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About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast paced creative visual team at The Telegraph. We’re looking to push the boundaries of digital editorial design using information graphics and an increasing range of visual storytelling forms. We want someone who is going to help shape the future of The Telegraph’s digital journalism using their creative intelligence to engage our audience with informative content and have them interact with the stories we tell. The ideal candidate will be able to adapt their visual ideas to different narrative types and apply them utilising relevant digital media formats.
Key Responsibilities

• Create engaging interactive information graphics
• Develop new ways of presenting stories on our digital platforms
• Responding to daily stories as well as special features
• Visually communicate complex subject matter in a clear and concise way
• Translate raw data into engaging pieces of graphic journalism
• Manage daily responsibilities and workflow
• Lead the conversation on digital graphics with newsroom members
• Collaborate and liaise with: Reporters, Journalists, Data Journalists, Editors, Photographers, Designers, Developers, Animators, Illustrators, Video producers
• Working with the Director of Graphic Journalism to set a long term agenda and development plan for digital information graphics at The Telegraph

Key Skills

• Very strong graphic design practice
• Good knowledge of editorial design
• Digital graphic production
• Work with basic front-end code (HTML / CSS) with added bonus of Python / Javascript experience
• Extensive understanding of user based design
• Interpret, analyse and edit data into provoking narratives
• Plot scales, trends and hierarchies with absolute precision
• Creative application of data visualisations
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage time effectively

Benefits
The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance, and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic background, religion and/or belief.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.