Jessica Dimson, currently Deputy Director of Photography, has been promoted to Photo Director at The New York Times Magazine, replacing Kathy Ryan, who is stepping down.

Jessica will begin her role on 23 May and will be responsible for leading a staff of photo editors and hundreds of freelance photographers to produce vibrant, moving, distinctive, and world-class photojournalism and feature photography on a weekly basis. She'll also be an agent of change and will be helping influence a strong magazine sensibility on a wide range of brand-new digital formats.