Data Visualization Designer designing impactful visualizations to highlight rural economic initiatives. Collaborating across teams to translate complex datasets into actionable insights.
Responsibilities
Design impactful visualizations that drive data-driven storytelling.
Collaborate with economists, data scientists, program teams, and other stakeholders to create static and interactive visualizations.
Address the data needs of internal and external clients to help them interpret complex information.
Deliver presentations to external audiences, using data to tell compelling stories about rural America.
Support business development by contributing to grant and contract proposals.
Develop design concepts for internal and client-facing reports.
Requirements
3–5 years of professional experience in a data-focused role, ideally within a nonprofit or mission-driven organization.
3+ years of experience creating visualizations using tools such as ggplot, Datawrapper, and Adobe Illustrator.
3+ years of experience analyzing data with R (tidyverse) and/or Python (pandas).
Experience building interactive graphics with modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (e.g., d3.js).
Experience developing static and interactive maps using Mapbox, Leaflet, and/or QGIS.
Experience using data to measure, evaluate, and communicate program outcomes and impact.
Proficiency with design tools such as Figma and Adobe Illustrator.
Proficiency with spreadsheet tools such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
Strong understanding of information design principles and data storytelling.
Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, JavaScript frameworks such as React or Svelte.
Familiarity with federal socioeconomic datasets, such as the American Community Survey (ACS) and Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Experience creating and maintaining organizational style guides and design systems.
Proficiency with Git and GitHub.
Benefits
Annual professional development allowance
Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, short-term disability and life insurance, and 5% employer-matched 401(k).
Home office set-up allowance
Employee Assistance Program
Fifteen days accrued PTO, plus eight floating holidays
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