Executive Creative Director at Insider
Insider is hiring an Executive Creative Director to join our newsroom.
Our mission is to be the most influential and beloved journalism company for the digital generation. We cover the people, companies, and ideas changing our world. In 2022, Insider won its first Pulitzer Prize and has claimed dozens of other awards across our newsrooms each year due to our ambitious, impactful reporting. Our team members embody and uphold Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.
The Role & Team:
The creative director will influence all decisions about Insider’s brand, design, and user experience from within the newsroom. We’re looking for someone who is imaginative, yet practical; is big picture, yet hands-on; and has the ability to take on large-scale creative projects from start to finish.
This person will manage our data graphics, illustration, and photography teams. Our visual journalists are charged with elevating the look and feel of all our stories, from breaking news coverage to award-winning features and investigations. We are seeking someone who is cautiously optimistic about generative AI and excited to explore how innovative technology can enable our team to tell more engaging visual stories.
This role reports directly to the deputy global editor-in-chief and will be a member of our editorial leadership team. This role will be based at our headquarters in New York City.
Key Responsibilities:
Hire, train, and mentor a team of full-time and freelance creatives, including data journalists, illustrators, and photographers.
Work alongside reporters and editors on some of our most ambitious reporting projects from start to finish, including the ideation, planning, execution, and delivery of visual content across all platforms.
Work closely with Insider's UX design and marketing teams, ensuring that our editorial visual content is integrated seamlessly into the overall experience of the site.
Develop and maintain a visual style guide that ensures consistency across all platforms and publications.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to visual storytelling, and apply this knowledge to the development of Insider's creative capabilities.
Collaborate closely across editorial departments — including our business, news, life, and video newsrooms — to produce multimedia content that tells stories in innovative and engaging ways.
The Ideal Candidate Has:
A breadth of experience leading creative teams, ideally in a newsroom setting.
A track record of leading big complex projects with a lot of stakeholders, pivoting, changing course, and responding quickly to urgent needs.
Excellent taste and a strong sense of visual storytelling, with a portfolio that demonstrates an ability to create compelling visual content across a range of formats.
A network of freelance art directors, illustrators, and photographers to draw on.
Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite.
Experience using project management platforms such as Airtable.
Excitement about using generative AI and other emerging technologies to create engaging visual content.
Salary & Benefits:
Salary: $175,000-$250,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)
Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
Matched and vested 401k plan
Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reach out, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more