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Assistant Editor, Visuals

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Hybrid (Seoul, Korea)full-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Senior editor to lead visual journalism across Asia, driving new storytelling forms and overseeing graphics and multimedia reporters. Based in Seoul, collaborating with international editors and local Seoul team to expand visual reporting and editorial strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with international editors to drive visual coverage of Asia.
  • Coordinate, lead and edit the work of correspondents and visual journalists on visual stories.
  • Serve as the leader of a small group of graphics/multimedia reporters focused on Asia, helping to create, design and edit multimedia coverage.
  • In collaboration with the deputy International editor for visuals, plan and execute stories that use data analysis and visualization, photography, imagery analysis, open source investigation and other reporting techniques.
  • Work with desk leaders to shape and execute our broader editorial strategy for visual journalism, including how we should work with partners in photo, video, graphics and news design.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • Strong news judgment.
  • Ability to identify and conceive ambitious stories, spot visual opportunities in reporting and develop them into a range of compelling visual forms.
  • Skill pulling multiple visual disciplines together into multimedia projects, with an emphasis on visualization, explanatory visuals, digital design, use of video and other visual forms.
  • A record of clear communication and strong collaboration with colleagues.
  • The ability to write clearly, work on tight deadlines and edit to sharpen the relationship between visuals and copy.

Skills

Required:News judgmentMultimedia project leadershipEditorial writing and editing
Nice to have:Visualization and data visualization

Benefits

  • For roles outside the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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