Midweight Designer

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a middleweight designer to join their award-winning Visual Storytelling team. This creative role involves crafting engaging visual stories across digital, print, and motion formats, while collaborating with a diverse team of professionals. The position offers a dynamic work environment that values innovation and creativity, allowing you to push boundaries and bring journalism to life in visually impactful ways. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this opportunity provides a supportive atmosphere where your passion for design and storytelling can thrive.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Medical Cover

Parental Leave

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loans

Qualifications

• Strong graphic design and illustration aesthetic with an outstanding portfolio.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Creating visual stories in an innovative and highly creative manner.
• Collaborating with designers and editors to bring stories to life.

Skills

Graphic Design

Illustration

Adobe Creative Suite

Motion Graphics

Team Collaboration

Storytelling

Tools

Adobe Animate

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Sketch

Job description

The Telegraph is seeking a middleweight designer to join our award-winning Visual Storytelling team. This in-house creative team works across digital, print, and motion, collaborating directly with editorial stakeholders and a newsroom of over journalists. Our goal is to present award-winning journalism in an accessible and engaging manner, pushing creative boundaries daily while staying true to The Telegraph brand. Our work is produced daily, with occasional weekly briefs.

Key responsibilities

1. Creating visual stories in an innovative and highly creative manner
2. Meeting fast-paced deadlines on edition-based products
3. Collaborating with Infographic Designers, Video Editors, Editors, Developers, and Journalists to brainstorm and storyboard short stories for daily topics
4. Working closely with other designers to bring stories to life in a concise, visually impactful format
5. Developing industry-leading approaches in collaboration with the Art Director across various formats
6. Maintaining good communication across departments

Essential skills

1. Outstanding portfolio of projects
2. Strong graphic design and illustration aesthetic
3. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Animate, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Sketch
4. Open-minded and receptive to innovation and iteration
5. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
6. Interest in current affairs and storytelling
7. Energetic with a passion for experimentation
8. Understanding of motion graphics

Additional information

The Telegraph offers a dynamic, demanding, yet rewarding work environment with benefits supporting a healthy work-life balance, including flexible working, medical cover, parental leave, life assurance, and season ticket loans.

Training and inclusion

Support from managers and colleagues is complemented by access to training through The Academy. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, reflecting a wide range of skills, perspectives, and backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, welcoming candidates from all backgrounds and providing support for applicants with disabilities or health conditions. For more information, please visit our website regarding Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.