Deputy Editorial Director, Games

Job Description

The New York Times is seeking a Deputy Editorial Director to support its games subscription business. This role involves executing strategies to engage with solvers and constructors of games and puzzles. The position is remote-friendly and based in New York City.

The Deputy Editorial Director will manage a team and help shape products. The New York Times Crossword is a brand, with a 76-year history. In recent years, the company has expanded its puzzle offering into new games.

The role involves working with a team of community managers, writers, and editors to identify where to best reach existing and potential audiences and develop a way to communicate with them. The Deputy Editorial Director will work across all games and Gameplay, the vertical for helping solvers of the crossword and Spelling Bee.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of five, including writers, editors and community managers.
• Develop, implement and oversee efficient Gameplay content production processes.
• Help develop the Gameplay strategy.
• Identify spaces where we should reach potential and existing audiences for our puzzles and help create a strategy.
• Continue to develop our existing social media platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram.
• Run production for our two flagship newsletters, Gameplay and Easy Mode.
• Conduct hiring for community and gameplay vertical and participate in hiring discussions for puzzles.
• Handle top level edits and strategic editing for stories and newsletters to guide content quality.
• Ideate and assign content developed to engage our puzzle community and audience, such as our Puzzle Personality Quiz.
• Help filter feedback from audiences on social media and comments for potential action items and implement solutions.
• Supervise and participate in moderation shifts on community forums to ensure adherence to our forum engagement strategy.
• 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.

Requirements:

• 7+ years working with social media, communications, reporting or engagement in a consumer-facing field such as entertainment, media, or games.
• Basic experience with web production, and basic knowledge of web tools and interfaces.
• Basic knowledge of journalism ethics and standards.
• Experience creating communications for online audiences.
• Proficiency with major social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
• Proficiency with social media analytics tools.

The New York Times offers:

• Opportunity to shape products.
• Remote friendly position.