Art and Design Positions
Editorial Positions
Tech and Development Positions
–art & design–
Information Architect/User Experience Designer
Description: The IA develops, documents, and maintains the logical design and experiential foundation of the website and applications from a user-centric perspective and in accordance with industry best practices. Mid- to Senior-level position.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, urls, and salary requirements to editjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Information Architect ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Design Technologist
The Design Technologist is either a front-end web UI developer with strong visual aptitude or a designer with robust CSS and scripting abilities. This person plays a strong role in implementation of production CSS across the site as well as in developing design prototypes. Mid-level position.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, urls, and salary requirements to editjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Design Technologist ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Interaction Designer
The Interaction Designer is a web design and user-interface generalist with a strong typographic and compositional sensibility who will work with the rest of the design team on projects ranging from page templates and applications to one-off interactive features. Mid-level position.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, urls, and salary requirements to editjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Interaction Designer ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Freelance Web Video Contributors
We’re looking for videographers to contribute work on a project basis to our expanding library of video pieces. In addition to demonstrable filming and editing capabilities, candidates should have some web-specific video experience and generally be comfortable working without additional crew (sound/light). We’re looking primarily for individual shooter/editors, but will be happy to hear from smaller, creative production companies as well.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, urls, and day rate to editjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Videographer ” in the subject line. No calls please.
–editorial–
Neighborhood Producer
Description: New York Magazine’s Web team is looking for a producer-editor to oversee its Website’s local strategy. The producer will help package New York Magazine content for neighborhood audiences, aggregate content from other sources, write and edit neighborhood profiles, build slideshows, and develop editorial and video features. In addition, the producer will be responsible for producing two neighborhood newsletters each week and defining future neighborhood functionality and features. Must have prior experience working on a Website; strong writing and editing skill; and a passion for knowing what’s happening in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. Position is full-time.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, clips, and salary requirements to editjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Neighborhood Producer ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Topics Editor–Producer
Description:New York Magazine’s Web team is looking to hire an editor/producer with strong writing and organizational skills to launch a new feature of the Website. Topics—which may focus on personalities, institutions, destinations, or news stories—are made up of short profiles, article and blog archives, and other relevant on-site and off-site resources. The Topics editor will write, assign, and edit profiles for hundreds of New York personalities (chefs, artists, business leaders, politicians, etc.), institutions (the Yankees, City Opera, etc.), and other frequently covered topics on the site. In addition, the editor will help package information for Topics and keep them updated. Position is full-time.
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, clips, and salary requirements to editjobs@nymag.com. Put “Topics Editor ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Freelance Listings Writers
Description: New York Magazine’s Web team is looking for freelancers to write crisp, concise online listings (that run approximately 150 words) for the following sections: attractions, bars, stores, and restaurants. Applicants should have experience in writing short, snappy profiles and be able to capture the New York voice. Sample clips are required.
Pay: $50 per listing
To apply: E-mail a cover letter, résumé, and at least three short clips to nymjobs@nymag.com. Put “Freelance Listings Writer ” in the subject line. No calls please.
Internship
New York Magazine is no longer accepting applications for its summer 2007 editorial internship. The magazine’s Web team is accepting applications for its summer internship. Email jon_steinberg@nymag.com. NO PHONE CALLS.
–tech & development–
Senior Content Management Software Engineer
Description: New York Magazine is pursuing an aggressive Internet-expansion strategy and is seeking a seasoned software engineer with strong Perl skills to join its online-media team. The engineer will be developing and extending internal content-management systems, with responsibilities ranging from working with business leaders to define requirements to managing the launch process and many tasks in between. This is a challenging position requiring in-depth knowledge of LAMP technologies. The job is based in midtown Manhattan near Rockefeller Center. The engineer needs to be comfortable working in a fluid environment as well as handling a variety of assignments and technologies. We have a very sharp, passionate, and fast-moving development team that prides itself on technical excellence and innovation. People who are used to staid corporate environments or heads-down focusing on one thing will not be happy here; people who thrive on learning new technologies, defining their jobs, having a direct contribution to the success of the business, and thinking entrepreneurially will do well.
Overall responsibilities
* Designing and developing new applications or enhancements to our open-source content-management system (Krang) or blogging system (Movable Type)
* Helping to refine the technical architecture of the site
* Investigating new Web technologies and determining their role in the business
* Working with product-management team to identify promising new technologies and developing proofs-of-concept
* Serving as development lead on projects involving contract development teams
* Refining business requirements for new site features and working with editorial team to enhance site usability
Qualifications: This is a hands-on development position requiring the following:
* Expert-level proficiency in object-oriented Perl (minimum 5 years experience)
* Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, with heavy experience in object-oriented JavaScript development
* Expert-level proficiency developing mod_perl compliant applications, with extensive experience porting CGI applications to mod_perl preferred.
* Working knowledge with CGI::Application, Catalyst, or other MVC Perl development framework
* Active working knowledge of AJAX
* Experience with Python a strong plus
To apply: E-mail a résumé and cover letter to nymjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Content Management Engineer ” in the subject field. No calls please.
Release Manager
Description: New York Magazine is pursuing an aggressive Internet-expansion strategy and is seeking a release and software QA coordinator to join its online-media team. The coordinator needs to be comfortable working in a fluid environment as well as handling a variety of assignments and technologies. We have a very sharp, passionate, and fast-moving development team that prides itself on technical excellence and innovation. People who are used to staid corporate environments or heads-down focusing on one thing will not be happy here; people who thrive on learning new technologies, defining their jobs, having a direct contribution to the success of the business, and thinking entrepreneurially will do well. This individual will be a member of the technology team and will be responsible for overseeing the release management of technology assets for New York Magazine’s external Website (www.nymag.com). This person also will coordinate software-quality assurance for all releases. Responsibilities include developer support, revision-control management, application installations, software testing (scripted and manned), and assisting in the upkeep of internal documentation repositories. The ideal candidate is a highly organized individual with software-development and system-administration experience who will be able to manage, tag, and test software releases with varied release cycles.
Qualifications: This is a hands-on position requiring the following:
* 2–3 years of system-administration experience in an enterprise Linux environment (preferably a RedHat Enterprise Linux 4)
* 2–3 years experience in managing or executing software-quality-assurance processes
* 3–4 years of software-development experience in a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl) environment
* Experience with MySQL v.4.1 and v.5 is required. Exposure to database clustering a plus.
* Extensive experience with all aspects of the SDLC required, including methodologies such as iterative development, regression testing, and continuous integration
* Extensive experience working within an SVN revision-control environment, including heavy experience with tagging, branching, merging, and version reconciliation, as well as patch management
* Prior experience with developing automated nightly build processes a strong plus
* Prior experience with performance-testing tools such as JMeter
* Prior experience with authoring scripted testing tools and test harnesses for applications
* Experience with JIRA issue tracking a strong plus
* 2–3 years of technical writing experience
* Good CSS skills a big plus
To apply: E-mail a résumé and cover letter to nymjobs@nymag.com. Please put “Release Manager ” in the subject field. No