The Wall Street Journal seeks a Visual Editor to lead and elevate our visual journalism across daily and long-term coverage. You will guide a team of graphics reporters to produce innovative, accurate and visually driven stories for our digital platforms.
This senior New York or Washington DC-based role reports to the Director of Graphics and plays a key part in shaping strategy, mentoring staff, and driving ambitious storytelling across graphics, interactives and new formats.
You Will
- Lead and assign visual coverage across platforms – mobile, desktop and social.
- Manage and mentor a team of visual specialists, providing feedback and fostering growth.
- Partner closely with visual, newsroom, product and engineering leaders on cross-department projects.
- Balance long- and short-term projects, from breaking news to enterprise and in-depth visual stories.
- Coordinate with photo and video editors on multimedia storytelling.
- Encourage flexibility for staff to work across sections based on skills and newsroom needs.
- Oversee project lists, milestones and editorial requirements to keep stakeholders informed.
- Build a portfolio of high-impact, analytical, and accurate visual stories.
- Develop and refine workflows and processes in a fast-paced global newsroom.
- Identify opportunities for change and innovation within the team and organization.
- Collaborate with the Director on departmental initiatives and leadership priorities.
- Inspire and motivate the team to produce world-class visual journalism.
You Have
- 7+ years leading visual or interactive journalism teams, or equivalent experience.
- Strong news judgment and understanding of modern design standards.
- Creative vision with a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset.
- Experience managing people, performance and change.
- Proven ability to build new processes and workflows.
- Newsroom background with solid news, data and design instincts.
- Knowledge of business news and data-driven storytelling.
- Familiarity with data and visualization tools (Excel, SQL, R, Python).
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and mobile-first development.
- Strong organization and communication skills using Google tools and Slack.
- Comfortable working collaboratively under tight deadlines.
- Ability to train and mentor reporters and editors in visual storytelling.
- Initiative to learn new tools and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.
To Apply, Submit a resume, cover letter and work samples by 15th December 2025
To apply, go here.
