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Thebaltimorebanner

Visuals Director

Baltimore,MD · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$115k-$135kDetected 22 days ago
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About the role

  • Join one of Baltimore's Best Places to Work!
  • The Visuals Director will work closely with editors, reporters, audience, product, digital, and social teams to ensure that our journalism is visually compelling, accurate, accessible, ethical, and optimized across platforms.
  • The ideal candidate is an experienced creative leader with strong newsroom judgment, a sharp eye for visual narrative, and a deep understanding of how visuals can strengthen journalism.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the day-to-day visual journalism workflow for The Banner's newsroom, including photography, illustration, design, multimedia, and freelance visual work.
  • Manage, coach, and support staff photographers, designers, illustrators, and other visual contributors.
  • Collaborate with editors and reporters early in the story-planning process to identify the strongest visual approach for each piece of journalism.
  • Develop creative briefs, visual storyboards, shot lists, mood boards, and project plans for major visual work.
  • Partner with audience, social, digital, and product teams to optimize visuals for article pages, homepage, newsletters, social platforms, mobile experiences, and emerging formats.
  • Help set, document, and maintain editorial visual standards across The Banner's journalism.
  • Manage visual resources, including freelance budgets, assignment planning, deadlines, workflow systems, tools, and production priorities.
  • Stay current with visual journalism trends, digital storytelling formats, design tools, audience habits, and platform best practices.

Nice to have

  • At least 7 years of experience in visual journalism, photography, photo editing, design, illustration direction, art direction, multimedia storytelling, or a closely related field.
  • Experience managing people, freelancers, projects, creative workflows, or cross-functional editorial work.
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates excellent visual judgment, storytelling range, creative direction, and digital presentation.
  • Experience working in or closely with a newsroom, editorial organization, documentary environment, or public-interest storytelling organization.
  • Strong understanding of journalistic ethics, visual accuracy, consent, context, representation, and responsible image use.
  • Experience creating or directing visual storyboards, creative briefs, project plans, or visual concepts.
  • Comfort working across digital platforms, including websites, mobile experiences, newsletters, social media, and multimedia story formats.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

Compensation

  • $115,000 - $135,000 Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.
  • We periodically review all teammates pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.
  • Work Environment
  • Student Loan Debt Repayment Assistance for qualified employees
  • 11 Paid National Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program

Benefits

  • Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Human Interest, with a company match
  • Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HSA., and coverage for family/dependents
  • The role requires regular collaboration with newsroom colleagues and may include field assignments, community events, breaking news coverage, and occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work as news dictates.
  • Our amazing benefits include:
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Sick Leave eligible for rollover
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Generous Parental Leave

Equal opportunity

  • The Venetoulis Institute embraces diversity and inclusion, and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization.
  • We appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.
  • If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the
  • application process, please contact careers@thebanner.com to request accommodation.
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