Design Director, Opinion

About the role

The New York Times Opinion department is looking for a Design Director to work with editors and visual teams to distinguish our coverage wherever it is encountered. You will help convey to audiences on all platforms how Times opinion coverage is distinct from newsroom coverage. You will partner with senior visual leaders, collaborating with graphics, photography, video and podcast teams. You will work with Opinion editors and teams across the company to reach new audiences with ideas and formats that provoke intelligent conversation and debate.

Responsibilities

• Partner with editors to conceptualize and execute a cohesive creative vision across print and digital platforms, translating editorial into original visual storytelling.
• Lead art direction and develop weekly concepts for the Daily Opinion report and Sunday Opinion, including high-impact cover stories, features, and packages.
• Translate complex journalism into immersive, scalable, visually driven digital experiences, shaping interactive storytelling, across platforms.
• Drive concept development from ideation through execution, inspiring and nurturing designers while presenting multiple creative explorations and format options.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including editorial, photo, design, data, audience, video, and audio—to align storytelling and design.
• Ensure visual consistency and creative excellence across print, digital, audio, and video platforms.
• Provide rigor in all details of execution, through hands-on execution in design, graphics, and typography.
• Collaborate with and cultivate relationships with artists and illustrators from sketches through final execution.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience across print and digital, with 3+ years leading designers and art directors.
• Deep expertise in design fundamentals across digital, mobile, print, and video, with advanced proficiency in Figma, InDesign, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proven ability to shape and develop editorial content, collaborating with a global network of illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, and videographers.
• Strong communicator of visual ideas, translating concepts through conversation, sketches, and wireframes for cross-functional teams.
• Portfolio showcasing exceptional typographic, illustrative, and conceptual design work.