Visuals Editor, KUT/KUTX, Moody College of Communication

Visuals Editor at KUT/KUTX/Texas Standard, working collaboratively across teams and within the Texas Newsroom network to develop visual stories aligned with the stations' public-media mission and style. This role connects people and ideas, mentors staff, and leads training in visual storytelling to produce compelling coverage of Central Texas and beyond.

About the role

A connector of people and ideas, this individual upholds and furthers KUT/KUTX's mission to cover varied communities in Central Texas and beyond. This mentor and passionate leader will drive training efforts in visual storytelling across the station and coach the multimedia team to produce compelling stories.

Responsibilities

• Develop new and innovative ways to tell visual stories consistent with KUT/KUTX's mission and style.
• Turn complex issues into compelling visual stories through photos, videos (short and long-form), galleries, and other visual content for KUT News, Texas Standard, and KUTX music.
• Plan coverage and assign work within the Multimedia team.
• Convey visual storytelling needs with both the visuals team and non-visual production colleagues to help solve problems.
• Collaborate with digital teams on the best way to present visual stories on KUT and KUTX digital platforms and social media.
• Follow trends and developments in social media in collaboration with audience editors.
• Actively participate in the news decision process at KUT News and Texas Standard.
• Plan visual coverage of Studio 1A live sessions, pop-up music sessions, music festivals, and other public-facing events for KUTX and NPR Music.
• Ensure all content produced by the multimedia team meets KUT/KUTX standards of accuracy, fairness, and balance, as well as station style.
• Actively incorporate varied perspectives and voices into the editorial process.
• Identify omissions in coverage and suggest ways to mitigate them.
• Develop an ongoing training program for staff and interns in photography basics, shooting video, online visual storytelling, and multimedia best practices.
• Coach staff in innovative ways to tell visual stories.
• Work with programming, membership, development, and other departments to provide assets showcasing the station's work.
• Maintain the visual archive.

Requirements

• Seven years of experience as a photojournalist, videographer, or multimedia producer, including at least five within a news organization.
• Experience in photographic coverage of daily and spot news, in-depth features, music, and culture stories.
• Ability to produce content on tight deadlines.
• Ability to research story ideas, schedule and conduct interviews, and shoot compelling photos and videos.
• Experience covering live events, including multi-camera production work.
• Experience livestreaming.
• Knowledge of high-quality video capture and mastery of video-editing software.
• Knowledge and experience shooting with multiple cameras and formats.
• Mastery of Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and/or equivalent software.
• Experience with social media and audience engagement.
• Experience with multimedia training or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in production of multi-camera music videos.
• Experience with editorial decision-making within a news organization.
• Ability to speak Spanish.

Pay

Salary range: $69,800 - $85,000.

Working Conditions

Standard office conditions.