Job Details

Overview

The California Post will open a brand-new newsroom in Los Angeles, bringing The New York Post's DNA of powerful, agenda-setting journalism to the West Coast. The California Post will be a bold, fearless voice for common sense across print and digital platforms, with The Page Six brand offering entertainment coverage and a strong sports and tech emphasis to reflect the city's landscape.

As part of its expansion into Los Angeles, The California Post is seeking a Photo Director to oversee all visual storytelling across print and digital platforms. Reporting directly to the Editor-in-Chief, the Photo Director will lead a California team responsible for delivering bold, innovative visuals across both print and digital platforms.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong newsroom background, sharp creative instincts, and proven leadership skills to ensure our visual storytelling consistently engages and resonates with audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Photo department, overseeing photo coverage across both print and digital platforms.
• Lead, manage, and mentor the photo team, setting and upholding the highest standards of visual journalism.
• Oversee photo coverage across breaking news, features, investigations, and enterprise projects, assigning photographers and providing clear editorial and creative direction to ensure visuals align with priorities.
• Collaborate closely with editors, reporters, and senior leadership to ensure photography enhances and elevates storytelling.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with photo agencies and freelance photographers, negotiating rates and securing access to top-quality visuals.
• Drive innovation in photojournalism, exploring new approaches to visual storytelling across digital and print.
• Oversee photo selection, editing, and production to ensure accuracy, speed, and editorial integrity.
• Prioritize and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high editorial standards.

Requirements

• At least 8-10 years newsroom experience, with a solid background in editing, leadership, and staff development.
• Proven ability to manage photography teams in the field, coordinating assignments and ensuring comprehensive coverage of major news events.
• Strong experience working with photo agencies and freelance photographers, including negotiating rates and contracts.
• Deep knowledge of photo editing processes, technical standards, and best practices for both digital and print.
• Strong news judgment with the ability to balance breaking news demands with long-term visual projects.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and related photo editing tools, and deep familiarity with newsroom publishing systems.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to coach and mentor staff.
• Ability to thrive in a high-pressure newsroom environment, with flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Note: This role will be based in our central Los Angeles office and requires regular onsite presence.

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range: $125,000 – $150,000

In addition to compensation, the company provides eligible employees a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including “elective” benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

Equity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunity employer, The New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship.

Brand and Reach

OUR BRANDS: Include The New York Post, Page Six, Decider.com, and Alexa. OUR REACH: We are one of the largest growing digital networks with a broad social footprint across major platforms. OUR PEOPLE: A diverse, creative, and passionate team. OUR GROWTH: A multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, social, podcast, app, and more, including Post Sports+.

We're growing. Come join us!

Equal Opportunity Employer