Creative Development Intern, Wirecutter (Digital Media)

Location: New York, NY

Base pay: $20 per hour

Company

hirify.global is a consumer journalism publisher within The New York Times Company, creating independent editorial content and multi-format commercial programs while protecting reader trust.

What you will do

• Maintain and organize the creative content opportunity database, including sponsorship packages, budget thresholds, and production lead times.
• Support RFP intake and pitch development by triaging briefs, preparing one-sheets, organizing ideation materials, and tracking response timelines.
• Support go-to-market planning through presentations, leadership updates, alignment meetings, and action-item tracking.
• Research brand sponsorship trends, competitor event activations, and emerging digital content formats such as social video, podcasts, and newsletters.
• Track post-sale campaigns, audit media plans, and coordinate asset handoffs across Creative Strategy, Design, and Ad Operations.
• Support and uphold journalistic independence and the mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Requirements

• Strong interest in the intersection of journalism, commerce, digital media, advertising, and publishing.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing data and workflows in Airtable, Google Workspace, and Slack.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex project statuses clearly and concisely.

Nice to have

• Creative thinking and awareness of developments in digital culture and society.
• Collaborative approach and enthusiasm for working across sales, editorial, product, and design teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of the importance of maintaining a strict firewall between commercial partnerships and independent newsroom reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the intersection of Revenue and Editorial while maintaining editorial independence and reader trust.
• Collaborate across Editorial, Product, Marketing, Sales, Creative Strategy, Design, and Ad Operations.
• The New York Times Company supports a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable accommodations are available as required by applicable law.

Hiring process

• Submit original work and do not use GenAI tools to generate substantive application or interview content.
• Engineering candidates will be informed which GenAI tools, if any, are permitted for technical assessments.