Journo Jobs

The New York Times seeks a writer, brand & experience

The Writer, Brand and Experience, is an important contributor to our in-house marketing team, tasked with communicating the range of our offering and the value of a Times subscription. You will report to a Senior Writer. As a Writer on the team, you will be expected to deliver exceptional messaging and world-class copy that is attention-grabbing and incisive while always being on brand and on brief. You will work with in-house marketers and designers to bring campaigns and marketing initiatives to life. You will also work cross-functionally with the product and product design teams to deliver high-quality UX writing on digital surfaces. We will look to you to bring a novel approach to copy that stands apart.

What You’ll Do:

Daily, as a Writer, Brand and Experience, you will write for two key areas of marketing: UX and subscriber experiences. For UX writing, you will work with marketers and product designers to ensure that key spaces in the Times’ digital product—landing pages, paywalls, in-app messages, etc.—showcase the best combination of smart and impactful copy all while conforming to our brand standards. You will work quickly, jumping from project to project as the product team’s sprint schedule dictates. For subscriber experiences, you will focus on communicating the value of The Times to our subscribers. This means creating and delivering thoughtful copy that showcases The New York Times in full and our subscription benefits, including our extensive audio offering, our slate of newsletters and our ever-evolving array of new product features. You will speak to subscribers throughout their journey, from those who just decided to subscribe to our most tenured cohorts, always finding something new and insightful to say about the Times and continuously reminding them about the value of their subscription.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver clean, creative, effective and smart copy, on time and on brief.
  • Be a dependable and trustworthy teammate to graphic designers, product designers and marketers, engaging frequently in group collaborations and discussions always with the aim of producing better work.
  • Take a proactive approach to skill development. Immerse yourself in Times style until you become an expert; seek mentorship within the writing team and the company to always be improving as a writer.
  • Stay up-to-date on the latest in Times journalism across all of our products and offerings.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience writing UX and engagement-oriented copy across all channels, including and especially all digital surfaces, email and display.
  • Experience working with a DTC subscription brand.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Impeccable writing skills with the ability to express ideas clearly, succinctly and compellingly.
  • Belief in the value of journalism; we hope you enjoy reading, watching and listening to journalism, and have curiosity and excitement about the work and our company.
  • Expertise and deep understanding of trends in advertising, branding and media, and culture.

The annual base pay range for this role is between $90,000.00 and $105,000.00.

For more details click here.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

8 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

8 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

8 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

8 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

9 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

9 hours ago