Designer

The Atlantic is seeking a Designer to join our newsroom. This person will focus on the creation of visuals for our social platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. This Visuals Editor will be part of The Atlantic’s art department but will work closely with the audience team, and will play a key role in producing timely social assets that support our daily journalism.

We’re looking for someone with excellent news judgment, strong communication skills, and a sharp eye for visual storytelling on social platforms. The ideal candidate is collaborative, quick to adapt, and confident creating visual work that aligns with The Atlantic’s editorial and design standards. You should be comfortable working with sensitive or complex subject matter and able to respond creatively and efficiently to the news cycle. This role will at times require night, early-morning, or weekend work.

Responsibilities may include:

• Create social visual assets (including static, video and motion graphics) for daily content across platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook

• Collaborate with video producers to create custom animated visuals and templates, delivering high-quality, visually sophisticated content at a competitive pace

• Serve as a key link between the audience and art teams, helping to manage priorities, track deadlines, and keep projects moving smoothly

• Occasionally, research, license, and edit imagery with a focus on daily digital coverage

• Collaborate with teams across the newsroom to maintain consistency and quality and to help innovate as we grow our visual operations

• Help shape and refine workflows, templates, and systems to make visual production more efficient and scalable

• Identify opportunities to improve how we tell visual stories on social, and contribute ideas for experimenting with new formats or approaches

• Maintain high visual standards while working quickly and responsively in a fast-paced news environment

Qualifications of the Ideal Candidate:

• 5+ years of experience working in social media design or other relevant fields

• Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud, especially creating animations and deploying design templates in Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro

• Skilled in using Figma — experienced in building templates, layouts, and design systems

• Exceptional communication skills, with a clear and concise approach to working across multiple teams and collaborating effectively in a fast-paced newsroom environment

• Close attention to detail and the ability to multitask effectively

• Highly creative and a driven problem-solver with superb aesthetic taste and the ability to think conceptually

• Enthusiasm for news and storytelling, with a keen interest in exploring innovative visual narratives

• Knowledge of current trends in visual storytelling, social media, and digital design

• Experience in journalism or a news-related environment preferred

This role is ideally based in Washington, D.C., but remote candidates may be considered.

Salary minimum: $85,000; salary maximum: $100,000

This is a Guild position. 

About The Atlantic:

The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time. We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture. As the third-longest-running magazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.

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The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ("The Atlantic") is an Equal Opportunity Employer.The Atlantic is committed to diversity and encourages members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, and people with disabilities.We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.  

Job offers to work at The Atlantic are contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of reference checks and compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Atlantic requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, and submit proof of vaccination status. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.