NerdWallet has been around since 2009, helping consumers make smart financial decisions. We’re doubling our staff this year, including adding an experienced computer-assisted reporting editor, who will help drive our content decisions. Join us, work with a bunch of collegial brainiacs and help shape a business that’s rapidly growing. (Among our recent hires: a key VP from LinkedIn, a senior editor from CNN, one of the top recruiters in Silicon Valley, and a physician with an MBA — both degrees from Stanford.)
The job:
- Analyze data to spot stories and story angles with a high return on investment in clicks, shares, links and references in mainstream media.
- Identify visual ways to tell stories, including charts, tables, data visualizations and infographics.
- Collaborate with writers to deliver clear, easily digestible stories and data analysis for lay people.
- Obtain, through open records requests, data for stories and applications and develop scalable processes for data collection and analysis.
- Create searchable database applications and interactive maps for internal and external use in collaboration with in-house data analytics team.
- Help scale a computer-assisted reporting team and capabilities across NerdWallet.
Key needs:
- Strong data reporting experience at a midsize daily news outlet or larger.
- Strong excel skills and familiarity with data visualization software (e.g. Tableau, GIS) and programming languages (e.g. HTML, SQL).
- Superior attention to detail. (This is a key measure of performance.)
- The ability to collaborate effectively. (This is a key measure of performance.)
- Flexibility. We consistently iterate and try new strategies. We don’t operate like traditional news outlets.
- The ability to prioritize and reprioritize as needed.
- Strong problem-solving abilities. Strong judgment. We don’t micromanage or hand-hold.
To apply, go here.
