Designer (freelance)

Location: i Headquarters – London
Position: Freelance 

Job Introduction

i is looking for a talented Designer with a strong visual identity to support our current team as we accelerate our digital subscription model. 

The successful candidate will join our production team, working across multiple products and platforms to elevate and enhance our journalism. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious team at a key moment in i’s growth. This is a freelance position with the potential to become a contracted or longer term role. We are looking for candidates that can start immediately.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute ideas to the production of visual journalism at i. 
• Work for both i’s digital and print platforms, bringing flair and brand continuity across products, following brand guidelines. 
• Manage projects from concept through to execution, ensuring all work is delivered on time and to the highest standard. 

 Key Skills

• Ability to produce compelling and creative visual journalism. 
• Passion for news and storytelling, with a keen eye for detail.  
• Innovative approach to visualising and presenting information. 
• Good communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams. 
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Experience working in a newsroom would be an advantage – must be comfortable with working on fast-moving projects. 
• Proficient with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.
• Familiarity with WordPress or a similar digital CMS is advantageous. 
• Proactive approach to ideation and planning. 

About Us

i is Britain’s youngest national news publisher – and one of the most trusted. i has a unique mission: publishing non-partisan reporting and intelligent opinion. With a strong digital subscriber audience and a healthy print circulation, i has also grown digital reach to 11m users a month. Its newsroom breaks some of the biggest stories in UK journalism. Growing in influence and profitable, i is shortlisted for News Website of the Year and National Newspaper of the Year in the 2024 Press Awards, and is a recent winner of Daily Newspaper of the Year (London Press Club) and News Website of the Year (Online Media Awards). We pride ourselves on having a dynamic, collegiate work environment that celebrates creativity, innovation and success.

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.