Senior Staff Editor, NYT Cooking_

**The** **mission (ytco.com/company/mission-and-values/)** **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.****Job Description**The New York Times is looking for a recipe editor to join NYT Cooking, our fast-growing, industry-leading recipe product, which has more than a million subscribers and approximately 20,000 recipes. You will focus on editing our recipes and related instructional cooking content, shepherding them from the idea stage all the way to publication. You have excellent recipe and story editing skills and culinary knowledge and line editing skills. You are an expert on how recipes are developed and you can develop and contribute ideas. You will also be able to work well on a collaborative team.You will report to the Deputy Editor of our Cooking team. It is a hybrid role based in the New York City office.**What you’ll do:**+ You will identify, develop, and edit recipes and headnotes for accuracy, clarity, context and New York Times style.+ Identify and edit service-driven stories about cooking for culinary accuracy, clarity and New York Times style.+ You will make assignments, and oversee the work of recipe developers, testers, reporters and fellow editors to produce outstanding recipes that work and taste delicious.+ Participate in brainstorming meetings, and produce ideas for recipes and related instructional content for a digital audience.+ Produce, review, tag and publish recipes and related content in our CMS.+ Train testers, recipe developers and editors in Times style and practices.+ Help organize and keep track of recipes in AirTable and our CMS throughout the entire workflow.+ Gather recipes into collections on NYT Cooking, and update those collections on an ongoing basis.+ Determine when recipes need to be updated to meet audience needs and to align with changes to the app and product.+ Update existing cooking instructional content to align with changes to the app and product.**Basic Requirements:**+ Experience working in a test kitchen.+ Minimum 8 years of experience as a recipe editor for a newsroom or other publication.+ Copy-editing experience+ Strong digital skills**Preferred Requirements:**+ Superb editorial judgment and attention to detail. You should be meticulous in your work.+ Exceptional organization and communication skills.+ Strong digital skills in working with our CMS and other platforms and to adapt to changes in technology.+ Flexibility and willingness to pitch in when needed on various tasks to accomplish shared goals.+ A commitment to the team and working in a collaborative environment.+ Experience with cooking and the mission of The New York Times.This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.The annual base pay salary for this role is between $122,529.16 and $125,000.00.**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.****The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. 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