Photography Director, WSJ. Magazine and Style News
Photography Director, WSJ. Magazine and Style News
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$ 145000 - 165000
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Job Description:
Photography Director WSJ. Magazine & Style News in New York NY
WSJ. Magazine and The Wall Street Journals Style section are seeking a dynamic and experienced Photography Director to lead an award-winning photo team helping shape WSJ. Magazines visual identity across all contexts and platforms.
WSJ. Magazine and Style blend deep reporting intelligent wit and good taste to create compulsively readable stories analysis and features on the subjects of style entertainment celebrity society lifestyle and the arts. Photographically style and magazine content at The Journal takes many formsreported articles celebrity profiles photo essays fashion editorials social media events and more.
The ideal candidate is an expert visual storyteller with a deep understanding of the print and digital design process; of photography video and print production; and of the best of what social and newsletters extensions can offer visually and creatively. They will thrive in a fast-paced but warm highly collegial environment and be ready to push a strong brand forward with infectious energy and enthusiasm. They will have a unique and irreverent eye for exciting new collaborators and industry trends experience managing a detailed budget and be a dynamic motivator manager and mentor to staff.
This is a full-time position based in our New York office and reporting to the magazines Head of Creative.
You will:
Deliver energetic and relevant photographic direction for WSJ. Magazine and Journal style editorial across all channels including digital social and our flagship print edition.
Directly lead and manage the photo team supervising and managing the entire production lifecycle for photo content.
Conceptually develop and drive pitches for visual content for all platforms from Instagram Stories to an 12-page print portfolio with a discerning eye for what works best in each context.
As a leader foster a supportive environment for the Photo Team that encourages creativity learning and development.
Have excellent communication and diplomacy skills to work with artists celebrity talent internal commercial teams and many other high-profile stakeholders on multi-month projects.
Work closely with external production partners to ensure shoot costs are kept in line with budget.
When applicable travel to shoots or other major creative events providing leadership on set and ensuring each project is captured with excellence to meet WSJ. goals.
Help create visually compelling materials for new projects and pitch presentations (talent references conceptual outlines moodboards etc.) and understand how to be visually persuasive.
Ensure the top-tier execution and ethical standards of WSJ. Magazine and the wider Wall Street Journal are consistently met: that work is of impeccable quality across all platforms and that The Journals codes of conduct and overall Standards & Ethics rules are scrupulously met.
You have:
At least 7 to 10 years relevant experience photo-directing at a creative media brand or similar and an ambitious portfolio of outstanding work.
Strong skills as a manager and a proven track record of motivating teams and fostering new talent as well as working collaboratively across departments to produce results.
Excellent time-management and prioritization skills deploying people and resources to meet a variety of goals across different deadlines and juggling shoot logistics for productions taking place all over the world.
Meticulous budget management experience.
An audience-first and platform-agnostic mind.
Exciting clearly articulated creative taste and strong visual sensibility
Passion and creativity for telling stories on digital platforms in innovative ways and a desire to constantly push the creative envelope. Strong relationships with photographers illustrators artists that you bring to the table.
To apply please submit your resume a cover letter explaining how you would approach the job and a link to a portfolio of your relevant work. If necessary include a very brief description of the role you played in each example.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
Dow Jones - News - WSJJob Category:
Creative & DesignUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range: $145000 - $165000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
