Assistant Fashion Editor

About the role

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. This role is part of the Styles desk, which covers fashion news and culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead Styles’s Fashion News coverage
• Assign, first edit and shape several pieces per week
• Manage a team of reporters, including being the liaison for our newsletter
• Shape the fashion coverage on the desk, track news trends and ensure the right stories are covered and published on deadline
• Communicate with other desks when story ideas crash into each other
• Strategize with visual editors from a story or project’s inception to publication
• In consultation with the desk head and deputy, on news
• 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

Qualifications

• 10+ years in journalism with experience managing staff writers
• Expert story shaping and line editing skills
• Experience working on multi-platform formats

Basic Qualifications

• Expert story shaping and line editing skills
• Experience working on multi-platform formats

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $150,000 - $175,000 USD

Schedule

This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.