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Assistant Animation Script Writer Jobs in Purchase, NY

Peritus

Front-end web developer

New York, NY

$113K - $132K/yr

... and animations using SASS, TypeScript, and HTML5. You will work in a team with the back-end ... scripts in Gulp or Webpack * Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions * Writing ...

Peritus

Front-end web developer (Remote)

New York, NY · Remote

$106K - $123K/yr

... and animations using SASS, TypeScript, and HTML5. You will work in a team with the back-end ... scripts in Gulp or Webpack * Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions * Writing ...

Peritus International

Front-end web developer

New York, NY · On-site +1

$113K - $132K/yr

... and animations using SASS, TypeScript, and HTML5. You will work in a team with the back-end ... scripts in Gulp or Webpack * Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions * Writing ...

Keckins Projects, Ltd

Be Seen First

Independent Film Production Company seeking an Assistant

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$17/hr

Begin as an administrative assistant for an award-winning Director/Writer/Producer with a chance to ... Track script changes during writers meetings * Provide helpful feedback on scripts, casting, and ...

Solve Intelligence, Inc

Motion Designer

New York, NY · On-site

$90K - $150K/yr

Work closely with our design, GTM, and product teams to bring scripts to life. * Partner with our ... Our fundamental motivation is to build a state-of-the-art AI product to assist humans in generating ...

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As of Jun 21, 2026, the average yearly pay for assistant animation script writer in Purchase, NY is $70,159.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $55,200.00 and $78,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Video Journalist, Reporter Video

Video Journalist, Reporter Video

The New York Times

New York, NY

Other

Posted 4 days ago

Job description

The New York Times is an industry leader in visual journalism with reporting that includes extraordinary news coverage, investigations, and culture and lifestyle reporting. The Reporter Video team identifies compelling stories and brings the depth and breadth of our news report onto our site and other platforms through video that features the expertise of our world-class journalists.

This is a role for someone who wants to produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos daily and is versatile enough to work on news, features, enterprise and investigative projects with colleagues across the newsroom. You have expertise in video storytelling, including video editing and writing for narration and social copy, as well as a sharp sense of the digital landscape.

Your portfolio and work samples should reveal a strong grasp of modern mobile video storytelling, and it should show that you're a quick learner with creative ideas and the ability to work on small or large teams. You are solid technically, ideas-oriented and have solid news judgment. Cinematography skills are an added asset. We're looking for someone who excels on deadlines and has experience juggling multiple projects at any given time.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City or Washington, D.C. and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Please note we have two positions with the following schedules and we are open to having one of these roles based in DC:

Tuesday - Saturday

Sunday - Thursday

Responsibilities:
  • Write, produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos every day.
  • Help to identify breaking news and enterprise across our news report and create video that features the expertise of our journalists, whether working with reporters on camera or using voiceover or visual storytelling techniques including graphics and animation.
  • Write scripts, wordsmith text and copy edit.
  • Experiment with various forms of short-form vertical video storytelling.
  • Collaborate with visual editors to generate video formats that bring our best journalism to new 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 a Senior Producer.
Basic Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of video storytelling, video editing and production experience at a news organization.
  • Excellent news judgment and proven ability to work with colleagues and reporters to synthesize newsgathering and/or investigations into a tight, informative and engaging video.
  • Experience producing shoots and interviewing experts on camera.
  • Experience creating original videos that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text.
  • Strong video editing skills with Adobe Premiere.
  • Facility in using photo, video, audio, graphics and animation in storytelling.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Able to meet deadlines and adapt to change within an unpredictable news and production environment
  • Design and animation skills including experience with design and animation software (Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects).
  • Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Available to work a flexible schedule.

Applications without links to video portfolios/work samples will not be considered.

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

REQ-018698

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