Chicago Sun-Times Careers & Internships

Thanks for your interest in working at the Chicago Sun-Times. We’re determined to listen to — and engage with — the hard-working people of Chicago to bring them news coverage that matters. We are a results-driven team looking for people who can make an impact. If you are creative, hard-working, talented and eager to build a new kind of media company for our city, we’d like to hear from you!

Please apply for one position only. You will be considered for any other opening in which your qualifications fit the job requirements.

Advertising

Senior Account Executive

We are looking for someone with product sales experience with a proven track record of building customer relationships and optimizing sales goals to join our advertising sales team. Learn more about this position.

Editorial

Managing Editor, News

In partnership with the Executive Editor, we are looking for an innovative leader who can guide coverage in one of the most exciting and diverse metropolitan areas in America. The Managing Editor would run day-to-day coverage of news, sports, features and investigations as well as plan and coordinate coverage across our digital, print and wire editions. Learn more about this position.

Director of Strategy and Operations

We are looking for a Director of Strategy and Operations who can be part of a newsroom in one of the most exciting and diverse metropolitan areas in America. We are looking for a leader who can plan and collaborate across the newsroom and larger organization, bringing order, inclusivity, and nimbleness to everything we do. Learn more about this position.

Business Editor

We are looking for an innovative leader who can guide local business, work, and money coverage in one of the most exciting and diverse metropolitan areas in America. The Business Editor would guide the day-to-day coverage of a small team and plan and coordinate coverage across our digital, print, and wire editions.  Learn more about this position.

Interactives Editor

Chicago Public Media is seeking an Interactives Editor to join CPM’s growing data journalism team. The editor will work on a team with news editors, reporters, data journalists, and developers to conceptualize, assign and help produce interactive digital stories for the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ. The ideal candidate is an experienced journalist with a background in web development and project management who can guide journalists to produce visually compelling stories. Learn more about this position.

General Assignment Reporter

We are seeking an experienced General Assignment Reporter to join our growing newsroom. The General Assignment Reporter will provide breaking and trending news and feature coverage for and about the Chicago metropolitan area. The ideal candidate will be someone who can quickly discern facts from a political news conference or a crime scene as well as write with a fun, engaging voice on cultural trends. You may also be asked to provide multimedia elements for the stories you report. Learn more about this position.

Newsroom internships

The Chicago Sun-Times offers a paid, full-time summer reporting internship to a college junior, senior or recent college graduate who is a person of color. Additionally, the Sun-Times offers unpaid newsroom internships for the spring and fall semesters on the following desks: news, photos, audience/social media and sports. Learn more about this position.

Marketing

Director of Marketing

The Chicago Sun-Times is looking for a Director of Marketing to help us grow our reach, revenue, and impact as a nonprofit news organization. We’re looking for someone who is excited to grow the audience for our independent, local journalism in ways that support long-term sustainability. This means bringing in new readers online and in print, driving user engagement along the path to conversion, and growing awareness about our organization’s brand, history, and future ambitions, locally and nationally. Learn more about this position.