Graphics Intensive

The mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Graphics Intensive is a unique opportunity for mission-driven students and early career professionals with visual skills to work alongside journalists for a 12-week, full-time program. We seek individuals who bring their own inquisitive nature to develop creative approaches to storytelling, including those who may not have previously considered working in an independent newsroom. Prior journalism experience isn’t required — many of our team members have embraced journalism’s core fundamentals while at The Times — but you must have a desire to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

The Graphics desk is composed of journalists and visual thinkers from diverse creative backgrounds, including architecture, cartography, and computer science. We cover all topics across the news cycle, motivated by a shared curiosity. This position is designed to cultivate skills and judgment in the creation of visual stories, including training and regular feedback from team members. Many of our projects are a collective effort, so you will work with a range of people and skill sets.

We are interested in applicants who want to learn how to apply creative and technical skills to a range of journalistic and storytelling assignments. Do you know how to write code to analyze data and produce visualizations? Are you a mapmaker or satellite imagery analyst? Do you use design and illustration to clearly convey complex information? These are the types of people that we seek to develop as potential graphics journalists.

What you will do:

• Under close guidance and supervision of a more senior Editor, produce visual and data-based multimedia journalism in response to breaking or as ongoing news coverage
• With guidance from a more senior Editor, Design and build graphics and other visual forms using web-based markup and coding languages
• Participate in training sessions
• Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom
• Complete work assignments based on team needs and news demands

You must understand and support our value of journalistic independence and have a strong commitment to our newsroom’s mission.

The graphics intensive position is available throughout the year, including winter, spring, summer and fall openings. This is a hybrid position and includes regular attendance in the office each week.

Applications should include links to a portfolio or work samples to demonstrate your skills and experience. Please attach a cover letter describing your role in specific projects and which periods of time you will be available for the Graphics intensive. Your cover letter should include any periods when you will be able to work full time in New York, such as, “Available: Winter (2025-26), Spring, Summer or Fall” — or any combination of these.

Basic Qualifications:

• 1+ year of demonstrated strong performance toward an undergraduate degree, or relevant professional experience
• Skill in interface design and information graphic design
• 2+ years of experience working with graphics tools and software, like D3.js, R, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, GIS, and 3-D modeling software
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, or with design tools like Figma
• A portfolio demonstrating experience with news graphics or interactive visualizations

Preferred Qualifications:

• News or visual internships or equivalent experience
• Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and be attentive to detail in an unpredictable news cycle and a high-pressure newsroom environment
• Experience working collaboratively with members of a team with diverse creative skills
• Able to work some nights, weekends and holidays as the news cycle demands
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and balance multiple projects in a dynamic work environment
• Interest in professional growth and openness to professional feedback

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

The hourly rate of base pay for this role is:

$45.28 - $45.28 USD

Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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