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Job Description

The New York Times is looking for a digital news designer to join the Weather Data team. You will shape the look, feel and function of interactive graphics and visual stories for The Times’s coverage of daily weather and extreme weather events. 

You will help produce analytical, visual journalism; immersive and always-on weather trackers; and user-friendly components across several map and data projects. You will help create powerful, visual approaches to weather stories of all kinds and make The Times an essential destination for weather coverage and carry a cohesive visual style across a variety of stories and platforms.

This designer will work with graphics editors, data editors and developers on the Weather Team and in collaboration with colleagues in the Graphics, Interactive News and Digital News Design groups. Projects will very likely include live displays of weather data, interactive maps, statistical visualizations, immersive stories and exciting approaches that don't yet exist.

You will report to the Weather Data Editor.

This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY, and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+years of relevant experience

• Can design for the web or mobile applications

• Bring visual and interactive design skills with a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion and user interaction and behavior

• Can design for the visual display of quantitative data

• Experienced designing software such as Adobe Illustrator and Figma

• Well-versed in the languages and systems of web development, including Javascript, HTML, CSS and Git (though you need not be an expert in these areas)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Established skills working with developers and editors to turn designs into live presentations

• An established preference for working collaboratively, building relationships and sharing knowledge

• Can design for maps and geospatial data

• Can design for “dashboards” or other data-rich displays

• Demonstrated skill in making data graphics and other visuals accessible and inclusive

• A background working in news or another editorial environment

• Product design experience for the web or an app, especially for information- or data-related products, also will be considered

• Can maintain a unified visual aesthetic across projects

• Can meet deadlines and adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment

Required Application Materials:

• A resume

• A cover letter

• A portfolio of work demonstrating the qualifications listed above

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $111,711.62 and $140,000.00.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email [email protected].  Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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