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Design Developer, Opinion

The New York Times· Design
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New York, NY$113.9k - $136kfull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Digital Design Developer for The New York Times Opinion desk focused on creating digital storytelling experiences through front-end development, collaborating with designers and editors, building tools and templates, and architecting multi-part systems under deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with art directors, editors, and engineers to build responsive, pixel-perfect user experiences and product features
  • Assess designs for technical feasibility, accessibility, and performance, offering constructive feedback and alternatives when needed
  • Create interactive prototypes to validate ideas and propose responsive layouts, animations, and transitions for static wireframes
  • Integrate, debug, and optimize multimedia assets (video, audio, animations) for fast load times across devices and browsers
  • Conduct thorough QA to ensure typography, spacing, colors, and micro-interactions match visual specs across screen sizes
  • Build and maintain reusable templates, tools, and documentation for recurring editorial workflows
  • Onboard and guide designers on front-end systems to streamline asset handoffs and workflow integration
  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
  • You will report to the Deputy Editor, Design

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of creative front-end development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Figma
  • Strong grasp of visual design fundamentals, including typography, layout, motion, and interaction
  • Familiarity with Git and collaborative coding workflows and demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and front-end languages such as emerging AI API toolsets
  • Experience and interest in rapidly evolving digital technology, such as emerging AI API toolsets

Skills

Required:HTMLCSSJavaScriptFigmaGit
Nice to have:SvelteWebGL / three.js

Benefits

  • Variable pay, such as annual bonus and restricted stock (depending on role)
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits; Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s); company-matching 401(k) plan; employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs
  • Benefits information for roles outside the U.S. provided during interview process
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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