Audience Editor, Magazine

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

We are looking for an editor to join the newsroom Audience team and partner with The New York Times Magazine to reach new readers and deepen our engagement with existing readers.

This editor will work with the desk’s senior editors to inform coverage decisions, suggesting timely stories as well as evergreen topics that speak to reader interest, with an eye toward framing. You will help maximize distribution through developing and executing on audience plans, which will include search strategies, social programming, newsletters and notifications. And you will track data for the desk, using analytical skills to provide context and recommendations to the editors and helping them build on audience successes. 

The ideal candidate is creative, communicative, organized as well as an omnivorous reader with a passion for Magazine journalism. You should thrive in an ambitious and highly collaborative environment.

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

Responsibilities:

• Bring the Magazine’s work alive by contributing to headline workshops.

• Interpret data and signals to shape how we present stories both on and off our platforms; deliver actionable daily, weekly and monthly reports for the desk.

• Partner with the newsroom audience analytics team on deep and actionable analysis.

• Produce the weekly Magazine newsletters; grow the Magazine’s newsletter audience, and deepen engagement.

• Optimize stories for search; identify trending topics and competitive trends, along with coverage and new format opportunities.

• Identify coverage and format opportunities that will draw in new readers, in particular those who do not currently look to The New York Times as a regular news source.

• Contribute to regular audience performance updates, including but not limited to morning audience notes, monthly masthead presentations and quarterly and annual audience reports to company leadership. 

• Write social copy, analyze our presence and strategy on existing platforms, and evaluate opportunities and potentially launch new accounts on social platforms.

• Liaise with the main search, social, community, home, notifications and newsletter teams.  

• 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 the Audience Deputy, Strategy, Operations and Data

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in digital journalism

• 4+ years of experience with all mainstream and some new social channels

• Experience looking at and interpreting data 

• Knowledge of the search landscape and the ability to spot trends 

• Experience writing in an engaging, smart tone that feels native to social media and still consistent with the values of independent journalism

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with visual/design tools

• Familiarity with video editing and production 

• Knowledge of the competitive Magazine landscape

• Skill at bridging specialties, including reporting, editing, product, analytics, design and user research

• A willingness to collaborate, and the ability to partner with colleagues across the newsroom, the strategy, product, data and marketing teams, and beyond

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $120,000.00 and $135,000.00.

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.

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The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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