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Senior Editors for Visuals
Company | The Washington Post |
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Location | Washington, DC, USA |
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Salary | $154000 – $205300 |
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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 10 years of professional experience creating or overseeing visual journalism, including design, photo, graphics and data visualization.
- A deep understanding of tools and techniques used to create multimedia and data-driven storytelling.
- An eye for design and clarity in articulating design decisions, with a passion for creating reader-focused digital experiences.
- Experience organizing and editing journalists on deadline and handling multiple projects with overlapping timelines.
Responsibilities
- Lead visual-first news and projects for a content area.
- Work closely with the relevant department head, senior audience editors and assignment editors to identify opportunities.
- Serve as key collaborator with visual and data departments across the organization.
- Drive ambition and experimentation in all our work.
- Create opportunities for visual storytellers to gain new skills and grow.
- Train editors and reporters on creating immersive and alternative story forms.
- Be audience-centric, especially in looking for opportunities for personalization.
- Develop strategies to optimize workflows and tools.
- Ensure all visual teams are analyzing the same list of stories to optimize the strength of presentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- A knowledge of, or deep interest in the relevant department’s subject matter is preferred.
- A collaborative, entrepreneurial spirit.