Designer, Social & Visual Storytelling

Company: Yahoo
Role: Designer, Social & Visual Storytelling

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through a portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage audiences and deliver results.

## The Role

As a Designer, Social & Visual Storytelling on the Yahoo News team, you'll help shape how journalism comes to life across platforms. You'll create compelling social content while also developing interactive experiences, maps, motion graphics, and emerging visual storytelling formats. This role sits at the intersection of editorial design, audience engagement, and storytelling innovation. You'll translate reporting into platform-native social experiences, while also expanding Yahoo’s editorial visual storytelling capabilities through interactive features, geographic storytelling, motion design, and AI-assisted creative workflows.

### Social Storytelling

- Translate Yahoo editorial reporting into engaging social content for Instagram, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
- Design carousels, story sequences, explainers, and visual packages optimized for audience engagement.
- Collaborate closely with the Social team on platform strategy, content planning, and breaking news coverage.
- Develop and evolve Yahoo News and Entertainment’s social visual identity and recurring editorial franchises.
- Create scalable templates, toolkits, and workflows that support quality content production.

### Visual Storytelling & Innovation

- Design interactive editorial experiences using tools like Ceros and other storytelling platforms.
- Create map-based storytelling experiences using Mapbox and related tools.
- Design graphics and animations that support short-form video storytelling across multiple platforms.
- Explore AI-assisted creative workflows and emerging storytelling technologies.
- Experiment with new approaches to content creation, prototyping, and audience engagement while maintaining editorial standards and visual quality.

## What You’ll Bring

- 3+ years of applicable design and illustration experience.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating design and illustration skills with clear examples of social content, data visualization, or interactive editorial work.
- Experience designing for social platforms, particularly Instagram and TikTok.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva.
- Familiarity with Ceros, Mapbox, AI-powered creative tools, or similar platforms.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- A passion for journalism, visual storytelling, and emerging media formats.

The material job duties and responsibilities include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

## Work Arrangement & Benefits

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility.

The compensation for this position ranges from $96,000.00 to $200,000.00 per year and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills, and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends, and much (much) more.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates and employees. If you need accessibility assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form or call +1.866.772.3182.