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.
Job Description
About Us
The New York Times is one of the world’s most influential news organizations with 1,700 journalists, and subscribers in every country in the world. The Times is known for independence, accuracy, depth and authority, and produces award-winning journalism, breaking news coverage, opinion and commentary along with deep databases of content and rich multimedia presentations.
Marketing plays a key part in extending the journalistic legacy and mission of The Times into the future. Our job is to answer the question, “Why is quality journalism worth paying for?” We create award-winning marketing that demonstrates our mission, how we’re leading the journalism industry and all the ways our readers can subscribe. Above all, we strive to be timely, straightforward and relevant in our marketing — to prove how much we value our readers and subscribers.
About the Role
The video editor will work as part of our in-house creative team within the marketing department to develop and produce visual content for our marketing-led Instagram and TikTok platforms. You will imagine new ways to tell the stories that bring our desired messages to life.
You will have experience with what makes social content compelling and be a versatile creator with the ability to shot and edit video footage. You will combine photojournalism, video footage, illustration, graphics, text and sound into engaging video-first content. You will report to the Director of Social and Influencer Creative, Marketing.
What You'll Do:
Imagine and build engaging social videos in varying lengths and formats for Instagram and TikTok. These could range from repurposed pre-existing footage and projects to original production.
Partner with our social video team, strategists, writers and designers within our department and across the organization to help create video content at a level consistent with The Times’s standards to increase brand awareness and subscription growth
Uphold motion and video creative standards and social media best practices.
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.
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of experience creating content with an understanding of brand marketing
Portfolio required with examples of past social video work for TikTok or Instagram.
Proficiency in shooting and video editing, understanding the steps needed to ideate, shoot, edit and deliver content.
Proficiency with design tools such as the Adobe Suite and Figma.
Basic design and motion graphic skills (i.e. Adobe After Effects)
An understanding of mainstream, new and emerging social platforms and an interest in how brands should participate in an authentic way..
Attention to detail and ability to multitask
Preferred Qualifications
Solid editorial judgment and past newsroom experience
The annual base pay range for this role is between $110,000.00 and $118,000.00.
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