UPDATE (March 29, 2022, 10:01 a.m.): We’re now not accepting functions for this place.
FiveThirtyEight is looking for a sort and inventive Affiliate Visible Journalist to affix our Interactives and Graphics workforce. This entry-level place is right for current graduates and profession switchers, because it gives rapid entry to the expertise and mentorship essential to turn out to be a thriving member of the Interactives workforce. Day-to-day work primarily includes creating static charts, however the Affiliate Visible Journalist can even have alternatives to work on interactives and sometimes pitch their very own work.
The Affiliate Visible Journalist will report back to both the Deputy Editor, Interactives and Graphics, or the Senior Editor, Interactives, and work carefully with the remainder of the Interactives workforce, in addition to with reporters and editors throughout the newsroom. This full-time position with advantages is a U.S.-based place. As our places of work are in New York, we desire candidates based mostly within the New York space, however full-time distant work could also be thought of.
When you’ve got questions, please electronic mail Deputy Editor Chris Groskopf. To use, please submit a canopy letter and résumé via the Disney Careers portal.
Tasks:
- Crafting static and bespoke charts to accompany each day and have tales beneath the supervision of editors or extra senior visible journalists
- Contributing code and design to minor elements of interactive initiatives as a sole contributor or to bigger elements when working in shut collaboration with extra senior visible journalists
- Proactively studying no matter new technical abilities and area data are essential to succeed on every undertaking
- Collaborating with the Interactives workforce and the remainder of the newsroom by actively participating in routine workflow, equivalent to copy enhancing, story check-ins and undertaking retrospectives
- Speaking undertaking standing, together with sudden roadblocks or delays, to collaborators and stakeholders in a well timed trend
- Giving and receiving candid suggestions to friends, colleagues and managers
Fundamental {Qualifications}:
- A ardour for knowledge visualization and crafting graphics that inform a transparent story
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator
- Some expertise utilizing front-end web-development applied sciences, equivalent to HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- The power to steadiness deadlines with alternatives to experiment and create new methods to visualise sports activities and politics knowledge
- Enthusiasm for collaborating with different FiveThirtyEight journalists on their beats
Most well-liked {Qualifications}:
- A stable understanding of U.S. politics, notably electoral politics, main U.S. sports activities and/or science
- Fluency in fundamental statistics
- Fluency in at the least one programming language, ideally JavaScript
That is an entry-level place so should you don’t verify each field however nonetheless really feel like this is able to be an ideal position for you, please apply!
ABC Information and FiveThirtyEight are equal-opportunity employers. Candidates will obtain consideration for employment with out regard to race, coloration, faith, intercourse, age, nationwide origin, sexual orientation, gender id, incapacity or protected veteran standing.
