Head of Video

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial journalist to lead its global video team. From short-form digital video to streaming documentaries, you will serve as the senior news producer and champion of the newsroom’s original and essential video journalism. This masthead role, based in New York, is a member of the newsroom’s senior leadership team and reports directly to the Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s video department is a 24-hour news operation with video journalists in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Journal excels in the creation of news and specials; features, series and explainers; tech news and more, with work published on the Journal’s website, streaming platforms, YouTube, Twitter and other social media platforms. As the leader of this team, which we are expanding, you will build upon the department’s Emmy- and Pulitzer-winning achievements while bringing your own vision to the fore by steering future projects and developing new opportunities. On a daily basis, with the support of the video department’s leaders, you will set the team’s editorial agenda. You will also partner with commercial colleagues to fulfill our strategic growth objectives for video. You should be a seasoned journalist who brings extensive expertise in video and a demonstrated ability to lead large teams to produce high-quality journalism while achieving audience and growth targets, as well as being an experienced executive who can work collaboratively and appropriately with commercial colleagues.