Description:
What will you do?
- Produce effective data visuals and informational graphics (static and/or interactive) for daily and project use within the established style guidelines for various coverage areas on multiple platforms.
- Work quickly, accurately and efficiently under tight deadlines, making sound decisions around story angles and technical approaches.
- Take a multiplatform approach to design and storytelling and participate in the associated prototyping, storyboarding and planning endeavors.
What will it take to be successful?
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a cross-disciplinary team including writers, photographers and editors.
- Experience advancing equity and inclusion in news coverage.
Requirements
- Experience: Three years of experience in a news organization preferred.
- Ability to create charts, maps, diagrams, interactive graphics or visual projects for same-day turnaround, as well as projects that may take more time.
- Knowledge of charting tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Datawrapper, Flourish, Excel and Google Sheets.
- Experience with responsive web design techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to take concepts and translate into visual storytelling images or interactive web pieces.
- Experience with current web standards, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and relevant data visualization libraries.
- Established illustration styles.
- Ability to capture concepts in surprising and delightful ways.
- Ability to work in high pressure, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience/ familiarity with pagination systems and WordPress preferred.