Graphics, Multimedia Editor, Reporter Video

The Digital News Design group at The New York Times seeks a strong digital designer to work on videos that feature the expertise of our world class journalists. You’ll join our award-winning team of art directors, designers and visual journalists in the newsroom and work with reporters, editors and producers to craft digital assets and visual experiences for these videos.

You’ll cover a wide range of subjects including news and enterprise projects, with an eye towards social media platforms. The range of your responsibilities will include the needs and possibilities for typography, video, photography, audio, maps, information graphics and animations. In consultation with editors and other newsroom leaders, you’ll exercise journalistic judgment and visual creativity to innovate and ensure accuracy, clarity, and validity of the content presented. Design team members are expected not only to make exceptional contributions to our journalism, but also to engage with others to foster an environment of learning and constructive dialogue about our work.

This is a hybrid position based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities:

Make original designs and animations into compelling video storytelling.

Work collaboratively with video journalists, reporters and visual journalists in the newsroom to create tight, informative and engaging short-form vertical videos.

Work regularly and directly with the Graphics department — particularly the maps team – to ensure visuals meet the standards of the newsroom.

Convey visual story ideas and complex information in engaging video sequences and animation.

Be a pragmatic innovator whose solutions elicit responses that justify the effort and investment.

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 an assistant editor on Digital News Design.

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of digital design experience

Expertise with After Effects, designing for motion and animation is essential

Expertise with Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Creative Suite.

Strong portfolio of design work.

Solid understanding of layout, typography, and storytelling techniques

Ability to create visual presentations that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text

Experience working with animating maps and creating information graphics

Smart UX sensibility

Preferred Qualifications:

Enthusiasm for designing and making great animations and design for storytelling to cover current events for The New York Times

Able to make quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment.

Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team.

Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news and production environment

Willingness to work a flexible schedule

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $113,945.85 and $136,000.00.