Job Description

About the role

The Telegraph is looking for an Interactives Journalist to join our Interactive Journalism team.

Interactive journalism is a growing part of how we tell stories at The Telegraph. We combine reporting, design, development and visual storytelling to create impactful, premium and audience-first journalism experiences.

Working closely with the Interactives Editors, you will help build and deliver ambitious storytelling projects ranging from immersive scrollytelling features and investigations to maps, data visualisation, emerging storytelling technologies and news-reactive tools (Please click for examples of each of these projects!)

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about digital storytelling and wants to develop their technical skills in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

You'll be supported to grow your skills over time and have the opportunity to learn from experienced Interactives Editors and developers to experiment with new tools and formats to help you develop.

This role would suit someone who wants to work at the intersection of journalism and technology. You enjoy solving problems, experimenting with new technologies and finding creative ways to bring journalism to life. You may have experimented with coding outside of your current role, through your studies or built projects.

Key responsibilities

• Build interactive stories using existing templates and frameworks.
• Support the development of new storytelling components and newsroom tools.
• Prototype ideas quickly to test new formats and approaches.
• Develop and adapt interactive experiences for breaking news and enterprise projects.
• Create maps, timelines and simple data visualisations to support editorial storytelling.
• Integrate visual assets including graphics, video and photography into interactive experiences.
• Ensure projects work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices through thorough QA testing.

Key skills

Essential:

• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• An understanding of responsive web design principles.
• Ability to learn new technologies and frameworks quickly.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and manage multiple deadlines.
• A genuine interest in journalism, storytelling and audience experience.

Desirable:

• Experience creating data visualisations using tools such as D3, Datawrapper or Flourish.
• Familiarity with mapping tools and geospatial storytelling.
• Experience with animation or motion design.
• Understanding of accessibility best practices.
• Experience working with APIs and structured datasets.
• Interest in AI-assisted production workflows and emerging storytelling technologies.
• Previous experience in a newsroom or editorial environment.

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.