Voice of San Diego seeks a Multimedia Journalist with an eye for powerful visual storytelling. The Multimedia Journalist will serve as the visual lead for the organization. That includes taking quality images to accompany our reporting, and separately working on their own short-term and long-term photo essays. This person would not be limited to photo essays for storytelling; they would also use social media posts, graphics and video.

The Multimedia Journalist will work closely with the Managing Editor, Daily News and news staff to supplement VOSD stories. They would also collaborate with the Director of Marketing on social media posts and activities.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience shooting breaking news, portrait and landscape photography. This person must know how to write descriptive and accurate captions.
• Is a self-starter who can find interesting photo essay ideas and follow topics related to our reporting to help our readers better understand the region.
• Is comfortable and passionate about using social media platforms to engage, inform and educate our audience.
• Writes clearly and has strong spelling, punctuation and AP Style knowledge.

Voice of San Diego has been a pioneering investigative, nonprofit news organization for 17 years. Our writers have the freedom and responsibility to tackle the biggest issues we encounter. We believe San Diego is strong enough to face its most uncomfortable and intractable problems. But we also seek to educate, enlighten and entertain readers who care about San Diego’s future and seek an excellent and just government.

See our Guidelines for New Reporters for more about our unique approach.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Shoot photos for daily stories and long-term projects
• Produce short-term and long-term photo essays
• Edit photos and write captions
• Shoot and edit video
• Create graphics and charts for news stories
• Coordinate and assist with VOSD’s social media accounts and audience engagement tools
• Publish Voice of San Diego content on social media and voiceofsandiego.org
• Maintain media archive
• Serve as back-up for show production, social media management, etc.
• Consult on creative aspects of new products and projects, fundraising campaigns, and branded visual media
• Other duties as assigned

Compensation is commensurate with experience. Minimum salary is $60,000. Compensation includes health, life, and disability insurance plus a 401k savings plan and company match.

To apply, submit your resume, cover letter and work samples (portfolio of photos, videos and other related materials) to VOSD_HR@voiceofsandiego.org. Thank you.

 EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications or a related/equivalent degree; or experience producing multimedia at a news organization.
• Experience producing work for digital platforms in a fast paced, daily newsroom.

SKILLS:

• Visual storytelling
• Social media competency and management
• Proficiency in Adobe products for creating and manipulating media, such as, but not limited to:
• Photoshop
• Premiere Pro
• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Audition
• Keep up with current multimedia journalism standards and practices
• Maintain photo archive, provide photos for news and operations projects to ensure high standards
• Manage, distribute and upload media to media management systems, including desktop and external hard drives, cloud-based drives, media asset managers, content management systems