Senior Manager, External Communications, Business

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

Note for US based roles: Any offer of employment is contingent on providing proof of Covid-19 vaccination prior to your start date, subject to approved medical and/or religious exemptions, in accordance with applicable law.

Mission or Department Overview & Responsibilities:

• Create and implement communications plans that raise the profile of our business.
• Partner with leaders in Technology, Growth, Product, Marketing and Advertising to help them to determine what they need to communicate with the outside world, give them advice, and support their efforts to champion our messages.
• Partner with the Executive Director of External Communications on promotion for the Athletic, focusing on market positioning across advertising, tech, product and design industry media.
• Monitor and share outcomes to find successes, milestones and unique stories to share publicly to amplify the value of the Times.
• Pitch trade and consumer stories for Times projects, product launches, and business endeavors.
• Serve as an external communications contact and media spokesperson for business-side departments of The New York Times.
• Work with the Culture and Communications team, and Marketing, to make sure synchronized messaging, campaigns, and strategies are in place.
• Provide support for business-side storytelling of other standalone products, including Games and Audio, as needed.
• Write press releases, blog posts and statements.
• Manage thought-leadership opportunities for business-side executives and secure, advise and approve all business-side employees on speaking engagements including reviewing public-facing presentations.

Basic Qualifications

• Eight to ten years of experience in a communications role
• Ability to learn, synthesize, and accurately disseminate information.
• Proven media relations experience and results
• Good project management skills
• Collaborative and able to work with a variety of teams and subject-matter experts.
• Experience working with a wide range of digital and technology media outlets
• Belief in the value of independent journalism to people and society as a whole, as well as the growing business that supports it.
• Attentive to details

Preferred Qualifications

• Lead and developed crisis response plans
• Experience leading responses to press inquiries
• Prior experience evaluating and reporting on the performance of public relations efforts and results of function-specific PR strategies.
• Experience managing external PR firms

The rate of base pay for this role is between $60.00 and $70.00 per hour.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

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