Senior Data Visuals Editor

The Texas Tribune

919 Congress Ave., The Sixth Floor
Austin, Texas United States 78701

Web: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

The Texas Tribune, the state’s go-to source for Texas politics and public policy news, is hiring a Senior Data Visuals Developer to build data tools to empower Texans and help them understand where they fit within the state's complicated political landscape. This position is part of the Tribune's award-winning data visuals department, an experimental R&D storytelling team living between product and editorial.

This person will report to the Data Visuals Editor and can be based anywhere in Texas. The Tribune is headquartered in Austin, and we have journalists in cities across the state. The Senior Data Visuals Developer’s primary focus will be our statewide newsroom, with occasional collaborations with our new local newsrooms in Waco and Austin.

The salary for this position is $95,000.

• After the elections, you will also help analyze the results to help Texans understand what happened.
• Each election cycle, our coverage gets more visually ambitious. We are looking for someone with new ideas on how we can continue to serve our audience well.
• You will be in charge of maintaining the Django API that powers our election tools and optimizing this process in collaboration with our in-house engineering team.
• We’re looking for someone who is future-minded and eager to experiment with how and where we publish election information, including with AI.
• You will become a Texas campaign finance expert and help produce impactful reporting on powerful politicians and donors. We have an internal Django app that helps gather state campaign finance data and are open to ideas for how we can make this tool more useful for our reporters.
• You are eager to help the organization strategize about how to provide information on local elections for our audiences in Austin and Waco.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience building and maintaining back-end and API workflows using tools such as Django.
• Experience with basic spreadsheet tools and running data analysis using tools such as Python, SQL or R.
• Experience creating clear and concise data visualizations and the journalistic skills to evaluate when a story needs a big lift or could benefit from simplicity.
• As a senior staff member, you’ll show an interest in leadership and be comfortable representing the data visuals team in editorial and product meetings when needed.
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to work with rigor while knowing that you are still learning and growing.
• Visual design skills are a plus, but not required. However, the ability to collaborate is required—you’ll frequently partner with Tribune product designers on and off the data visuals team.

We know some great candidates won’t check all of these boxes, and we also know you might bring important skills that we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

Location

The Texas Tribune office is located in downtown Austin, steps away from the Texas Capitol. This position is based in Austin, but we will consider candidates who are based elsewhere in Texas and can travel occasionally to our Austin office.

This job is full-time and has the following benefits:

• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• Monthly cellphone stipend
• 20 days of paid time off each year
• 12 paid holidays
• Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, plus four weeks of additional job protection
• Annual 401(k) match
• Support for professional training and career development
• Remote working flexibility

Submit your application here by March 1, with

• a resume,
• a cover letter detailing your vision for this position and how you would approach the work, and
• up to three samples of projects you’ve played a role in creating or maintaining. Bonus points for clips that include political data. If you have fewer than three examples to share, that’s okay! We want to see the best representation of your abilities and why you’re proud of the work.

The Texas Tribune is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants of…