News Designer & Developer, Senior

Bloomberg Industry Group
Arlington, United States of America
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Arlington, United States of America

Tech stack

HTML
JavaScript
Computer-Aided Design
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Data analysis
CSS
Data Visualization
Digital Technology
Python
Svelte
Vue.js
Figma
Front End Software Development

Job description

Ambitious. Creative. Talented. If those wordsdescribe you, keep reading. Bloomberg Industry Group, one of Washington's busiest newsrooms, seeks a News Designer/Developer to help us visualize stories with impact. This is your opportunity to join a creative team that is smartly experimental, constantly innovating, and dedicated to bold visual journalism. We tell stories that are important to our readers, from investigative data visualizations, to breaking graphics driven by news events.

The key skills we are looking for in this position: design and development. You'll use your design skills to create compelling, industry-leadingvisual stories. You'll use your development skills to create full digital experiences and interactive features that engage readers.

This is a highly collaborative position, and you'll be expected to work well with our creative team as well as reporters and editors across the newsroom.

What you will do:

  • Use your design and visualization skills to present stories that are interactive, innovative, accessible, and understandable, for stories that are driven by breaking news as well as investigative reporting.
  • Exercise front-end development tools to code custom interactive projects and full digital experiences that engage audiences.
  • Analyze and refine data to tell stories with impact.
  • Collaborate with team members and newsroom colleagues on the biggest and most important stories to Bloomberg Industry Group readers.
  • Apply excellent news judgment, problem-solving skills, and decision-making skills, along with the ability to juggle projects and meet tight newsroom deadlines.
  • Be a self-starter who sets high standards.
  • Explore new technologies and find new methods for storytelling to produce visualizations with impact.
  • Take a lead design and development role on special projects.
  • Mentor and set an example for other team members.

Requirements

  • Seven or more years of experience in design, development, or data analysis, including at least three years working in journalism or another media-related industry.
  • A demonstrated track record of working independently and as part of a team.
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Expert development experience that may include front-end web development using modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including frameworks such as Vue, Svelte, or D3, as well as rendering graphics in the browser with SVG and/or Canvas.
  • Expert-level visual design skills that may include an understanding of layout, typography, photography, video, and user experience and familiarity with design software such as Adobe Illustrator and Figma.
  • Advanced data analysis experience that may include collecting and managing data from various sources and formats using R, Python, or other programmatic methods for data visualization.
  • An expert in at least one of the following: mapping, 3D, motion graphics, illustration, or any creative technology that helps us explore innovative narrative forms.
  • Experience or interest in topics core to Bloomberg Industry Group coverage, including legal, tax, and government matters.

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