Graphics Editor

Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented graphics editor to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will create impactful information graphics that tell compelling stories. You will collaborate closely with award-winning journalists, working on a variety of projects from static charts to interactive features. This position offers the flexibility of remote work across the U.S., allowing you to contribute to a mission-driven organization committed to innovative visual storytelling. If you are passionate about using your design skills for journalistic purposes, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to use technical and design skills for journalistic storytelling.
• Experience in creating information graphics and interactive features.

Responsibilities

• Create information graphics that enhance storytelling and provide real-world impact.
• Collaborate with journalists and other departments on various projects.

Skills

Graphic Design

Data Visualization

Technical Skills

Collaboration

Job description

ProPublica is seeking a graphics editor to create information graphics for stories with real-world impact.

You will work closely with ProPublica’s award-winning journalists to pitch, conceptualize, design and build charts like our explainer on the new effects of immigration or car loan interest rates, maps like our analysis of Wisconsin legislative districts or Colorado wildfires, data visualizations like our look at racial disparities in child welfare investigations, and other interactive graphics like our deep dive into weakened toddler formula regulations or the limits of plastic recycling.

Your projects will range from designing static charts and maps to building interactive features that elevate our daily storytelling to experimenting with innovative forms of visualizations.

You will be at the center of one of the most exciting newsrooms in the country, where every day will be a chance to work in an environment where visual storytelling is integral to the mission.

About You

We look for people who have proven that they can use technical and design skills for journalistic ends. The ideal candidate will have some of these skills:

This position will report to the graphics director and will collaborate with members of our other departments including visuals, video, news apps and product, as well as reporters and story editors.

This job is full time and includes benefits. The team is distributed, so remote applicants anywhere in the U.S. are welcome. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Austin, Texas; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 to $125,000.

This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.

Getting the Job

Projects are the most important part of the application, not fancy degrees or deep resumes. Your application is a chance to show us your ability to contribute to great work.

You’ll be able to send us three projects from your portfolio (if you don’t have a portfolio, links or screenshots are fine). Here you can walk us through your contributions to those projects. Take advantage of this to tell us everything you did, from behind-the-scenes wins you’re proud of to how you helped your colleagues to what you might have done differently a second time around. Tell us what worked and what didn’t, and how that fit into the context of what was needed for the project.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

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