Job Description

Job Description

Times Opinion is looking for an experienced, creative editor to lead and champion the department's special projects.

We are looking for a news-focused editor, but one who can see through the clutter to find what's truly interesting. You can think big for enterprise pieces, the kind of reported commentary that inspires the conversation and can stretch across multiple formats to find new ways to get the point across with text, visuals and audio. You have close and extensive ties to writers, and know what's happening before everyone else does.

We are looking for someone with sound editorial judgment and management skills, who can, directly and indirectly, guide a team of editors and contributing writers to produce path-breaking work. You know the difference between provocation and a good argument; and can handle tricky situations with diplomacy and finesse. You are committed to representing different points of view and to mentoring and developing staff members. As part of the editorial leadership of Times Opinion, you 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 Include:

* Conceiving, commissioning and editing each week's marquee Opinion journalism. These will often occupy the cover of the Sunday Review, but not exclusively. The priority is building distinct digital experiences.

* Anticipating and reacting to the news with smart, forward thinking assigning to staff and outside writers

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

* Expertly managing the production of ambitious packages that requires coordinating workflow across copy editing, fact checking and contributions from design, graphics, photo, video and audience teams

* Coordinating with the audience editors to maximize the reach and influence of the work

* Maintaining a long-term schedule of enterprise projects

* Convening a regular meeting and process to solicit pitches from inside and outside the department, including from vertical editors, staff writers, columnists, and regular contributors

* Managing editors and writers, as their coach and advocate, which includes annual performance reviews, managing schedules and long-term goals, recruiting new talent and managing the career development of existing staff

Requirements:

* At least 5 years of experience managing journalists in a digital or daily publication

* At least 5 years of experience working with and editing staff or contributing writers

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.