Temporary Staff Editor, Home Team

Responsibilities

• Master the production tools and workflows for our home screen(s)
• Handle fast-moving breaking news presentations with accuracy, quality and speed
• Write lively and compelling summaries, headlines and captions consistent with Times style
• Workshop and send push notifications and targeted emails
• Collaborate with product teams to provide insights and feedback about the tools and platforms used to produce and showcase our report
• 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 a deputy editor on the Home team

Requirements

• Three or more years of experience as a digital news editor, working with audience data to inform programming decisions, including evaluating story performance, weighing reader interest and assessing the strategies and performance of our competitors
• Excellence in news judgment, audience-sensitive framing and writing mechanics
• Ability to quickly and cleanly execute changes to the layout and order of our platforms while showing creativity and initiative in presentation and framing
• Working well under pressure, setting priorities among many tasks and keeping up with the demands of multiple editors and supervisors
• Sensitivity to visual design and user experience
• B.A. or B.S. degree
• Prior experience working with visual design and user experience
• #LI-Hybrid
• This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.
• REQ-020206
• The hourly rate of base pay for this role is:
• $62.61 - $63.19 USD
• For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
• 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.
• The New York Times

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Additional Information

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. A key goal for The Times is to increase reader engagement by improving the experience of connecting with Times journalism, particularly on our home screens. The Home team is at the heart of these engagement efforts in the newsroom, and we are seeking editors who are passionate about achieving that goal. Home editors are responsible for the programming and presentation of our own digital platforms, in support of our strategic goals. You will stay abreast of breaking news and recalibrate our presentation. You will also review the quality and tone of what we publish to ensure that Times standards are met and that our content is properly promoted. This is a temporary position with an expected duration of 6 months. This is a hybrid position based in our New York City or DC offices, and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance. The scheduled hours are 12-8 p.m., Sunday - Thursday with flexibility needed to support our global team schedule.

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