Photo Editor and Illustrator

Like its sister print publication, The Week’s website publishes a smart and eclectic range of briefings, digests, discussions and reviews which are distilled from a wide variety of sources. Our regular readers look to us for analysis, context and commentary, as well as an open-minded digest of reporting from across the political spectrum.

What you’ll be doing

The Week is looking for a Photo Editor and Illustrator to work on its UK and US websites, sourcing pictures from image libraries and creating original photo-montages and illustrations to bring its journalism to life.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

Create photo-montages and illustrations to illustrate selected features, in line with the website’s established aesthetic approach
Experience working as a photo editor for a fast-paced news publication.
Excellent picture research and image-editing skills.

A talent for coming up with creative illustration ideas for a wide range of stories, many of which will be about politics, business and world news.

A broad interest in and good general knowledge of current affairs and culture.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year.

* Internal job family level E5.

The expected range for this role is £29,000 - £30,000