Location
London, hybrid working with at least 3 days per week in our Kings Cross offices.

Hours
Full time, 12-month NUJ fixed-term contract or internal staff secondment.

Salary
Starting from £47,731, with a package commensurate with skills, experience, and responsibilities.

About the Role
Join the Guardian's editorial design team and contribute to creating engaging visual journalism that delivers best-in-class experiences of Guardian content. You will design and build new storytelling formats, interactive experiences, and editorial templates across multiple platforms. Your work will help further the Guardian's mission to be the world's most trusted source for high-quality, independent journalism. Projects may cover a wide range of subjects, from investigative reports to immersive visual narratives and interactive reader experiences.
Working closely with journalists, designers, and developers, you will use interactive storytelling to make complex reporting accessible, compelling, and memorable for millions of readers. You will conceive, experiment with, and build creative prototypes to expand storytelling tools, design scalable editorial formats, and collaborate on news and feature projects. Staying up to date with innovations in storytelling, especially for mobile and emerging platforms, will be key to your success.
This role embraces the Guardian's values of honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a strong sense of duty to readers and the community. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and encourage flexible working arrangements. Job share applications are also welcome.

Experience
- Fluency in a front-end web framework, ideally Svelte, or experience with React, Angular, Vue and willingness to learn Svelte.
- Experience with Typescript is a plus.
- Solid understanding of web and accessibility best practices including W3C standards, responsive design, and progressive enhancement.
- Proven ability to build creative concepts, pages, and projects collaboratively with designers and developers.
- Experience developing, testing, and problem-solving across browsers and devices using tools like Lighthouse or Browserstack.
- Knowledge of modern layout systems such as CSS Flexbox, Grids, and Regions.
- Experience with CSS animations and modern web graphics APIs (SVG, Canvas).
- Proficiency with SASS and creating accessible, scalable animations using vanilla CSS, Canvas, or animation libraries like GSAP and P5.js.
- Comfortable working with JSON, error handling, and web security best practices.
- Skilled in building rich interactive experiences using various media assets (videos, animations, images, audio) with performance considerations.
- Confident with git, code review best practices, refactoring, and package managers like npm.
- Experience using Figma developer tools and understanding of designing with Figma.
- Good eye for design, typography, motion, interaction design, and adherence to design system and brand guidelines.
- Ability to switch between creative exploration and delivering rigorous code, managing both prototypes and mature scalable applications.
- Able to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Organised self-starter comfortable working in a fast-paced editorial environment with tight deadlines.

About you
- Embraces the Guardian's values: honesty, integrity, courage, fairness, and a sense of duty to readers and the community.
- Demonstrable ability to bring diverse perspectives to the role.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid environment and open to flexible working arrangements.
- Collaborative team player who values inclusivity and diversity.
- Motivated by making a difference through high-quality journalism and innovative storytelling.

Qualifications
There are no specific qualification requirements; however, a strong portfolio demonstrating relevant skills and experience is expected. Enthusiasm for digital storytelling and a commitment to continuous learning are essential.