Graphics Editor

$70,000 - $80,000/Yr

American Association For The Advancement of Science - Washington, DC

Full-time - Entry Level

Washington, DC

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About the position

AAAS has an exciting full-time opportunity for a Graphics Editor to join our award-winning Science's Visuals team. Reporting to the Graphics Managing Editor, this position will be responsible for creating data visualizations, maps, and graphics for News from Science and the Science family of journals. The ideal candidate will not only have strong design and typographic sensibilities, but will also be passionate about collaborating with reporters, researchers, and editors to assemble, sift through, and use data to discover trends and tell visual stories. In this role, you will research and design data visualizations and maps for both print and web on both short and long timescales. You will collaborate with authors and editors on the News team to align on visual goals and devise an effective, creative, and aesthetically striking visual strategy for graphics. Additionally, you will redesign graphics submitted by academics for the Commentary section to comply with Science styles and data visualization best practices. Collaboration is key, as you will work with designers and photographers to ensure cohesion between visual assets in the final layout, and with scientific illustrators on stories that require both data visualizations and infographics. Your responsibilities will also include designing graphics for both print and web with an eye for responsive and accessible design, as well as creating interactive graphics that engage our audience. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the visual storytelling of scientific research and news, making complex data accessible and engaging for a broad audience.

Responsibilities

• Research and design data visualizations and maps for print and web on both short and long timescales
• Collaborate with authors and editors on the News team to align on visual goals and devise an effective, creative, and aesthetically striking visual strategy for graphics
• Redesign graphics submitted by academics for the Commentary section to comply with Science styles and data viz best practices
• Collaborate with designers and photographers to ensure cohesion between visual assets in the final layout
• Collaborate with scientific illustrators on stories that require both data visualizations and infographics
• Design graphics for both print and web with an eye for responsive and accessible design
• Design interactive graphics

Requirements

• 1-3 years of relevant data visualization experience at a magazine, news outlet, or studio
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, data science, cartography, or other relevant field, preferred
• A portfolio that demonstrates an aptitude for designing standard charts and innovative data visualizations
• Well versed in design principles and data visualizations best practices
• In-depth knowledge of Adobe Illustrator for creating graphics and data visualizations
• Experience using open-source tools or coding languages to generate a wide range of data-driven charts in a vector-based format (i.e. SVG)
• Ability to clean, manipulate and analyze tabular data
• Familiarity with basic mapmaking including sourcing, prepping, and reprojecting GIS data in QGIS or similar program, and styling of a publish ready map in Adobe Illustrator
• Solid grounding in basic science education, intellectual curiosity about science, and comfort with scientific ideas
• Ability to digest complex technical research and hone a visual narrative

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible benefit account
• Vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Sick time
• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Short- and long-term disability