Interactive News Design Developer Partners Data Systems
Arlington, VA

Job Description

POLITICO's mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed. We experiment to avoid being disrupted and we have fun disrupting others. And we are not afraid to risk failure if it means being the best at what we do.

POLITICO is looking for a skilled designer with a keen sense of digital storytelling to join the Interactive News desk at POLITICO. This is a wide-ranging role and touches on the full spectrum of our work, including data visualization, enterprise features, tools, databases and more. You'll play an outsize part in defining the public signature of our team's work and be one of our most important advocates for reader experience.

What you'll do...

* Design and code the look and feel of pages and applications alongside developers, graphics reporters and other visual journalists
* Anchor our project workflow by prototyping page designs with developers, reporters and editors
* Help develop and maintain the Interactive News team's style guides and libraries and evangelize consistent design principles within the team
* Pitch original project ideas and refine pitches from our newsroom as a fully-vested reporting partner.
* Develop templates for our team and wider newsroom to use to help increase the reach and scale of POLITICO's visual storytelling
* Constantly evaluate the designs you make, using analytics, user experience testing and whatever else can help make us smarter and more thoughtful about design

What you'll need...

* Experience mocking up designs using prototyping software like Figma or Sketch
* Strong evidence you make consistent color and typography choices across a variety of story formats
* Experience building or refining web-native data visualizations in Adobe Illustrator, D3 or something else
* Strong competence with the building blocks of modern web development: HTML, CSS and JavaScript
* Familiarity with or willingness to learn modern front-end development frameworks like React and CSS extensions like SCSS or Sass
* Comfort working with data and translating key analysis points into compelling visuals

We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors, collaborators, and talent cultivators. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity, and a prioritization on innovation.

We value our people. We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness benefits, commuter benefits, retirement plans, as well as work-life balance flexibility and opportunities for career development.

Let's keep in touch. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @politicocareers and #meetPOLITICO for a deep dive into what makes us POLITICOs and our adventures. We'd love to hear from you!