Visual Storytelling Designer/Illustrator

Location: London

Department: Daily Mail

Location: Daily Mail Headquarters, HSK, London, W8 5HY

Position: Full Time/Permanent/Hybrid – 4 days in the office/1-day WFH

 

 

About Us

Daily Mail is an award-winning, multi-platform newsbrand reaching more than 33 million print and online readers each month. The world-famous Mail offers a unique blend of breaking news, agenda-setting exclusives, showbiz, Femail, health, sport and lifestyle stories across print, digital, video, audio and social channels.

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats delivers highly engaging, trusted Daily Mail content to millions of loyal and new audiences. Daily Mail is the largest news publisher on TikTok with more than 21 million total followers and more than 29 billion views in the past year. A trailblazing global phenomenon, Daily Mail is part of dmg media.

 

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

 

Person Specification

What we are looking for

• A conceptual designer with vision to turn subject matters into illustrations/collages
• Ability to create visuals for different device sizes
• Work with other design departments (Graphics, Video, Social, Editors, Developers) to create striking and engaging visuals across multiple platforms
• Help for the visual language for the daily mail homepage
• An eye for detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced newsroom, creating visuals for the biggest breaking stories each day
• Work with Visuals Director to help form the future of daily mail visual style
• Juggle multiple projects, from breaking new to long-term projects

Desirable but not essential.

• Knowledge of basic front-end development (HTML, CSS)
• Knowledge of animating software (After Effects)

 

 

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process