TPM is hiring a Design Fellow to work out of our New York City (midtown) office. This is a full-time, salaried program with a six month duration and the opportunity to become a permanent member of our publishing staff. You will help develop the look and feel of the site and collaborate with our sales team to deliver ad creatives for our sponsors.

Your role will be to improve our readers’ experience by designing elegant interfaces and to help our team develop a strong and consistent visual brand identity. Working with our sales team you’ll develop highly effective and compelling ad creatives (HTML5/CSS3/JS) to both improve the reader experience and drive revenue. In collaboration with our developers you'll help craft HTML markup and templates for our CMS and develop/maintain beautiful stylesheets. Above all you’ll work with us to solidify and shape TPM’s visual identity into something striking and distinct.

We are looking for a Digital Researcher responsible for providing research and creating archival content for consumer news and information websites. This position also participates in other research and content creation projects.

The role will be key in contributing relevant video content with fast turnaround and sound editorial selection. The right candidate is a dynamic and high performing team player who will thrive in a fast-paced news setting and a constantly evolving digital environment.

We are looking for a detailed oriented person with a strong editorial sense, excellent history background and good judgment in video content selection. He/she will have experience in digital media and video.

This individual will be expected to juggle and prioritize assigned projects and must be able to complete them on tight deadlines and be flexible. He or she will be an excellent team player capable of navigating new business practices and constantly evolving needs and priorities.

Core Duties / Responsibilities
• Constantly monitor news websites for topics ideas.
• Liaise with editorial team to suggest archival stories and collaborate on video selections.
• Conduct research including rights checks to find relevant archival video clips.
• Edit video segments and write caption and description for videos.
• Research, compile and organize archival content to create themed packages of licensable footage for re-use and monetization.
• Contribute to social media and marketing of videos posted.
• Keep accurate records of all research undertaken,videos produced and clearance/copyright checks and usage metrics.
• Provide thorough fact checking and provide accurate metadata.
• Participate in proactive research and other assigned projects as needed.
• Stay abreast of developments in online video, digital content offering and online news industry.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four year college or university required.
• Solid history or journalism background required.
• Strong interest in popular culture, current events, US & news, geography, etc.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work closely with editorial, research and tech teams.
• Practical knowledge of digital environment, film and video formats and delivery options and tools.
• Basic editing skills.
• Familiar with new uses of video, social media, digital platforms, etc.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, organized and ability to complete assignments on time.
• Must show initiative and be able to take the lead on assigned projects.

The assistant will support the host and producer of several WebTV series for a Danish Business channel equivalent to CNBC and Bloomberg. One of the programs is called Tech and The City and airs every 2 weeks. The assistants job will be helping with researching the topics, finding and inviting guests for the interviews and helping with the setup. There will be written content about the same topics.

Storyhunter is a platform that brings video journalists and publishers together. We’re ramping up our global coverage and looking for freelance video journalists and documentary filmmakers to produce character-driven stories, which are published by premier media companies like Al Jazeera, Fusion, MSN, PBS, ABC News and Newsweek.

As part of the global network, you'll have access to various assignments and editorial tools in Storyhunter's online platform created specifically for video journalists and documentary filmmakers.

We are seeking a part-time (10-15 hours a week) social media and content management intern. Depending on interest and skillset, there may be opportunities for growth into the business and/or the editorial side.

​The NYU Center for Data Science (CDS) ​ ​recently accepted its second cohort of students, who will begin the 2-year Master of Science in Data Science program in September 2014. In anticipation of the next application cycle deadline and as part of our marketing/recruitment tactics, we would like to update the content for cds.nyu.edu. more regularly. ​Thus, subject to budget approval, we would like​ to hire​ 1-2 journalism students to provide website content development assistance for approximately 10 hours/week (tentative) during the fall 2014 semester with potential to continue through spring 2015.

Responsibilities would include the following:

1) The hired individual(s) would be asked to attend CDS events, and then write news articles about the events. The write-ups might include a summary of the purpose of the event and 1-2 interviews with the featured speakers or event organizers. The hired individual(s) would post their articles our on site, and would be credited as the author(s).

2) The hired individual(s) may also be asked to research data science-related news and events in NYC, summarize the articles, and then link to the original stories. They would be credited for their summaries.

Hiring public relations professional to manage an aggressive public relations campaign. Excellent writing ability essential. Understanding of SEO/ Reverse SEO ideal.

Communication consultant

New York, New York, United States

Applications from seasoned advocacy and strategic communication specialists are being sought to join a roster of consultants to work on various projects within the Public Advocacy section in UNICEF’s Division of Communication. S/he will support global communication initiatives related to UNICEF’s priorities and mandate to serve all children, particularly the most vulnerable, which may include education and gender equality, health and child survival, child protection, the Millennium Development Goals, the post-2015 agenda and others.

The consultancy includes many of the following components:
• Develop and implement communication strategies, particularly around campaigns, including messaging, audience analysis, and material production for key priorities.
• Provide strategic communication expertise to the development and execution of key UNICEF’s global communication initiatives.
• Explore and recommend ways to enhance UNICEF’s advocacy, communication and outreach efforts on strategic priorities of the organization.
• Help coordinate activities related to the development and management of websites.
• Maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external colleagues.
• Interact with project managers, staff, team members and vendors as appropriate.
• Write, develop and edit content for communication materials, such as human interest stories, brochures, reports and messages.
• Provide monitoring and evaluation updates and reports as needed.
• Travel as needed.
• Other activities as assigned.
• May be requested to work on weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Assist the Director in the development and implementation of strategic communications plans as well as messaging for Demos’ programs, releases, events and other projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key media contacts covering Demos issue areas, as well as broadcast and cable television producers.
• Monitor news cycle as well as editorial calendars to identify opportunities for promoting Demos experts, research, and materials across all media.
• Provide media relations and outreach support for Demos’ programs, releases, and events.
• Lead the drafting, editing, and dissemination of press releases, statements and other media-focused materials including op-eds and editorial board memos.
• Oversee structure and maintenance of media database.
• Oversee comprehensive research on media landscape of Demos issue areas as well as departmental reporting on media coverage and impact.
• Assist Director in the development and implementation of departmental work plans and budget.
• Supervise and conduct annual evaluations for Communications Associate and Assistant.
• Manage production calendar.
• Work with the Director to integrate advocacy-focused media and social media outreach with overall communications strategy.
• Serve as communications liaison to work team coordinators and department heads.

Summary purpose of job

- This is a temporary, part-time (15-20 hour/week) position with The Economist Group’s Content Solutions unit
- The digital associate will support the distribution of content created through one of The Economist Group’s signature content marketing programs, GE Look ahead. Specifically, the digital associate will help to curate, frame, and populate the content in GE Look ahead’s multi-audience newsletter campaigns.

Key accountabilities

- Manage a database of GE Look ahead editorial and theme calendars
- Develop content for up to eight newsletters distributed throughout North America, Latin America, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe
- Develop customized social messaging to encourage sharing of the content featured in the newsletters
- Update basic html code daily in MailChimp newsletter templates
- Liaise with the GE Look ahead editorial team to develop newsletter-specific content
- Monitor daily newsletter results (open rates, click rates, subscribers, etc.) and be able to help the analytics team understand why certain content pieces performed well over a particular reporting period
- The digital associate will work closely with the GE Look ahead social media manager

Performance measures

The metrics against which the digital associate’s performance will be assessed include:
- Timely dissemination of the newsletters on a recurring basis
- Writing the content in the newsletters to high standards – typo-free, clearly communicated, and catchy.
- Maintenance of key newsletter metrics (i.e., open rates, click rates, etc.)
- Collegial relationships with other members of The Economist Group and GE Look ahead teams