Multi-Media Graphics Editor

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area 

Salary: $55,000 - $75,000

Position: Permanent

Job Description

Dailymail.com is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website with over 200 million monthly unique visitors. Our teams across the globe strive to provide our readers with engaging, fast and rolling news, 24/7, 365 days a year. With over 360 journalists worldwide we are seeking individuals who have an interest in joining a global media organization with excellent career development opportunities.

Dailymail.com is seeking a Multi-Media Graphics Editor to create compelling content for our U.S. digital platforms. You will be responsible for a wide-range of creative tasks from photo editing, gathering images to producing maps, graphics, photo composites to interactive quizzes and charts. The content is world class and will be of interest to the U.S. homepage audience which is distributed widely on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat.

Working closely with the N.Y. based digital news team your responsibilities will include:

• Developing engaging and visually compelling content to enhance stories
• Ability to utilize tools to produce and generate engaging, bespoke graphics, maps, composites and interactive content for digital platforms
• Understanding of usage rights and negotiating image fees
• Pitching visually compelling content intended for publication
• Deliver vibrant and compelling imaging and visuals to tight deadlines
• Ability to generate own image lead content, with a natural eye for surfacing compelling visual content
• Coordinate with fellow co-workers to ensure stories will be produced in a timely fashion for deadlines
• Manage individual workflow and research to deliver to tight deadlines
• Support coverage of significant news events

We are looking for professionals with the following:

• Passion for the DailyMail.com brand, its editorial voice and global audience
• At least one year or more of experience in a newsroom environment – digital news preferred
• Ability to work under tight deadline pressure with strong organizational skills
• Must have a strong interest in photo research and a keen eye for photographs, graphics and interactive technologies
• Experience working with photo agencies who supply news outlets, rights managed and royalty free areas
• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and the latest interactive technologies
• Familiarity with a DAM (Digital Asset Management System) and strong attention to detail for metadata accompanying images in the DAM
• Must have a passion for research and finding the most interesting information to surface for our readers
• Strong communication skills to work collaboratively with team members

In addition to a competitive salary package, excellent staff benefits (healthcare, optical, dental, 401K) and generous PTO allowance are also included.

Dailymail.com is a 24-hour newsroom and therefore operates a seven-day working week from Sunday to Saturday. Applicants will be required to cover a variety of shifts during the operational hours of the newsroom (daily from 6am through 2am).

About dmg::media

dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, i, MailOnline, Mail Plus, metro.co.uk and inews.co.uk reach more than 11m people daily in the UK.* Globally, our brands reach 180m unique browsers every month.** In March 2021, the business acquired the world’s leading science title, New Scientist.

dmg media’s newsbrands are expert at getting to the bottom of the stories most relevant to their readers.

*PAMCo 1 2020 ** Omniture April 2021

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

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.