The Guardian to create dozens of new positions to focus on more digital, visual, global and experimental journalism

The Guardian today announces plans to create dozens of new jobs as part of its global project to reach audiences in new ways, and expand its audio and visual journalism. Around 55 new permanent positions are being created across the Guardian’s UK, US and Australian offices over the next 12 months. The move comes as part of a multimillion, multiyear investment unveiled in 2025 to build a sustainable future for the Guardian by investing in being more digital, visual, global and experimental. As the ways audiences discover and engage with journalism evolve, the Guardian is continuing its history of innovation and experimentation with a string of initiatives to reach new and diverse audiences. This has included establishing Guardian Studios, a new creative hub for video-first, personality-led journalism, which will benefit from some of the new positions. Other roles will support a growing focus on video in areas such as opinion, features and sport, and a new US video team is being hired, plus there’ll be investment in visual investigations and data visualisations. Guardian Australia will become a global centre of excellence for social hosts, driving the Guardian’s global expertise in t