Election Data & Visualization Associate

Cook Political; Arlington (VA); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Cook Political Report seeks an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team in Arlington. The role blends data analysis with journalism, maintaining candidate and election data and turning it into reader-friendly visuals.

You will work with data across House, Senate, gubernatorial and presidential contests, while developing writing and communication skills and collaborating with editors to support data-driven research.

Qualifikationen

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in data analysis, journalism, or a related field.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency with R and advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Experience with Datawrapper or similar data visualization tools.
• Familiarity with CMS platforms (Drupal a plus).
• Strong attention to detail and judgment on data classification.
• Interest in AI tools and how they improve data workflows.
• Interest in U.S. politics and nonpartisan analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in political science, data science, statistics, journalism, or related field (or equivalent).

Aufgaben

• Maintain and update candidate profiles, polling, and election data across contests.
• Build charts, maps, and interactive graphics in Datawrapper for newsletters and website.
• Enter and QA new data, flag discrepancies for editors.
• Use R and spreadsheets to clean, organize, and analyze data for editorial research.
• Write brief campaign summaries for race pages as requested.
• Collaborate with editors and analysts across teams to support data needs.
• Maintain data integrity across CMS (Drupal) and related data sheets.
• Explore and pilot AI tools to improve data workflows.

Kenntnisse

Data analysis

Writing

R

Excel/Sheets

Datawrapper

CMS (Drupal)

Attention to detail

AI tools

U.S. politics

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in political science or related field

Tools

Datawrapper

Drupal

Jobbeschreibung

The Cook Political Report seeks an Associate, Election Data & Analytics to join our editorial team in Arlington. The role blends data analysis with journalism, maintaining candidate and election data and turning it into reader-friendly visuals.

You will work with data across House, Senate, gubernatorial and presidential contests, while developing writing and communication skills and collaborating with editors to support data-driven research.