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Photography Director – WSJ. Magazine and Style News
| Company | Dow Jones |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $145000 – $165000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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 Journal’s codes of conduct and overall Standards & Ethics rules are scrupulously met.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
