Deputy News Graphics Editor

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 deputy news graphics editor to commission, create and supervise the delivery of impactful graphics that explain the news each day across digital platforms.

Our award-winning team creates and produces visual journalism around key issues of public interest, from the Labour tribes to raging wildfires; from war in the Middle East to election results; from data investigations to visual guides.

This is a full-time, permanent NUJ contract on a 9-day fortnight working pattern with some weekend working.

• Anticipate visuals that might add value to emerging stories.
• Interpret requests for graphics from desks across the newsroom in order to create briefs for graphic artists, under the direction of the senior editor, graphics.
• Source data, using data skills to interrogate data sets and do analysis for the creation of graphics.
• Source satellite imagery, reference material from scientific publications and copy that can be used to build explainer diagrams, annotated images and other diverse forms of visual storytelling
• Stay on top of short-term reactive jobs and medium-term projects, juggling priorities so the most impactful stories are strengthened with graphics.
• Take a lead in liaising with a range of editors, data and multimedia journalists to produce stories built on new and surprising visual formats, from visual guides and chart-led stories to illustrated explainers and scrolly maps.
• Deputise for the graphics news editor as required in pitching graphics, managing workloads, prioritising and handling comms around the desk, and in attending news meetings.
• Take a lead in liaising with journalists across the newsroom to produce visual guides and other formats.
• Define and defend styles and principles for graphics, to ensure rigorous standards of journalistic integrity and usability.
• Participate in the ongoing process of sharing skills and strengths with our team, by designing and running mini-workshops to introduce others to your areas of expertise.

• A deep knowledge of visual journalism, with a portfolio demonstrating the ability to create effective data-driven graphics for all platforms
• Experience working at pace, ideally in a breaking news environment.
• Knowledge of and experience with the tools and techniques for news graphics, data and cartography.
• A flair for conceptualising graphics, combining deep knowledge of established chart types and cartography with an eye for spotting opportunities for innovation
• An understanding of data visualisation best practice including the relative effectiveness of visual encodings and the choosing of appropriate colour ramps
• Ability to give feedback to both junior and senior stakeholders and to collaborate and build strong relationships within a newsroom setting
• Keenness to learn new techniques and skills, and to invest time in training others.
• Knowledge of how to find datasets, maps, photos and other information that can be the source for visual assignments.
• A solid understanding of data sourcing, scraping and cleaning
• A knowledge of key accessibility checks, and the challenges of designing inclusive graphics
• Knowledge of traditional print design and graphics workflows and how these intersect with digital
• Ideally, you’ll have a…