Graphics/Multimedia Editor Applied TechnologyNew

New York Times • New York, NY

269d • $111,711 - $160,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It's why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for. The Graphics department at The New York Times is looking for an expert in technologies like computer vision, machine learning and cloud-based data analysis to engineer new approaches for reporting and storytelling. You will work with designers, developers, cartographers, reporters and editors to unearth new stories that are not possible with traditional reporting methods and to create new tools for visual and data storytelling. Your work will help the department produce new and creative approaches to visual journalism, and will enhance the team's workflows and tooling used to report and create stories. You will pursue both proven and novel engineering methods to find storytelling solutions and will make journalistic and visual decisions to ensure the highest levels of accuracy and clarity in your work. This technologist's work will integrate a range of reporting and engineering methods and disciplines. Your primary charge will be to anticipate and respond to news events and patterns in our news coverage through computational solutions and original software. You will keep up with emerging technologies and methods, and bring that knowledge to bear on the department's coverage.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience
• Expertise in some of these engineering approaches, with an interest to learn more of the following: machine learning, computer vision, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, image analysis, statistical analysis

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with web development, including JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• A pragmatic innovator whose solutions elicit responses that justify the effort and investment
• Interest in news coverage and in learning from other journalists
• Interest in visual and interactive design
• Experience collaborating to solve technical challenges
• Experience meeting deadlines and adapting to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment
• Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to The New York Times mission and values

Responsibilities

• Use machine learning and computer vision to scale and accelerate visual and data reporting to find new stories
• Perform large-scale data analysis using cloud computing
• Create novel geospatial and remote sensing solutions to process and analyze large quantities of imagery
• Uphold the standards of independence, accuracy, fairness and clarity expected of all Times journalists
• Remain current on cutting edge techniques in machine learning and computational analysis, and help judge when it is appropriate for The Times to implement them
• Be a collaborative domain expert and teacher in the newsroom for cutting edge engineering methods
• Maintain documentation and repositories for technical workflows
• Maintain and foster relationships with technical sources

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• paid_holidays
• paid_volunteer_time
• flexible_scheduling
• professional_development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries