are shared on key platforms where they are most likely to find audiences and helping to organize broader plans for signature enterprise stories and other priority projects.
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Monitor on-site and off-platform conversations and signals for story ideas.
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Developing, refining and upholding the voice of The Times on all of our off-platform channels, exhibiting excellent news judgment and audience-sensitive framing.
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Interpreting data and signals to know what pieces are the right fit for what audiences both on and off our platforms.
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Working with journalists in the newsroom on best social media and SEO practices, including framing pieces for specific audiences.
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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.
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You will report to the Audience Deputy, Off-Platform.
Basic Qualifications:
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7+ years of experience in social media, SEO or digital journalism for a news organization
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Excellent news and editorial judgment and exceptional editing skills
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Proven track record of identifying real time coverage opportunities using internal data and external audience signals
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Consistent record running social accounts and/or search optimization for major news outlets, both in a hands-on way as an editor and in a supervisory role
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Strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of Times style or the ability to absorb and apply it quickly
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience managing direct and dotted line reports
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Experience with social video, and video-first platforms
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Passion for The New York Times mission and commitment to be part of our innovation and growth
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Additional Compensation and Benefits:
For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:
We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.
If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
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