We’re Hiring A Senior Editor For Interactives

FiveThirtyEight is searching for a considerate, energetic and bold Senior Editor for Interactives to assist lead our interactive and visible journalism. Underneath the route of the Deputy Editor, who heads the Interactives and Graphics group, the Senior Editor for Interactives will handle a subset of the Interactives group and its initiatives. This can be a high-impact, interdisciplinary position that will mix components of individuals administration, undertaking administration and editorial management. Given the expansive nature of this place, we anticipate tailoring this job to the abilities and pursuits of whomever we rent. The best candidate can be somebody who derives deep satisfaction from main others to do their greatest work.

The Senior Editor for Interactives will report back to the Deputy Editor and work intently with different senior editors to handle the movement of our work. This full-time position with advantages is a U.S.-based place. Our places of work are in New York, however full-time distant work could also be thought of. When you have questions, please electronic mail Deputy Editor Chris Groskopf. To use, please submit a canopy letter and résumé by the Disney Careers portal.

Duties:

• Managing 2-4 members of the Interactives group by offering common suggestions and mentoring and creating structured alternatives for development.
• Managing 1-3 concurrent initiatives, together with coordinating kickoffs, check-ins, and retrospectives; monitoring duties; and speaking with different editors and the copy desk.
• Sustaining a “no surprises” customary for managing each individuals and initiatives, guaranteeing that each one stakeholders, together with the Deputy Editor, all the time know the place issues stand.
• Managing a nimble design and growth course of that adapts to altering circumstances, notably with deadlines.
• Partnering with the Deputy Editor on all facets of managing the Interactives group, together with growing group insurance policies, making assignments and setting technique.
• Representing the Interactives group in key conversations, equivalent to with stakeholders at ABC Information and Disney.

Fundamental {Qualifications}:

• Expertise in no less than two of the next areas:
  • Managing individuals
  • Managing software program initiatives
  • Modifying interactive and visible journalism

• A practical understanding of web-development applied sciences, together with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• The flexibility to prioritize amongst many sorts of duties and the self-awareness to know when it’s higher to say no reasonably than tackle an excessive amount of.
• The flexibility to diplomatically negotiate and attain compromises amongst many stakeholders who could typically have conflicting pursuits.
• Kindness.

Most well-liked {Qualifications}:

• A strong understanding of U.S. politics, notably electoral politics, and/or main U.S. sports activities.
• Fluency in fundamental statistics.
• Fluency in no less than one programming language, ideally JavaScript.
• Prior expertise making use of product-design methods related to massive journalism initiatives, equivalent to person analysis, fast prototyping or person testing.
• Prior expertise as a Technical Venture Supervisor or Product Supervisor.

ABC Information and FiveThirtyEight are equal-opportunity employers. Candidates will obtain consideration for employment with out regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, age, nationwide origin, sexual orientation, gender id, incapacity or protected veteran standing.