Deputy Editor for Visuals and Data, The Upshot

About the role

The Upshot is a versatile, multidisciplinary team in the New York Times newsroom whose mission is to help our readers understand the news — and to find new ways to explain the world we're living in.

We're looking for a data-savvy visual editor who will work with the entire Upshot desk on projects ranging from short news stories to long-term enterprise to interactive applications.

Your role will involve both big-picture thinking and extreme attention to detail. Sometimes, you will edit an entire story or project from conception through publication. Other times, you'll lend a hand in making sure a visual element is precise and pixel-perfect. You're someone who can create new formats to communicate with audiences, and who also enjoys sweating the details on making an individual chart better.

You are an editor who can help reporters think through how to analyze a dataset. You should develop intuitive (and counterintuitive) ways to tell stories through charts, graphics, and other formats. You should refine visual elements, stories, and projects with meticulousness and rigor. You should dream up entirely new ways of doing journalism.

The Upshot has a wide remit. It is the home of cutting-edge data visualization, detailed policy analysis, Nate Cohn's newsletter and standalone destinations like Wordle Bot and Spelling Bee Buddy. It covers a wide range of topics, including politics, policy, health care, cities, culture, education, gender, climate and more. And it is powered by a collaborative group of journalists, including reporters with decades of experience and some of our best software developers and data visualizers.

Responsibilities

• Conceive, edit and publish stories that involve data-driven analysis, visual communication of data, and other forms of visual storytelling
• Find innovative ways to shape stories that combine text, charts, graphics, video, photography, reader interactivity and other multimedia
• Make our charts and graphics better, envision ways to communicate data that may not be immediately obvious, and refine these elements so they follow Upshot sensibility and Times style
• Explore the latest technologies for visual storytelling and how they can make our stories clearer or more engaging
• Help the Upshot expand in video
• Be comfortable editing text and shaping the narrative flow of stories
• Coach journalists to improve their visualization, design and data analysis skills
• Be part of the desk's leadership team, supporting everyone on the Upshot

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience producing or editing charts/graphics, data-driven journalism, visual journalism, interactive journalism, or similar
• Experience envisioning, editing and elevating data-driven visual journalism that enhances an audience's understanding with a high level of polish and attention to detail
• Fluency in visual software, including Adobe Illustrator or Figma
• Experience producing coverage on both breaking news and enterprise timelines