Visual Editor
As Visual Editor, you will lead Spotlight Sports Group’s graphics team. The role will have day-to-day responsibility for leading the editorial graphics operation, while also setting common standards, workflows and priorities across the wider graphics function in partnership with audience, marketing, commercial and B2B. You will oversee the delivery of high-quality visual assets for live editorial needs, planned campaigns, premium storytelling, data-led journalism, print, social, video, B2B and commercial projects. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you will set clear standards, improve commissioning and prioritisation, strengthen quality control and ensure graphics are involved early enough to add real creative and strategic value.
- Lead Spotlight Sports Group’s graphics team and develop the graphics function, delivering high-quality visual output across editorial, audience, marketing, commercial, B2B, video, social and print platforms.
- Assign and assist in the production of daily editorial requirements – including news graphics, premium title images, thumbnails, print assets, infographics, racing and sport packages, and motion graphics – and creative work across marketing, B2B, commercial and brand campaigns.
- Build a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture, ensuring clear ownership, fair prioritisation, constructive challenge and strong relationships across the business.
- Pioneer more ambitious digital-first visual storytelling, including data visualisation, motion/social formats, premium presentation and creative approaches to complex betting, racing and sports stories.
- Set and maintain shared standards to ensure graphics are accurate, clear, consistent and aligned with Spotlight Sports Group’s brand.
- Work closely with senior editors, audience, product, marketing, commercial and B2B teams to ensure graphics are involved at the point of commission and to brainstorm visual components.
- Support the wider marketing function for campaign activation and branding opportunities.
- Manage our team of award-winning photographers and build and maintain relationships with retained and freelance contributors.
- Manage and liaise on contacts, media rights, and archive material.
- Identify opportunities to automate or streamline low-value repetitive work through templates, improved workflows, self-service options and appropriate use of AI tools, freeing the function to focus on standards, commissioning and creative ambition.
- Essential Experience of leading a team to produce graphics, design, visual journalism and creative editorial and hands-on delivery experience (required).
- Strong understanding of digital-first publishing and how visual presentation can improve journalism, audience engagement, conversion and premium content (required).
- Excellent editorial judgement, with the ability to turn complex stories, data, racing, betting or sporting subjects into clear and engaging visual formats (required).
- Proven ability to lead, manage or influence creative teams in a fast-paced publishing, media, agency or commercial content environment (required).
- Strong knowledge of design standards, visual hierarchy, typography, layout, image treatment, brand consistency and digital asset production (required).
- Excellent attention to detail, with a strong understanding of proofing, accuracy, data-checking and quality-control processes (required).
- Ability to balance speed and quality, particularly across reactive daily output and higher-value planned creative projects (required).
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge briefs, shape ideas and build effective relationships across editorial, marketing, commercial, product and B2B teams (required).
- Highly organised, with excellent prioritisation skills and the ability to manage competing demands across multiple teams and platforms (required).
- Collaborative leadership style, with the ability to create clear processes, build trust and support a positive team culture (required).
- Strong working knowledge of relevant design, publishing and content-production tools (required).
- Willingness to work weekends (approximately one in three) (required).
- Willingness to work from our London office three days per week (required).
- Desirable Experience working in racing, betting, sport, financial data, news media or another data-rich publishing environment (nice-to-have).
- Experience with data visualisation, interactive graphics, motion graphics, video assets or social-first visual formats (nice-to-have).
- Experience developing visual style guides, design systems, templates or shared creative standards (nice-to-have).
- Experience using AI or automation tools to improve creative workflows, ideation or production efficiency (nice-to-have).
- Experience working with commercial, B2B, marketing or brand campaign teams as well as editorial teams (nice-to-have).
- Knowledge of Ceros or similar interactive content tools (nice-to-have).
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent parental leave
- A working globally policy
- Mental health support
- Assistance programs
- Social gatherings
- Pension scheme
- Various other benefit schemes
- Birthdays off work
- 25 days of holiday per year
- Life assurance
- Exclusive perks like the Star card
- Step Further Awards (our employee recognition program)
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Complimentary access to our Racing Post Members Club, complete with an Ultimate Membership
- Volunteer two days per year with our charity partner
Spotlight Sports Group is a global media and technology company operating across horse racing and sports betting. It combines more than 40 years of Racing Post heritage with consumer brands such as Pickswise, myracing and Free Super Tips, alongside B2B products that power major operators, affiliates and media groups. Its technology includes the Superfeed content engine, Halo live streaming, Spotlight iQ AI-driven insights and digital and print betting-shop displays, plus the ICS-digital and ICS-translate marketing and localisation agencies covering more than 80 languages. Headquartered in London, the company employs over 400 people and serves leading names in betting, racing and sports media.
