The New York Times has appointed Lucy Kunkel as Director, HR Policy & Employee Relations. Hanold Associates’ Adam Watson and Katrina Maione led the search for this role based in New York.
As Director, HR Policy & Employee Relations, Lucy will serve as a key leader of the Times’ HR Policy & Employee relations group and its new, more structured investigations process. Partnering closely with the Executive Director of the group, Lucy will focus on conducting investigations of employee concerns in the workplace and observing internal policies and practices, implementing recommendations and promoting resolutions from findings. Lucy previously served as a Manager, Global HR Compliance & Policy at Tiffany & Co., conducting HR audits and standing up a new global HR compliance function.
With more than 160 years of history, The New York Times is one of the most well-respected news sources in the world. The Times is home to the biggest and best properties in media including its iconic digital report and print newspaper, The Daily, Serial Productions and Wirecutter. The company serves a growing audience of over 130 million people around the world through an increasingly digital platform. The New York Times is publicly traded on the NYSE as NYT, and currently has 4,500 employees. In 2020, its revenues were $1.78 billion, with digital subscriptions overtaking print for the first time.
