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Head of design

The Guardian 🇩đŸ‡ș Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Full-time Director

The Head of Design will creatively lead the visual and editorial design team to produce innovative storytelling across multiple digital platforms. They will collaborate with editors, journalists, and developers to shape the visual identity of Guardian Australia while mentoring team members and maintaining high editorial standards.

Responsibilities

  • The Head of Design will creatively lead the visual and editorial design team to produce innovative storytelling across multiple digital platforms. They will collaborate with editors, journalists, and developers to shape the visual identity of Guardian Australia while mentoring team members and maintaining high editorial standards.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have at least eight years of experience in digital editorial design, visual storytelling, and interactive formats. Proficiency in design software such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and web technologies like HTML/CSS is required, along with strong leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working
  • Employee assistance program
  • Paid volunteer leave
  • Diversity and inclusion employee groups
  • Cultural competency training
  • Guardian digital subscription

Key Skills

Design Leadership Digital Editorial Design Visual Storytelling Figma Adobe Creative Suite HTML CSS Team Mentoring Cross‑functional Collaboration Editorial Standards Brand Identity User Interface Design Project Management Strategic Thinking Communication Creative Direction Stakeholder Management Agile Methodology Typography Layout Design Photo Editing Illustration Responsive Design

About The Guardian

Guardian News & Media (GNM) publishes theguardian.com, one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites. It also has a presence in the US and Australia as Guardian US and Guardian Australia. Traffic from outside of the UK now represents around two-thirds of the Guardian’s total digital audience. In the UK, GNM publishes the Guardian newspaper six days a week, first published in 1821. The Guardian is renowned for its agenda-setting journalism including, most recently the Cambridge Analytica, Paradise and Panama Papers investigations as well as the Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning NSA revelations.

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