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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Python @ 3
R @ 3
GitHub @ 3
HTML @ 3
JavaScript @ 3
CSS @ 3
Web Development @ 3
Reporting @ 3
Figma @ 2
Data Visualization @ 3
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Bloomberg Businessweek is seeking a freelance visualization reporter to work with its Businessweek Graphics team in New York City or Washington, D.C. In this role you’ll collaborate with editors, reporters and art directors to create data visualizations for the monthly print publication and for daily Businessweek-branded content published on Bloomberg.com.
The charts, maps and visual narratives you develop will share the same thoughtful reporting, insightful perspective and sophisticated design that are the hallmarks of Businessweek.
We value people who are passionate about covering the issues that are most important to our readers — business, economics, technology, politics, and markets — and motivated to work on a variety of content, from features to breaking news. You’ll have opportunities to pitch your own ideas for graphics and to collaborate with other members of the Bloomberg Graphics team to execute them. Experience with Adobe InDesign is preferred. In-office work four days / week is required.
Responsibilities
- Rely on exceptional curiosity, data prowess and design sensibilities to create informative maps, charts and other graphics.
- Work efficiently on a wide range of graphics under a variety of deadlines.
- Develop visual narratives for both print (monthly) and daily online content.
- Pitch and collaborate on ideas with editors, reporters and art directors.
Requirements
- Strong sense of visual design, layout, typography and user experience; familiarity with design software such as Adobe Illustrator and Figma.
- Experience reporting on varied deadlines and crafting visual narratives with data.
- Experience with data reporting: ability to source, collect, manage, munge, explore and analyze data from various sources and formats using R, Python or other programmatic methods.
- Experience with Adobe InDesign is encouraged.
- Experience with cartography software such as QGIS and/or mapshaper is encouraged.
- Experience with front-end web development using modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript and rendering graphics in the browser.
- Interest in topics core to Bloomberg News coverage — including finance, markets, economics and government policy — and eagerness to develop subject-matter expertise.
- Applicants should submit a resume, a brief letter, and a portfolio demonstrating data visualization, graphic design and development. Include a link to your GitHub if available.
Compensation
Salary Range: 45 - 50 USD Hourly
Benefits
The posting notes Bloomberg offers a comprehensive benefits plan and a range of total rewards for employees (merit increases, incentive compensation for exempt roles, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) + match, life insurance, and wellness programs). The company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.