The Telegraph – Senior Infographic Designer
Location: London, Victoria | Employment type: Full Time | Posted 2 weeks ago | Closes: November 22, 2025
We are a leading news publisher committed to delivering accurate, engaging, and impactful journalism across digital and print platforms. We believe in the power of visual storytelling to inform, engage, and empower our audience.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Infographic Designer to join our graphics team. The ideal candidate is a creative thinker with a deep understanding of data visualization, editorial storytelling, and cross‑platform design craft. In this role, you will be responsible for producing compelling infographics and data visualizations for both digital and print publication.
Key Responsibilities
* Design high‑impact infographics for print and digital platforms, ensuring clarity, accuracy and design consistency.
* Collaborate with editors, reporters, data journalists, producers and graphic designers to conceptualise visual storytelling solutions.
* Oversee and execute major visual projects from concept development to final delivery.
* Lead day‑to‑day project workflows, prioritising assignments and ensuring deadlines are met, especially during breaking news.
* Adapt designs and layouts to digital constraints (responsive formats, interactivity, social channels) and print constraints (layout, image treatment, colour specifications).
* Maintain and evolve the company’s visual style guidelines to support brand cohesion across all platforms.
* Mentor and support infographic designers, providing guidance and quality control.
* Stay current on best practices in visual journalism, design trends and tools for print and digital media.
* Under tight editorial deadlines, deliver work of a high standard, well considered and meticulously crafted.
* Work a variety of morning and evening shifts across a 7‑day rota.
Key Skills
* Professional experience in information design or visual journalism, with a portfolio showcasing high standards across digital and print.
* Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop); strong layout and typography skills.
* Expertise in Figma is a bonus.
* Proficiency in digital visualization tools such as Datawrapper, Flourish and Raw.
* Basic coding for the web (HTML/CSS); familiarity with programming languages (Python, JS) is a plus.
* Proven ability to transform data and editorial content into clear, compelling visual formats.
* In-depth knowledge of visual hierarchy, typography, colour, storytelling and user experience across mediums.
* Comfortable working with datasets (Excel, Google Sheets, CSV) and basic data analysis.
* Familiarity with cartographic tools such as QGIS; experience with geospatial data.
* Excellent time management and project coordination skills, especially under deadline pressure.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
* BA (Hons) degree or equivalent.
* Experience working in a newsroom or editorial environment, particularly covering breaking news.
* Background in journalism, visual communication or information design.
How to Apply
Please visit https://careers.telegraph.co.uk to submit your application.
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