Senior Visual Data Journalist & Interactive Graphics

News Corp; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Gym discount

Bike scheme

Electric car scheme

Book discounts

Parental leave

Pension plan

Training access

Holiday 30 days

Job summary

The Sun is seeking a Visual Data Journalist - Interactive & Graphics Specialist on a 6-month fixed-term contract based in London. You will lead high-impact visual storytelling, building interactive features from data analysis to front-end execution, bridging the newsdesk and technical teams.

You will design dynamic quizzes, map-based graphics, and geo data features, collaborating with senior editors to turn complex datasets into engaging, tabloid-style narratives for online readers.

Qualifications

• Proficient in HTML, CSS and JavaScript with modern visualization frameworks.
• Strong Python or R data-wrangling and data analysis skills.
• Experience translating data into engaging, tabloid-style visual narratives.
• UX/UI design with responsive, accessible, mobile-first principles.
• Experience querying SQL or consuming REST APIs to drive graphics.

Responsibilities

• Pitch, design, code, and deploy standalone digital features.
• Collaborate with editors to identify lead visual packages.
• Analyze datasets to extract bold leads and hooks.
• Work with Core Tech to design scalable data models and pipelines.
• Pitch data-driven stories and turn around rapid visual assets.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS

Data visualization

Python

R

News judgment

UX/UI design

SQL/REST APIs

Tools

D3.js

Svelte

React

Leaflet/Mapbox

Job description

The Sun is seeking a Visual Data Journalist - Interactive & Graphics Specialist on a 6-month fixed-term contract based in London. You will lead high-impact visual storytelling, building interactive features from data analysis to front-end execution, bridging the newsdesk and technical teams.

You will design dynamic quizzes, map-based graphics, and geo data features, collaborating with senior editors to turn complex datasets into engaging, tabloid-style narratives for online readers.