Senior Designer, Story Design & UX, CNN

Your New Role

CNN’s global Visuals team is looking for a senior designer who can shape distinctive, intuitive and visually compelling digital journalism. This role will focus on story design and user experience across a wide range of formats, from quick-turn news moments to medium- and long-term enterprise projects. You will collaborate with reporters, editors, developers, data journalists and other designers to determine how stories should be structured, presented and experienced by audiences.

Qualifications & Experience

• At least 7 years of experience in digital design, product design, editorial design, visual journalism or a comparable creative environment.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating excellent story design, UX judgment, information hierarchy and visual craft across a range of formats.
• Experience designing digital experiences for mobile and desktop audiences.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, interaction design, responsive design and accessibility.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, motion design, illustration or design systems is a plus.
• Experience working collaboratively with editors, reporters, developers and other designers from initial concept through publication.
• Ability to balance fast-turn assignments with more ambitious medium- and long-term projects.
• A reader-first mindset and an ability to make complex stories clear, intuitive and engaging.
• Comfort creating wireframes, prototypes and polished designs using tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite or similar platforms.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain design decisions clearly and constructively.
• Familiarity with data visualization, news graphics, interactive storytelling or newsroom workflows is strongly preferred.
• Experience designing election results experiences, live news products or other complex data-driven storytelling (or an interest in shaping clear, intuitive election coverage for audiences) is a plus.

Compensation

Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $79,800.00 - $148,199.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.