Visuals Operations Manager

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Job Category: Newspapers,Online | New Media,Publishing
Job ID: 73928
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 03.13.2026

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Visuals Operations Manager
Education Week, a nonprofit media organization that provides the most trusted news on K-12 American education, is seeking a Visuals Operations Manager, to join our Editorial team.
 
Job Summary
The Visuals Operations Manager (VOM) is a mid-level newsroom leader who is responsible for daily operations within the visuals team including photo and video assignments, overseeing the staff and contract video producers, as well as producing and shooting photo and/or video if necessary, and picture editing. This person will work closely with the managing editor of visuals and immersive experience (M.E., VEX) to ensure Education Week thinks visual-first on content, high-quality photography and video for all content on and off platforms including print and other products and projects, as well as virtual and live events.
 
The person in this role is a creative thinker with a passion for visual storytelling and a deep knowledge of visual journalism standards, a collaborative spirit, and strong organizational skills. The candidate should be a team player who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment across multiple teams in the newsroom, as well as juggling multiple deadlines, ranging from breaking news to enterprise. As the Visuals and Immersive Experience team works across the company, this individual will be key to ensuring VEX provides rich visuals and visual storytelling for Education Week, as well as Market Brief and Top School Jobs. With oversight by and direction from the M.E., VEX, the VOM also works collaboratively with the VEX deputy managing editor, the newsroom leadership team, and other editors.
 
The ideal candidate will work to support our mission—to help drive equitable educational opportunities and outcomes for all K-12 students—while embracing and executing the goals we set to sustain and grow the business. The ideal candidate will work closely with newsroom and company leaders to nurture our diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace environment, and to help ensure that our visuals content reflects those values.
 
This full-time hybrid position is based in Education Week's Bethesda, MD., office in the Washington D.C. metro area. Candidates must be able to work in the Bethesda, MD. office or willing to relocate will be considered. The starting salary range for this position is $70,900 - $90,000/year.

Job Requirements:

 
Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operation of VEX motion and stills, including assigning freelancers, managing a video producer and overseeing studio and equipment
• Deep knowledge of visual journalists in the field and/or resources, such as Diversify Photo or Women Photograph
• Identify, recruit, and retain a diverse talented pool of photographers, videographers and editors who understand our mission and can supply visual work that engage our readers
• Work with the Newsroom Finance team and VEX ME to help create the annual budget and provide oversight of that budget, including month-end closing, supplying additional financial reports
• Produce and execute photography and videography for multiple special events, in-person events and virtual gatherings • Coordinate assignments, and pitch, (video and photography) from ideation to completion, including communicating with story editors, the social team, and other newsroom staff; supporting and overseeing correspondence to freelancers, and ensuring all work adheres to design, production, and editorial standards
• Edit photos for on and off-platform and print
• Source and license images and video, and a deep understanding of photo/video research and of wire and archival photography and video
• Collaborate with the design team on execution of the product, and marketing on campaigns and product launches • Maintain high aesthetic and journalistic standards, ensuring that all visual content is compelling, relevant, and aligned with EdWeek standards
• Demonstrates 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 of K-12 education

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in visual journalism or other visuals-related communications degree with 5 years of related leadership and visual journalism experience in media-related field
• Strong visual journalist with extensive knowledge of photo and video technology
• Possess excellent news judgment, with an ability to recognize news to oversee and deliver assignments with speed and sound professional judgment
• Ability to provide visual storytelling guidance to other content teams by being able to conceptualize and deliver compelling visual work, and to articulate visual concepts and standards with clarity and confidence

 
About Education Week
We are principled. We are welcoming. We are passionate. We are expert.
 
Education Week’s parent company, Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), serves the nation’s leading K-12 policymakers, educators, researchers, marketers and other influencers with informed, independent, and highly respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K-12 education. Education Week (www.edweek.org), K-12 education news, analysis, and opinion, is a digital-first news operation that is dedicated to raising the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education.
 
Benefits
Education Week is a vibrant workplace that is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, MD. EdWeek is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.
 
We offer a competitive salary and a generous benefits package to include health, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans, holidays, paid time off, on-site amenities, tuition assistance, and more. We value innovation, leadership, and forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual, challenging work environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally.
 
Apply
Submit your resume at https://hcm.paycor.com/l/r/86F80B43 and please submit links to recent visual work, or to your portfolio. 

More information can be found at: https://edweek.org/careers
Education Week will not be able to sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.