Editorial Director New York, United States

Editorial Illustration is needed in New York, United States.

The T Brand Studio is a fast-growing team of energetic writers, journalists, editors, videographers, designers and developers creating branded content across all of The New York Times’ advertiser verticals. The Editorial Director’s responsibilities are to lead editorial production for multiple branded content projects, including: conducting research, developing and managing freelance editorial resources, leading client meetings, and brainstorming, writing and/or editing branded content.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITY

• Manage a team of editors who are responsible for creating and executing high quality branded content and supporting material, such as social headlines and ad copy
• Lead the collaboration with other teams — including pre-sales, sales, legal, video, design, development, social media, product, etc. — to ensure optimal execution of all team deliverables
• Represent the edit team in the roll-out and development of new processes, products and business extensions as the studio continues to grow
• Oversee editorial excellence, in terms of creativity of ideas, polish of prose, and finish of final copy
• Collaborate with creative services team on oversight of programs such as story mining and white-label projects
• Oversee and maintain reporting and legal standards in the edit realm
• Topical familiarity with trends and topics of concern in key verticals including energy, finance, tech, automotive, healthcare, CPG, travel, luxury/fashion, etc.
• Assign, oversee, execute and/or edit primary- and secondary-source reporting and writing for T Brand Studio projects
• Develop forward-thinking branded content concepts for multiple verticals including: automotive, consumer/luxury goods, entertainment, financial services, travel and/or technology
• Lead client meetings to present editorial findings, content concepts and deliverables
• Co-manage a growing network of freelance and in-house writers, editors and related contributors.
• Numeracy desired, namely the ability to research and assess data to create visualizations, quizzes and other interactive experiences
• Other preferred skills: copy editing; Adobe creative suite (basic familiarity or better); office applications (Google’s G Suite, Word, Excel); editorial workflow systems

OTHER SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• BA, BS and/or MA, MS in communications or journalism
• 10+ years reporting and/or editing experience; five or more years management experience
• Experience in digital media workflows and technology
• Demonstrated ability to work face-to-face with corporate clients and their advertising agencies
• Experience in working in collaborative sales processes
• Knowledge of the social media and branded-content landscape
• Familiarity with interactive experiences: data visualizations, quizzes, maps, etc
• Familiarity with research methods such as polling and study design
• Ability to work in collaborative environment
• Avid consumer of all types media
• Thick skin, a great sense of humor, an appetite for unexpected opportunities
• A passion for The New York Times

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local “Fair Chance” laws.

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Hire a freelancer

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Day rate

What’s your day rate budget range?
150-250 (Industry average)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off for the work?
Yes

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

Do you have a project specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me