Visual editor

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

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area: Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category: Editorial/Journalism

Union Status

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $135,000 - $255,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company.As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..

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Req ID: 49904