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Editor, Weekend Audience

The New York Times· Editing
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New York, NY$145k - $165kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Editor to lead weekend off-platform audience growth for The New York Times, focusing on weekend programming across flagship social accounts and search. Bridges tactical execution and high-level strategy, supervising a small team of off-platform editors during weekends and shaping journalism for different platforms to reach weekend audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Play a lead role in shaping our weekend social report off-platform. This will include leading the work of social editors to develop effective ways to share Times journalism off-platform, as well as helping to execute those strategies day to day and week to week
  • Conduct daily performance tracking and detailed analysis to identify immediate content opportunities and necessary optimizations.
  • Systematically translate complex changes and day-to-day observations into clear, timely, and actionable editorial SEO recommendations and best practices for various newsroom teams.
  • Help to lead our weekend report off-platform, ensuring that priorities are shared on key platforms where they are most likely to find audiences and helping to organize broader plans for signature enterprise stories and other priority projects.
  • Monitor on-site and off-platform conversations and signals for story ideas.
  • Developing, refining and upholding the voice of The Times on all of our off-platform channels, exhibiting excellent news judgment and audience-sensitive framing.
  • Interpreting data and signals to know what pieces are the right fit for what audiences both on and off our platforms.
  • Working with journalists in the newsroom on best social media and SEO practices, including framing pieces for specific audiences.
  • 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.
  • You will report to the Audience Deputy, Off-Platform.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in social media, SEO or digital journalism for a news organization
  • Excellent news and editorial judgment and exceptional editing skills
  • Proven track record of identifying real time coverage opportunities using internal data and external audience signals
  • Consistent record running social accounts and/or search optimization for major news outlets, both in a hands-on way as an editor and in a supervisory role
  • Strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of Times style or the ability to absorb and apply it quickly

Skills

Required:Social media managementSEOEditing

Benefits

  • For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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