The Information seeks a visual journalist

We founded The Information in late 2013 with a simple idea: write deeply reported articles about the technology industry that you won’t find elsewhere. Since then, we’ve moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of acquisitions, and told you what’s happening deep inside companies like Apple, Facebook and Google. We are a subscription-only publication which has established a reputation for high-quality business coverage of the tech and media industries. We have attracted tens of thousands of paying subscribers through our breaking news and in-depth features.

Visuals tell stories as much as words. This person will play a key role in boosting the quantity and range of our visual journalism, including interactive illustrations. We’re producing more and more ambitious stories, and our graphics need to keep pace.

Responsibilities:

Create graphics to accompany daily stories as well as larger interactive graphics and projects
Help with photo editing
Help analyze data to develop interesting graphics

Requirements:

A Bachelor’s Degree
A functional understanding of web-development technologies, including Javascript, HTML and CSS.
Demonstrated experience using Git control.
Experiences with D3, Adobe Illustrator.
Experience with Adobe Photoshop

Nice to have:

Knowledge of mapping tools including QGIS, Leaflet, Mapbox etc.
Experience with the Google Sheets API, SQL and SSH.
Other visual skills (e.g., motion graphics, illustration, 3D modeling.)
Experience with data analysis languages/methods (e.g., Python, R, QGIS, statistical analysis.)

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.