Data Visualization Director - Insider

Job Title: Data Visualization Director
Job Location: New York, New York, United States
Job Listing URL: https://www.insider-inc.com/jobs?gh_jid=5070599004
Job Description: Business Insider is hiring a Data Visualization Director to join our editorial graphics team. This role will be overseeing a team of designers and developers to produce data graphics and visualizations for our biggest stories. They will report to the Executive Creative Director.

Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible, smart, sometimes unexpected, and always helpful. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.

The Role & Team:

The ideal candidate is a thoughtful leader and expert data graphics designer who also has an extensive technical background to guide interactive projects from concept to finished product. This role will be responsible for assigning, editing, and project managing graphics, interactives, and larger-scale projects, like custom mini-sites built outside of our CMS. This person should have a passion for data journalism, visual storytelling, and problem solving.

Key Responsibilities:

Experience managing and art directing designers and developers

Digital design and development experience, preferably in a newsroom

Experience designing and building data visualizations and interactive information graphics

Ability to use Python, R, and Google Sheets to analyze and clean large datasets

Experience with coding languages including JavaScript (specifically D3), HTML, CSS/SCSS

Expert use of Github

Experience with frameworks such as Svelte a plus

Experience with cartography tools, such as QGIS and Mapbox a plus

Engineered and authored data-driven interactive features of their own, including data reporting, mapping, creative coding or scrollys

Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite

Has technical expertise managing and maintaining backend codebases

Experience using project management platforms such as Monday

The ideal candidate has:

Keen eye for finding and framing data and visual focused stories

Knowledge of principles and standards of journalism

Ability to juggle multiple projects and work under deadlines

Smart, bold, and responsive approach to design

Ability to think big and not always conform

Ability to thoughtfully communicate and make the complex, simple

Experience hiring, onboarding, and training new hires a plus

Strong organization and communication skills

Salary & Benefits:

Salary: $130,000 - $160,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)

Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Matched and vested 401k plan

Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reach out, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to the Insider community.

About Business Insider:

Business Insider is a global journalism company that covers the world of business, tech, innovation, and beyond. With headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Belfast, and Singapore, we reach an audience of more than 375 million with storytelling that’s fascinating, unexpected, and always helpful.

As a company, we strive to be inspiring and effective, we value Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Our company motto is “get better every day,” which means we value all people. Diversity reflects the different life experiences, identities, and perspectives that make each of us unique. For more information on our DEI mission click here.

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