News Designer

Date Posted	October 16, 2025
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Business/Technology
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	50,000 - 60,000

Description:

News Designer

The Jacksonville Daily Record is seeking a journalist to drive the visual presentation of its news. 

The Daily Record covers business, development, government and the courts in Northeast Florida, one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. 

We are a family-owned news organization, publishing weekly in print and daily online at JaxDailyRecord.com, 

As a news designer, you will join a growing newsroom that has won numerous awards over the years for its reporting and design, including first place for Overall Graphic Design in the 2024 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest.

In Jacksonville, you will find an NFL city with miles of Atlantic beaches, billions of dollars in developments underway, historic neighborhoods and a low cost of living compared to other Florida metros. 

We are seeking a team member to help maintain our excellence. Responsibilities would include:

• Design the Daily Record, a 16-24 page weekly newspaper.

• Post content to JaxDailyRecord.com

• Edit photos and create visuals, maps, charts and other design elements for print and online.  This would include illustrations, maps and extracting images from various documents and other sources.

• Write headlines, captions and display type as needed.

• Produce the Daily Record’s daily newsletter.

• Post content to the Daily Record’s Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.

• Help produce the "Big Book of Business," an annual special publication.

• Look for ways to improve the current design of the Daily Record in print and online.

• Take part in story planning.

• The Daily Record staff is flexible. If something happens we all quickly pitch in to do whatever is needed. This can include taking photos, posting stories to the web, contributing to social media and writing stories.

Skills needed:

The Daily Record uses Adobe Creative Cloud and an InDesign-InCopy workflow.

This job will require strong skills in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Job details:

Full-time, with benefits including health, dental, life and 401k, Competitive pay commensurate with experience.

How to apply: 

Send your resume, cover letter, and examples of your design work to:

Monty Zickuhr,
Editor
 mzickuhr@jaxdailyrecord.com

You can view past print issues of the Daily Record here

No phone calls please.