The New York Times
Fellow, Digital News Design
$82K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- No more than five years of full-time professional journalism experience, excluding internships; preferred: 2+ years working with design tools and software.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be authorized to work in the United States. No work visa sponsorship; applicants with valid work authorization or a valid student visa extendable with Optional Practical Training may be considered.
About the job
Creates and produces visual digital story experiences across platforms, collaborating with newsroom teams on design, development, and visual storytelling.
What you'll do
- Conceptualize, sketch, design and/or develop digital story formats under staff direction.
- Organize and update newsroom design projects, templates and systems; edit and produce visual assets for social and off-platform channels.
- Help produce and edit internal design and storytelling training and communication materials, and collaborate across the newsroom.
What they ask for
- No more than five years of full-time professional journalism experience, excluding internships.
- Interest in visual and interactive storytelling and user experience.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and/or Figma.
- Portfolio demonstrating digital design work.
Nice to have
- Previous news or visual internships, or equivalent experience; strong design, storytelling and UX sensibility, with web development experience.
- 2+ years using design tools and software, including JavaScript, HTML/CSS and Github; experience with multimedia, server-side technologies and/or game mechanics.
Pay
$82,414.80 — $82,414.80 USD annual base pay
Tools
Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Github
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