Graphic Artist (freelance)
Location: i Headquarters – London
Position: Freelance
Job Introduction
i is looking for an experienced Graphic Artist to join our growing newsroom on a freelance basis.
The successful candidate will join our production and design team, working across 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.
Main Responsibilities
- Creating eye-catching, dynamic graphics to enhance our news and features coverage
- Using statistics and data to help a story leap off the page and help the reader gain further depth and understanding of complex issues
- Pitching ideas to our news desks and section heads on how to enhance our coverage
- Working across print and digital, ensuring our graphics get the best possible display on all platforms
- Liaising with section heads, social and audience team, production, pictures and design
- Working with editors on special projects and in-depth coverage
Person Specification
- Experience in a similar role at a daily title
- A flair and passion for designing beautiful graphics that add value to a story
- Ability to represent complex data in an interesting, visual way that make them more tangible for our reader
- A strong interest in news and current affairs
- The ability to work quickly, creatively, and accurately under pressure, to tight deadlines
- Excellent knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro, Figma or other design software
- Used to handling fast-moving projects and able to juggle competing demands
- Passion for the i project, and an appreciation of i’s structure, style and ethos
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.
