Deputy Director of Visuals

Date Posted	October 06, 2025
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Not Specified
Required Education	Bachelor's Degree
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	Negotiable

Description:

Deputy Visuals Editor, San Antonio Express-News

 The San Antonio Express-News has an immediate opening for an energetic, versatile, creative photo editor with a talent for producing top-quality work under the constant deadline pressure of today’s news business. In partnership with the Regional Director of Visuals, the Deputy Visuals Editor will help lead daily operations to generate informative and engaging photographs and videos that enhance the visual quality of our digital and print platforms.

What you will do:

• Work with talented photojournalists to make sure they are in the right place at the right time to succeed.
• Edit incoming visual content for quality, accuracy and relevance across platforms.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics for daily assignments and breaking news.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure high quality from the daily photo report.
• Manage and coach visual journalists. 
• Establish a tone and style for the photo and video coverage for the daily report.
• Generate daily and long-term story ideas.
• Build visual essays and other visual first narratives. 
• Teach visual literacy skills and best visual practices to the newsroom.
• Daily presentation of visuals in the afternoon budget meeting
• Some editing of video projects
• Creation of online galleries

What it will take to be successful:

• A strong online photo editing portfolio that demonstrates visual sophistication and excellence in digital and print presentation.
• Smart news judgment and story pitches.
• Sense of urgency and the ambition to win the 24/7 news cycle.
• Ability to work effectively under deadline pressure.
• Knowledge of the San Antonio area is preferred.
• Understanding of social media as a tool to effectively promote work, the work of colleagues and increase our digital footprint.
• Adherence to journalistic ethics.
• Knowledge of media law as it applies to photography.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with all levels of employees in the workplace.
• Working knowledge of photo software programs such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Photo Mechanic.
• A passion for journalism that elevates and motives others. 

Requirements: 

• This position will be scheduled for 40 hours per week.
• Some weekend, evening and holiday work will be required.
• A minimum of 5 years of photography experience with news organizations. 
• Previous supervisory experience is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, photography, video or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

About the San Antonio Express-News

The Express-News is the third-largest daily newspaper in Texas and the only daily in San Antonio. It serves a metro area of 2.5 million people. By one name or another, it traces its roots back to 1865. Over the past three years, the paper has reorganized to focus on digital journalism and substantially increased the audience for its subscriber website, ExpressNews.com. Over the same period, the Express-News has won a George Polk Award, two IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) Awards, and numerous regional and state journalism prizes.

It is part of Hearst, a diversified global media, services and information business. Hearst Newspaper Group includes the Express-News, the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Albany Times Union and other daily and weekly papers.

About Hearst Newspapers:

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP encompasses a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate. 

At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories – growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms – to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.  

To apply for the position, please send a cover letter, resume, references and an online portfolio (if possible) via email to Mr. Michel Fortier, Regional Director of Visuals, mfortier@express-news.net.