Graphics Journalist in London, England at Dow Jones & Co.

Dow Jones & Co.

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.

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Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put “Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line.

London-1 London Bridge St

Full time
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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Data Visualization and Graphics Editor/Designer to creatively guide and develop data stories and graphics across all platforms. As our publications expand their visual storytelling capabilities, this role will be integral in establishing how we present large-format, data-driven stories to our audience. The ideal candidate is a data-visualization expert who can work closely with a team of journalists to create compelling visual content and data-led journalism.

You Will:

• Create data-visualizations and infographics: Work closely with reporters and editors to create story-led visuals based on data, maps and insights.
• Data Analysis: Source and work comfortably with a wide range of data sets across energy and commodities.
• Storytelling: Turn complex data into engaging and compelling visual stories and interactives.
• Collaboration: Work closely with editors, writers, other reporters, and the homepage team to bring visual ideas to life for prominent stories. We strongly value teamwork, so the ability to collaborate easily with other newsroom members is essential.

You Have:

• Experience: Demonstrable experience of data journalismworking in a newsroom.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating visually and editorially compelling graphics, interactives and data-visualizations.
• Technical Skills: JavaScript, HTML/CSS, D3.js, Adobe Illustrator, Svelte (or another similar framework like React, Vue etc)
  
  • Information data design
  • Web and UX design skills
  • Statistical programming tool such as R or Python/pandas
  • QGIS (or other GIS software
• Comfort working in Excel/Google Sheets and a working knowledge of HTML/CSS.
• Some data journalism skills and a capability to search and identify new data sets and trends.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with being highly organized and detail-oriented. Able to work with the head of news and a bench of price reporters to bring large datasets to life in a visual format.
• Basic knowledge of energy and commodities an advantage.

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Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application or participating in an interview due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

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Business Area:
Dow Jones - Energy

Job Category:
Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:
Non-Union role

About_Us

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.