Senior News Assistant

The New York Times is looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented person to join our Newsroom Operations team as a senior news assistant on our Culture desk, working closely with film and audience editors on many department functions.

Senior News Assistants are responsible for a variety of clerical tasks across all platforms. While reporting and rewriting shall not be a general requirement of the work of a Senior News Assistant, any employee so classified may be required to perform such work in limited amounts for no additional compensation.

In addition, Senior News Assistants may be called upon to help ensure the smooth administrative operation of the newsroom by performing a variety of tasks including all functions contained in the job description for News Assistants.

While reporting and rewriting shall not be a general requirement of the work of a Senior News Assistant, one may be required to do so as needed as part of this role.

This position will be based in New York and is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

Responsibilities:

Maintain film and audience documents

Pitch to the homepage and main social teams as stories publish

Schedule tweets in SocialFlow

Pitch weekend social priorities

Produce and edit Queue burst

Produce reviews in Scoop and Oak

Produce the Watching newsletter

Coordinate with freelance critics after reviews are assigned

Various proofreading and fact-checking duties

Basic Qualifications:

3+ years’ experience

Ability to drive projects forward

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience dealing with detail and confidential and private concerns

You can work and keep an optimistic attitude, while maintaining a keen sense of urgency

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of training and experience

Impeccable organizational and time management skills; ability to multitask, prioritize and work under deadline pressure

Ability to work with all levels of management and staff and manage the needs of a team of 100+ employees and leaders

Able to research resources, troubleshoot and solve problems

Be accessible after hours or on weekends when breaking news demands

Professional judgment with respect to detail and confidentiality is a must

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $77,808.68 and $78,000.00.