Deputy Director of Visual Journalism - Video

Deputy Director of Visual Journalism - Video

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Job Title

Deputy Director of Visual Journalism - Video

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Location

Downtown Dallas (TDMN) - Dallas, TX 75201 US (Primary)

Salary Grade

Job Type

Full-Time

Exemption Type

Exempt

Travel

Some Travel

The Dallas Morning News is seeking a collaborative, creative and detail-oriented editor to help turbocharge our newsroom’s visual reporting and multimedia storytelling.

The Deputy Director of Visual Journalism - Video will develop and execute a newsroom video strategy under the guidance of the director. This includes identifying beats and storylines that deserve video focus, and coordinating workflows across teams to ensure timely and impactful content.

This role will supervise a team of visual journalists, including a video producer, and manage the day-to-day video operation. It also involves editing breaking news and compelling quick-turn videos while balancing longer-term projects.

This position focuses primarily on video editing, but is also responsible for some photo team coaching and management. On occasion, this editor will manage the day-to-day operations of the visuals department, including the daily assignment schedule. The ideal candidate will also collaborate with our Audience team to produce social videos for platform-specific storytelling on Instagram, Tik Tok, You Tube and other emerging platforms.

The daily goal is to have the team produce interesting, entertaining, inspiring, gut-wrenching and timely videos. This includes videos and documentaries that elevate our presence on all of our platforms.

Having a collaborative mindset is key as you will work closely with your staff and editors across the newsroom.

Equally as important is having a strong commitment to leading with inclusiveness and diversity in our workplace and our coverage.

Our visuals team is focused on North Texas, but we do it all, from major league sports to severe weather, protests and everything in between.

You will report to the Director of Visual Journalism.

• Lead our newsroom video strategy
• Coach members of the visual staff to improve technical and video storytelling quality
• Establish, maintain and teach video best practices/workflows to the newsroom.
• Attend planning meetings to strengthen the value of video in our storytelling process
• Edit video from the visuals team and other sources
• Track emerging video technology and lead implementation
• Manage video production in our video studios, including podcasts and reporter standups
• On occasion, manage the day-to-day operations of the visuals department, including the daily assignment schedule
• Facilitate photo and video licensing requests
• Enforce newsroom deadlines to ensure production schedules are met
• Interpret and implement company and departmental policies to ensure adherence to management decisions
• Journalistic judgment, visual creativity, innovative thinking and attention to detail are important aspects of this work
• Manage with inclusiveness and with a strong emphasis on diversity within staffing and coverage.
• On occasion, you will be required to work nights and weekends.

• Experience in capturing and editing video.
• Five or more years of visual experience are required.
• Comprehensive understanding of photojournalism fundamentals and ethics.
• Full understanding of visual editing software (Adobe Creative Suite)
• Ability to speak and write in Spanish is a major plus for the successful candidate

• BFA in photography, photojournalism, or a related field.
• Valid driver's license and registered vehicle to travel to assignments.

With 2,500 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, including the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron., CT Insider, MySA and SFGATE, along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.

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