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The Guardian · 1 week ago

Executive Editor, Visuals

New York, New York, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$170K/yr - $190K/yr

The Guardian is a global, reader-funded news organization that delivers fearless, independent journalism. They are seeking an Executive Editor for Visuals to lead the creative team, manage projects, and elevate the visual storytelling of their journalism in a fast-paced newsroom.

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Responsibilities

With the creative director and executive editor, lead the team of creative journalists working across photography, graphics, design, illustration, animation and interactive formats to enable creation of ambitious visuals-led stories in the fast-paced newsroom to amplify our journalism, with the reader in mind

A hands-on CMS user contributing to and implementing the creative team’s work, you will maintain the highest standards of journalistic accuracy, storytelling techniques and visual clarity, quality, look and feel in the team’s approach and output, ensuring functionality, accessibility and usability across platforms and devices. Be a source of visual, editorial and production expertise for projects and initiatives from inception to implementation

Oversee prioritization, planning, schedules, workflows and resourcing of visuals projects to ensure efficiency and delivery at pace. Use Slack, Trello, and other tools to track progress, visibility and communication across teams. With the Creative Director, identify and resolve blockers on progress, risks, and resource needs

Balance fast-turnaround, reactive requests with longer-form proactive projects, ensuring priorities are clear and achievable while maintaining high editorial and creative standards

Manage team rotas, budget and contributor payments. Ensure level of team cover supports newsroom operations

Actively foster a culture of collaboration, collaborative processes and efficiency, and a dynamic, creative office environment to motivate and cultivate the creative, technical and journalistic skills of team members. Support Guardian US journalism with photo research, commissioning, art direction, illustration, data visualization, interactives, motion graphics and animation

Work with clients of the visuals team, including US news, features, the west coast bureau, philanthropy projects and front page editors to ensure the team’s work supports the intended journalistic purpose. Ensure that creative considerations are valued and embedded from the outset—acting as a firm and clear voice in the processes. Assist non-team members in understanding visual journalism, related issues and technologies

Develop an understanding of who our audiences are, how they interact with Guardian US journalism and apply this in the prioritization of visuals work. Work with the audience team, social and multimedia teams to amplify our journalism on other platforms

Coordinate with colleagues in our international editions on shared, global-facing projects

Catch up regularly with Guardian UK counterparts in photography, design and visuals teams as well as the product & engineering teams who maintain our CMS, apps, website and other services to ensure our work and processes function with their changing codebase and style guides

Help evolve visual journalism processes and output in the constantly changing media landscape, experimenting with and implementing new tools, approaches and structures where necessary

Be an ambassador for visual journalism in the newsroom and on related projects, communicating regularly with peers and senior stakeholders across departments, representing the team at meetings, contributing ideas, building relationships and ensuring smooth collaborations

Ensure excellent communication and feedback between the team with photographers, illustrators, designers, animators and other creatives to facilitate delivery of contributions of the highest quality. Work with administrators to ensure compliance with terms and payment processing

Track performance of Guardian US visuals work on and off platform, and enter team’s work in industry awards

Qualification

Creative project managementPhoto editingData visualizationCMS proficiencyFigmaPhotoshopIllustratorProject management toolsHTMLSCSSJavascriptCommunication skillsAttention to detailTeam leadershipCollaboration

Required

Exceptional track record in creative and project management at a high-profile, deadline-driven, multi-section multimedia news organization

Experience in photo editing, design/art direction/illustration, data visualization or similar

Confident in managing concurrent, complex projects

Advocacy for creative needs while balancing production requirements

Project management tools such as Trello, Slack, or other digital collaboration platforms

Editorial workflows and the demands of a fast-paced newsroom

Demonstrable interest in and knowledge of news, features and multimedia journalism and communicating effectively with readers/viewers/listeners

Flexible and adaptable to frequently changing news priorities

A skillful hands-on creative manager to motivate a multidisciplinary team with a strong spirit of collaboration

Excellent management and interpersonal skills; ability to deal equitably with a wide range of people at different levels, in line with our values

Familiarity with The Guardian's editorial values, and a broad understanding of our existing and potential readership to influence the development of new projects

CMS, project management software. Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, AfterEffects desirable

Consistent style and approach in line with brand guidelines and design system across products and platforms

Knowledge of web/native capabilities, HTML, SCSS and Javascript

Awareness of web accessibility guidelines and web standards

Up to speed on the latest trends and technologies

Highly organized, efficient, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Strong communication skills

Ability to build effective, collaborative working relationships across disciplines and with stakeholders

Firm but diplomatic, able to ensure creative priorities are respected while balancing deadlines and resources

Collaborative and solutions-oriented, with a focus on getting the best out of teams

Ability to work with and lead a team

Ability to guide others through design process appropriate to briefs and deadlines

Able to work with both basic and complex design briefs, and to show creative initiative

Attention to detail, patience and judgment

A natural problem solver, with excellent time management skills

Resilience under pressure, adaptable, flexible and comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Proactive and self-motivated to drive complex projects forward

Confident in own capabilities

Commitment to The Guardian's values — honesty, integrity, courage, and fairness

Benefits

25 days of vacation leave in addition to 12 company holidays

Unlimited sick time

Free Headspace subscription for you and your family members(Headspace is a company that offers evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and EAP services)

401(k) Match

Subsidized healthcare coverage including medical, vision, and dental

Medical and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts

Generous parental leave with 100% pay

Long Term and Short Term Disability insurance

Life insurance

Commuter benefits

Work/Life balance: Flexible hybrid schedule