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The New York Times is looking for an experienced, imaginative editor to lead a culture show hosted by Wesley Morris as it strengthens its podcast video format. This role is fundamentally about partnership: working closely with Wesley and the team to translate his critical voice, instincts, and curiosity into a show that feels as engaging on screen as it is intellectually sharp.

The show can approach culture in a number of forms, from tightly argued critic's essays that are also personal, incisive, and deeply reported to looser, more conversational exchanges with fellow critics, artists, and cultural figures. The editor will play a key role in refining this format, ensuring that each episode feels cohesive, dynamic, and visually compelling while showcasing the distinct voice and authority that define Wesley's work.

You are both a rigorous editor and an active, generative collaborator - someone who can challenge, sharpen, and expand ideas in real time while maintaining a deep respect for the host's voice. You'll serve as a key sounding board, identifying what's most interesting, surprising, or resonant in a given topic and how best to build an episode around it. You'll also lead a multidisciplinary team through production. You'll be responsible for shaping scripts, overseeing episode development, and managing the editorial process from pitch to final cut. This includes guiding producers and video editors, and helping translate complex cultural criticism into a format that thrives on screen. We're looking for someone with strong instincts, sharp taste, and the leadership skills to bring out the best in a team while pushing the show to evolve in ambitious and surprising ways.

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

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an editorial partner to Wesley Morris, shaping episode ideas, refining arguments, and helping translate his voice and sensibility into a compelling video experience.
• Lead the editorial process from pitch through final cut, including story development, scripting, structural editing, and post-production feedback.
• Partner with Magazine and Shows leadership to iteratively develop and refine the show's format, ensuring it reaches its highest potential in structure, flow, and audience impact.
• Develop and implement a video focused production workflow that supports storytelling, including scripting for visuals, integrating graphics and archival material, and optimizing pacing for on-screen audiences.
• Collaborate with producers, video editors, and Shows and Magazine leadership to ensure editorial clarity, creative ambition, and high production quality across every episode.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team, setting clear expectations, providing feedback, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Work with Magazine leadership to integrate the show into the Magazine's editorial plans, voice and design, helping the show grow into a recurring, highimpact Magazine franchise
• Partner with audience, analytics, and platform teams to understand viewer and listener behavior and refine the show's format, distribution, and growth strategy.
• Help define and uphold the show's visual language - from how the show looks in the studio to how clips appear in feeds - in collaboration with department leadership and design partners.
• Work cross-functionally with other newsroom desks and teams to identify opportunities for collaboration, guest booking, and editorial alignment.
• Maintain a strong, consistent editorial voice while pushing the show to evolve creatively and reach new audiences.
• Oversee production timelines and workflows, ensuring deadlines are met without compromising quality or ambition.
• 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 Editor, Newsroom Audio.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in audio and video production and editing, including managing souptonuts production of longform, conversational shows.
• Experience in longform cultural coverage and conversational formats, ideally with a strong relationship to criticism, essays or deeply reported cultural storytelling.
• Deep familiarity with vertical video platforms and the changing social media landscape
• Familiarity with digital storytelling formats
• Experience working with talent
• Highly skilled at every aspect of editing - from structuring episodes and pacing to line editing and shaping host conversations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a weekly publishing cadence and in managing teams under deadline.
• Experience managing teams, including setting expectations, giving feedback and supporting people's growth.
• Proven ability to foster an inclusive, diverse and innovative environment, both onair and within the team.
• Knowledge of YouTube and social video strategy, or a demonstrated ability to learn and apply platform best practices in partnership with audience and video colleagues.
• Experience in Adobe Premiere is a plus
• Deep interest in culture, art and pop culture and in how those stories intersect with politics, identity and everyday life.
• Belief in The New York Times's mission and a strong commitment to journalistic independence, fairness and accuracy.

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