Senior Editor, Visuals Features Editor

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Responsibilities
Produces video episodes, series, and other visual content for structure, tone, style, and journalistic integrity.
Serves as editorial, creative, and technical advisor for video producers and photographers.
Manages production for short-, med-, and long-term projects.
Mentors junior staff members.
Shoots, edits, and produces visual content for projects on a regular basis.
Shares responsibility with the Visuals team leadership for the success of the team's video and photo projects on all editorial platforms.
Offers active leadership in editorial meetings, pitching specific stories and themes/coverage areas.
Helps cultivate relationships with freelancers, and coordinates contracts with and payments when needed.
Contributes to planning and creating strategic efforts to effectively reach new and existing audiences on digital platforms.
Assists with futures planning, development of original projects, and strategic partnerships.
Effectively represents the interests and capabilities of NPR Video, photo, and visuals with colleagues across the company.
Consults on visual projects managed by other NPR teams, partners, and/or third parties.
Monitors video and/or photo portfolio for overall balance, variety of stories, and types of pieces.
Primary responsibility for coordinating high-risk and long-term assignments or photographing long-term/high-risk field assignments, where applicable.
Primary responsibility for producing visuals for special events and major projects, where applicable. Read more