At a glance
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Seoul, Korea
About the role
- We are looking for a senior editor to lead our visual journalism across Asia, driving the execution of new forms of storytelling and overseeing a team of graphics and multimedia journalists.
- This role is based in the Times’ Seoul newsroom and reports to the assistant international editor for visuals in New York.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with international editors to drive visual coverage of Asia.
- Coordinate, lead and edit the work of correspondents and visual journalists on visual stories.
- Serve as the leader of a small group of graphics/multimedia reporters focused on Asia, helping to create, design and edit multimedia coverage.
- In collaboration with the deputy International editor for visuals, plan and execute stories that use data analysis and visualization, photography, imagery analysis, open source investigation and other reporting techniques.
- Work with desk leaders to shape and execute our broader editorial strategy for visual journalism, including how we should work with partners in photo, video, graphics and news design.
- 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 assistant international editor for visuals.
Requirements
- Strong news judgment.
- Ability to identify and conceive ambitious stories, spot visual opportunities in reporting and develop them into a range of compelling visual forms.
- Skill pulling multiple visual disciplines together into multimedia projects, with an emphasis on visualization, explanatory visuals, digital design, use of video and other visual forms.
- A record of clear communication and strong collaboration with colleagues.
- The ability to write clearly, work on tight deadlines and edit to sharpen the relationship between visuals and copy.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams to create ambitious multimedia news stories, including interactive visuals, and help them develop as journalists.
- Strong portfolio in one or more of these areas: data visualization, mapping, explanatory writing, news illustration, digital design, interactive development and explanatory multimedia or video.
Workplace
- This is an in-office position based in Seoul.
- Includes regular attendance in the office four days each week.
