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.
The New York Times Video department is a global leader in original news coverage, multimedia and investigative journalism. The Times’s work bears witness to world events, makes sense of complicated stories and reveals truths that hold the powerful to account. The Video department is looking for a Post Production Operations Specialist to help ensure the department’s technical workflows, resources, tools and technology for producing videos are efficient, up-to-date, and effective for the team’s growing ambitions. You will work closely with video journalists, producers and editors on a daily basis to troubleshoot operational and technical issues as they arise, train them on post-production systems, and assist adoption of new tools.
You are someone with expertise in the technical aspects of media production, a strong knack for problem solving, and experience in a high-pressure, fast-moving digital news video environment. You can work quickly to solve problems in the moment and keep productions moving, while also identifying the root cause and seeking permanent fixes. You need to be an effective communicator, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities at once and work with a wide array of team members. You can translate production problems into technical solutions, and to ensure that new tools or workflows address the highest priority technical gaps and advance our editorial strategy.
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This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $107,790.80 and $110,000.00.
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