Staff Photo Editor, Business

The role

A Photo Editor will conceptualize, assign, and edit photography and video for the Business report. This role involves working with staff and freelance photographers to create visual stories for multiple platforms.

What you will do

• Conceive, pitch, develop, edit, pace and build visual stories
• Maintain photography and multimedia assigning for all platforms
• Identify, vet and onboard new contributing photojournalists
• Collaborate with writers, reporters, editors and photographers
• Work with editors and legal department on vetting, copyright and ethical questions
• Coordinate with Business desk editors and security team for photographer safety
• Maintain and meet the desk photo budget and process invoices
• Attend photo department meetings to report visual priorities

Required qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a newsroom or equivalent
• Experience assigning and directing photojournalists in a variety of situations
• Proven deep research skills
• Expertise in handling electronic images, photographic usage and copyright issues
• Proficiency in digital tools and programs including content management systems, Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, video editing tools and social media platforms

Nice to have

• Enthusiasm for visual journalism and current events
• Keen news judgment and a firm sense of journalistic ethics
• Strong organizational, communication and collaborative abilities
• Knowledge of Adobe Premiere is a plus
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects in fast-moving environments
• The initiative to take on and learn new technologies and tasks
• Openness to working a flexible schedule as news demands
• Experience making quick decisions under deadlines in a high-pressure news environment

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• Company-matching 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs

Before you apply

• Submit a portfolio with examples of work that you have assigned and/or edited along with your CV
• Do not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process

About the company

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.