Photo & Graphics Editor, Opinion
Photo & Graphics Editor, Opinion
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$ 85000 - 105000
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Job Description:
About the Team:
The WSJ Opinion section has long served as a forum for intelligent values-driven commentary dedicated to advocating a consistent philosophy that can be summed up as free markets free people. While we aim to persuade every word we publish is the product of rigorous reporting research and debate. WSJ Opinion offers sharp original analysis and strong points of view on the news of the day. This position will play a key role in the presentation of opinion arts and books content and will support the daily operation of the sections visuals team.
About the Role:
The Wall Street Journal Opinion section is looking for a New York-based photo and graphics editor to join our visuals team as a photo editor. The photo editor will be responsible for the digital and print presentations of our teams content including photo research and editing. Our content requires bold digital display on mobile and desktop platforms and a thoughtful approach to print requirements. The ideal candidate will possess a strong eye for visual storytelling across various mediums including mobile desktop and print with a particular focus on aligning visuals with the unique tone and nuanced perspective of Opinions content ensuring that the visual elements not only complement the inherent arguments but also enhance the intended message and resonate deeply with the target audience. Additionally this role will involve research and selection of images for the Journals Arts in Review coverage and our Book Reviews section. A strong understanding and interest in fine arts culture and history and a capacity to select thoughtful vibrant and creative images to illustrate these varied reviews is ideal. This person would be expected to maintain a strong and dynamic quality of photography to produce photo-illustrations and collaborate on data visualization.
This is an opportunity to collaborate with world-class editors and writers and work closely with the other members of our small dedicated visuals team to produce the best presentations for our Opinion teams analysis reviews and features. Were looking for a collaborative team player with a proactive positive can do attitude a strong work ethic and demonstrated experience in digital-first visual storytelling. This person should be an effective communicator who is excited about partnering with experienced colleagues across Opinions teams. This position will be based in our New York office.
You Will:
- Maintain a strong and dynamic quality of photography and potentially some photo-illustration.
- Produce breaking news research and images in a fast-paced environment.
- Tell a story visually and translate visually an articles thesis to match the tone harmoniously.
- Help reporters and editors understand best practices for visual storytelling.
- Collaborate with the social media team on compelling visuals.
- Collaborate on data visualizations and infographics
- Negotiate license agreements and have a keen understanding of copyright laws.
- Conduct detailed photo research.
You Have:
- 5 years of photo and graphics editing experience
- Comfortable working with visuals for multiple mediums including mobile desktop and print.
- Strong creative photographic research and story production.
- Solid background in news and features photo research photojournalism.
- Expert proficiency in visual tools like Adobe InDesign Illustrator and Photoshop; proficiency in CMS tools like WordPress; fluency in Acrobat G Suite Microsoft Word and Excel. Experience with EidosMedias Methode publishing system (plus).
- Experience with fine art and stock photography houses/libraries and navigating them quickly and efficiently.
- Experience with wire images.
- Experience negotiating license agreements and an understanding of copyright law
- Ability and eagerness to work on digital-first visual storytelling.
- A passion for journalism and excellent news judgment.
- Flexibility to work with both Macintosh and PC operating systems.
- Initiative to take on and learn new tasks in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience with data visualization/chart making is a plus.
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with WSJ Opinions content and its free markets free people philosophy.
Our Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plans
Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
Education Benefits
Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Family Care Benefits
Commuter Transit Program
Subscription Discounts
Employee Referral Program
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Editorial/JournalismUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range: $85000 - $105000We 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..Employment Type
Full-Time
