What are the responsibilities and job description for the News Designer & Developer, Senior position at Bloomberg Industry Group?
Ambitious. Creative. Talented. If those words describe 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-leading visual 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:
Bloomberg Industry Group maintains a continuing policy of non-discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg Industry Group’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (“Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics (“Discrimination”).
The key skills we are looking for in this position: design and development. You'll use your design skills to create compelling, industry-leading visual 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.
- 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.
Bloomberg Industry Group maintains a continuing policy of non-discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg Industry Group’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (“Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics (“Discrimination”).