Visual Projects Editor

Guardian News and Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks annual leave

Pension scheme + employer contribution

Private healthcare

Life cover

Income protection

Eye tests

Dental insurance

Volunteering days

Job summary

Guardian News and Media Limited in London seeks a senior visual projects editor to lead innovative visual journalism with graphical, interactive, multimedia or spatial focus.

You will report on, structure and edit visual stories, collaborate with reporters to conceptualise visual news, interrogate data for veracity, and push multi-platform formats.

The role is a full-time NUJ contract with a five-day week and a starting salary of £60,000, plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of editorial leadership on complex visual storytelling projects.

Responsibilities

• Report on, structure and edit visual stories, write engaging copy, and ensure that words and visual elements are intuitively integrated.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Data visualization

Storytelling

Front-end basics

UX awareness

OSINT familiarity

Team collaboration

Digital journalism

Mobile-first design

Data analysis (R)

Tools

Illustrator

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

R

Svelte

React

d3

Google Earth

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We're looking for a visual projects editor to lead the production of innovative, impactful visual journalism with a graphical, interactive, multimedia or spatial focus.

Here is a look at the team's wide-ranging and impactful work:

• Meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias
• London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl - visualised
• Nigel Farage and Count Binface: a visual guide to their electoral careers
• #ToddlerSkincare: the 'dark and exploitative' world of children's beauty videos on TikTok

This is a full-time, permanent NUJ contract on a five day week working pattern.

About the role

• Report on, structure and edit visual stories, write engaging copy, and ensure that words and visual elements are intuitively integrated
• Collaborate with reporters and editors to conceptualise visual news stories, drawing on knowledge of data visualisation and sharp skills in visual storytelling
• Interrogate datasets and other types of information for veracity, reliability and newsworthiness
• Explore emerging technologies and develop the technical skills required to advance the department's visual investigative and innovation capabilities
• Employ hands-on project management skills to lead working groups to produce visualisations, interactives and new formats
• Work with interactive journalists, developers, designers, data journalists and correspondents to push the bounds of what a news story can be in a multi-platform digital space
• Use your knowledge of the digital news ecosystem to ensure that visual projects are newsworthy, timely and clear
• Regularly contribute new ideas for visual and data stories, and articulate the value of telling these stories visually
• Keep abreast of the news agenda, emerging technologies and new storytelling techniques

About you

There are several different profiles that would be a good match for this role; we are not expecting a single candidate to have all of the skills/competencies listed below.

• Strong track record of providing editorial leadership and overarching guidance on complex visual storytelling projects
• Ideally you will have experience adapting data-driven visual journalism for different platforms and audiences, such as social video
• Experience editing/reporting data or mixed media stories (e.g.: graphics, postcode lookups, satellite imagery, video, audio, animation, 3D modelling)
• Experience analysing data, using tools such as R or similar
• Expertise in the development of interactive graphics, using libraries such as Svelte, React, d3 or similar (desirable)
• Experience creating mobile-first visual journalism with UX needs in mind
• Ability to storyboard visual articles, using Illustrator, Figma or similar (desirable)
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator (desirable)
• Experience working on teams that encompass a range of different skills
• Excellent creative project management and communication skills
• Literacy in data visualisation, with knowledge of approaches and techniques
• Front-end web development skills are an advantage, including Javascript, HTML, and CSS
• Experience analysing OSINT materials, using tools such as Google Earth or similar, is desirable
• Ideally, you'll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role

We actively encourage applications from candidates traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

The salary band for this role starts at £60,000, with the final offer determined by the successful candidate's skills, experience, and responsibilities.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 21st October 2026.

Benefits at the Guardian

You'll have six weeks of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.