Senior Visuals Developer, CNN

Warner Bros. Discovery; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 79,800 - 148,199; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and sick time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery is looking for a Senior Developer in New York, NY to join CNN’s Visuals team. The role demands a creative thinker to develop interactive graphics and visual stories across various storytelling formats. Ideal candidates should have at least 7 years of experience and a strong portfolio showcasing technical execution.

Your expertise in tools like WebGL and Three.js will help create engaging digital experiences that deepen audience understanding. The company offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in interactive development or visual journalism.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating technical execution and audience-centered thinking.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks and Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop interactive graphics and digital experiences for journalism.
• Collaborate with team members to identify storytelling approaches.
• Create engaging experiences using 3D models and photogrammetry.

Skills

Interactive development

Visual journalism

3D modeling

Responsive design

Communication skills

Tools

WebGL

Three.js

Mapbox GL

Git

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Job description

Your New Role

CNN’s global Visuals team is seeking a senior developer to create ambitious, innovative and accessible digital journalism. This role is for visual thinker who can turn complex ideas into intuitive, high‑impact experiences across breaking news, enterprise reporting and major planned coverage.

As a senior member of the Visuals team, you will collaborate with editors, reporters, designers, data journalists and other developers to build interactive stories, reusable tools and visual formats that deepen CNN’s journalism. You will work across a range of storytelling approaches, from fast‑turn projects and live experiences to immersive, highly produced stories.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working with 3D to create spatial storytelling experiences. That could include work with photogrammetry, WebGL, 3D mapping, 3D modeling, animation or other emerging formats. You should be excited about applying those skills thoughtfully: not as a technical exercise, but when they offer the clearest and most compelling way to help audiences understand a story.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Develop interactive graphics, visual stories and digital experiences for breaking news, enterprise journalism and major planned events.
• Partner with editors, reporters and designers early in the reporting process to identify the strongest storytelling approaches and determine where custom development can add value.
• Create engaging storytelling experiences using 3D models and photogrammetry, including interactive maps, explanatory models, animations and immersive formats.
• Build responsive, accessible and performant experiences that work effectively across devices and platforms.
• Develop reusable components, templates and tools that help CNN’s Visuals team move more quickly and consistently across the news cycle.
• Collaborate with data and graphics editors to integrate live data, automated feeds and visual analysis into interactive experiences.
• Contribute to editorial brainstorming, prototyping and experimentation with emerging technologies.
• Work closely with product, engineering and platform partners when projects require broader technical coordination.
• Review code, document workflows and share skills with colleagues across the Visuals team.
• Help maintain high standards for accessibility, performance, reliability and user experience.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 7 years of experience in interactive development, creative technology, visual journalism or a comparable digital storytelling environment.
• A strong portfolio of published interactive work that demonstrates excellent technical execution, visual judgment and audience‑centered thinking.
• Experience with modern front‑end frameworks, component‑based development and Git‑based workflows.
• Demonstrated experience building 3D or spatial storytelling experiences using tools such as WebGL, Three.js, Mapbox GL, MapLibre, deck.gl or similar technologies. Fluency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript is required; familiarity with Python is a plus.
• Experience incorporating AI‑assisted tools into development workflows, or an interest in thoughtfully using AI to improve coding, prototyping and production practices.
• A strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility, browser performance and cross‑platform testing.
• Experience collaborating closely with designers, editors, reporters and data journalists from concept through publication.
• Ability to work on both deadline‑driven news coverage and more complex medium‑ and long‑term projects.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to explain technical possibilities and tradeoffs clearly to non‑technical partners.
• Familiarity with data visualization libraries, automated data pipelines or newsroom publishing workflows is a plus.
• Experience with motion design, animation, computer graphics or creative coding is a plus.
• Experience building interactive election features, results displays or other data‑driven news products – or an interest in applying development skills to elections coverage – is a plus.

If you don’t have every one of these skills, that’s OK. We want to hear from candidates who are passionate about this work and eager to bring their unique perspective and experience to the role.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page (https://careers.wbd.com/global/en/accessibility) for instructions to submit your request.

Compensation & Benefits

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $79,800.00 - $148,199.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short‑and long‑term incentives, and program‑specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.