Graphic Artists

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation's cultural heritage. Your role: Graphic Artists are responsible for delivering distinctive graphics and other visual story-telling components across all platforms for The Times and The Sunday Times. They will bring stories to life with clean, clear and engaging graphics, and push the boundaries to find new and exciting ways of delivering world-class journalism while ensuring all output remains true to The Times and The Sunday Times aesthetics. We offer a balanced hybrid work model, combining office-based and remote work. Day to day you will:

• Successfully manage a productive relationship with the graphics editor, the executive graphics editor and senior editors as well as designers, graphics artists and journalists across the newsroom.
• Pitch and create original graphics that enliven our journalism and provide inspiration to senior editors and journalists.
• Able to translate and execute a graphics brief successfully and to strict deadlines.
• Follow current affairs and understand the papers perspectives and how they differ from one another.
• Be at the forefront of emerging technologies and trends in print and digital graphics formats.
• Work a variety of shifts across 7 days in news, features and sport sections including weekend and late shifts., To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
  
  Experience in publishing at a newspaper or magazine.
• Proficient in industry standard design applications, including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator with a knowledge of After Effects and a 3D software.
• Working knowledge of AI2HTML, animated SVGs, HTML, CSS, R and Python.
• Competent at handling data sets and using Google Sheets to create high quality data visualisations.
• Experience in multi-platform design and digital products.
• Demonstrable interest in current affairs.
• An ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and with rigorous accuracy.
• Ability to communicate succinctly and effectively.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Persuasive presentation skills, well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to problem-solve.
• A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues.
  
  Some of our benefits include:
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year