Lead Visual News Editor — Data, Interactives & Storytelling

Guardian News & Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Six weeks annual leave + 5 days option

Volunteer days

Season ticket loans

Dental insurance

Job summary

The Guardian is seeking a visual projects editor to lead innovative visual journalism with a graphical, interactive, multimedia or spatial focus. You will report on, structure and edit visual stories, ensuring words and visuals are tightly integrated.

Collaborate with reporters, editors and developers to push the boundaries of news storytelling across a multi-platform digital space, applying data visualisation and front-end skills. Salary starts at £60,000.

Qualifications

• Proven editorial leadership on complex visual storytelling projects.
• Experience adapting data-driven journalism for multiple platforms.
• Ability to edit and report data or mixed-media stories (graphics, visuals, video).
• Experience analysing data using tools such as R or similar.

Responsibilities

• Report on, structure and edit visual stories; write engaging copy; integrate text and visuals.
• Collaborate with reporters, editors, developers and designers to conceive visual news stories.
• Interrogate datasets for veracity, reliability and newsworthiness.
• Lead projects producing visuals, interactives and new formats.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Data visualisation

Front-end storytelling

Collaboration

OSINT analysis

Illustrator/Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

React/d3

Mobile-first design

Education

Degree in journalism/visual storytelling

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Figma

R

Google Earth

d3

Svelte

Job description

The Guardian is seeking a visual projects editor to lead innovative visual journalism with a graphical, interactive, multimedia or spatial focus. You will report on, structure and edit visual stories, ensuring words and visuals are tightly integrated.

Collaborate with reporters, editors and developers to push the boundaries of news storytelling across a multi-platform digital space, applying data visualisation and front-end skills. Salary starts at £60,000.