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About the Role
The Washington Post is seeking a creative, collaborative, and visually sophisticated designer to shape how audiences experience journalism across digital platforms. This role involves working with visual journalists to elevate reporting through compelling, reader-centered storytelling and collaborating with journalists throughout the newsroom to create distinctive presentations.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with reporters, editors, and visual journalists to conceive and build distinctive digital storytelling experiences.
- Identify stories that would benefit from enhanced visual presentation and develop the right design approach.
- Create engaging, content-driven designs, illustrations, and visual packages that are smart, original, and reader-centered.
- Guide the visual storytelling process from initial concept through publication, incorporating feedback and maintaining a high level of craft.
- Design experiences that work effectively across desktop, mobile, newsletters, social platforms, and other digital surfaces.
- Partner with developers and other visual journalists on interactive and custom storytelling projects.
- Contribute to breaking and major news coverage, developing sophisticated visual solutions on tight deadlines.
- Use art direction, illustration, animation, and other techniques to strengthen a story.
- Review work carefully for visual consistency, accessibility, and accuracy before publication.
- Contribute ideas that help evolve The Post’s visual identity and push digital storytelling forward.
Requirements
- A strong portfolio demonstrating excellent visual design, creative thinking, initiative, and curiosity.
- Experience designing digital editorial experiences, interactive applications, or other content-rich products.
- Sophisticated understanding of typography, composition, color, visual hierarchy, and information design.
- Strong editorial instincts and a passion for using design in service of storytelling.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with an ability to build productive relationships across disciplines.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple short- and long-term projects and deliver refined work under deadline pressure.
- A thoughtful, ethical approach to incorporating new technologies including AI-assisted tools into the design brainstorming process, with sound judgment about where they strengthen the work but knowing human craft and editorial judgment must lead.
- Experience with art direction, animation, illustration, original artwork, or maintaining a cohesive visual identity is a plus.
- Experience with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript and familiarity with modern web frameworks such as React, Svelte, Angular, or Vue is a plus.
- A commitment to accessibility, accuracy, and the highest standards of visual journalism.
- Must upload a résumé, cover letter, and portfolio highlighting representative work.
- Applications received by Oct. 9 will be prioritized.
- Cover letter should be addressed to News Design Director Christine Ashack and Head of Visuals Soo-Jeong Kang.
Skills
- Visual design
- Creative thinking
- Initiative
- Curiosity
- Typography
- Composition
- Color theory
- Visual hierarchy
- Information design
- Editorial judgment
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Project management
- Figma
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
Location
- Washington, D.C.
Work Type
- On-site (five days a week, with exceptions for newsgathering and business travel)
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
Salary/Compensations
- $85,100 - $127,700
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation
- Up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays
- Two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
- Backup care and caregiver concierge services
- Gender affirming services
- Pet insurance
- Free Post digital subscription
- Leadership and career development programs
About the Company
- The Washington Post is on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America, reinventing news through a deep investigative spirit and innovation.
- The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of its people, working across many departments including News, Opinions, Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Equal Opportunity
- Not specified