The New York Times Creative Development Intern at Wirecutter supporting pre-sale and post-sale operations. Assist with managing creative content, pitching sponsorships, and tracking campaigns.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a detail-oriented, collaborative, and innovative Creative Development Intern to help support our growing pre-sale and post-sale operations. In this role, you will work closely with Creative & Business Development leads to organize incoming commercial briefs, maintain our concept library, assist in pitching high-impact sponsorships, and track cross-functional execution across Editorial, Product, Marketing, and Sales.
This is an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in media strategy, commercial publishing, ad operations, or creative strategy at a major digital publisher.
Concept Library & Database Management: Assist in maintaining and organizing our internal database of creative content opportunities, cataloging pre-approved editorial sponsorship packages, budget thresholds, and production lead times.
RFP Intake & Pitch Support: Help triage incoming RFPs from top-tier brand partners. Assist in drafting pitch one-sheets, organizing ideation materials, and tracking response timelines.
Go to Market Planning Support: Support weekly and monthly cross-functional alignment meetings by helping update presentations, leadership updates and logging action items across newsroom and commercial teams.
Competitive & Market Research: Conduct industry research on brand sponsorship trends, competitor event activations, and emerging digital content formats (social video, podcast integrations, newsletter sponsorships) to inform new commercial packages.
Post-Sale Campaign Tracking: Support the post-sale handoff process by creating partnership tracking documents, auditing media plans, and organizing asset handoffs between Creative Strategy, Design, and Ad Ops.
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Qualification
Interest in Digital Media & AdvertisingExceptional OrganizationClear CommunicationCreative ThinkerCollaborative MindsetRespect for Editorial IntegrityCandidate Use of GenAI ToolsIf you’re an engineering candidate
Required
Interest in Digital Media & Advertising: Strong interest in how journalism, commerce, and digital publishing intersect.
Exceptional Organization: Highly organized with strong attention to detail; comfortable managing data and workflows in Airtable, Google Workspace, and Slack.
Clear Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to summarize complex project statuses clearly and concisely.
Preferred
Creative Thinker: You enjoy thinking creatively, have a pulse on what's happening in culture both digitally and in society at large.
Collaborative Mindset: Enthusiastic about working across diverse teams (sales, editorial, product, design) in a fast-paced environment.
Respect for Editorial Integrity: Understanding of the importance of maintaining a strict firewall between commercial partnerships and independent newsroom reviews.
The hourly rate of base pay for this role is:
Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:
We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.
If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.