The Walt Disney Company · 2 days ago

Visual Editor, Interactive Storytelling

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$93K/yr - $124K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Identify and pitch visual story ideas and execute them in partnership with digital editors, developers, and graphics editors.

Partner with various teams to refine standards and best practices for storytelling forms, including data visualizations, games, long-form visual narratives, and interactive experiences.

Apply audience analytics to inform design choices and support the user journey across Nat Geo content, on- and off-platform.

Serve as a user-experience advocate across the Creative Department, coaching print-focused designers and graphic artists on translating graphics to a digital context.

Qualification

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Interactive StorytellingVisual StorytellingData JournalismResearchUser Experience DesignProblem-SolvingCollaborationCommunicationArt directionProduct designUser experiencePrototypingMappingIllustratorAi2htmlQgisVisualizationHtmlCssJavascriptJqueryD3Three.jsUx researchTesting methodologiesPrototyping softwareFlexibilityCuriosityWillingness to learn

Required

Minimum 6 years of experience conceptualizing and creating interactive storytelling on digital platforms.

You have solid visual storytelling and data journalism experience gained within a newsroom or editorial setting.

You have a portfolio of published work that demonstrates your skills in research, reporting, story development and execution of a visual storytelling concept.

You understand the needs of a digital audience, user experience design, and are always asking: “how will I engage the audience”?

You’re comfortable working collaboratively, individually and with cross-functional teams. We are seeking a self-starter, but not a lone wolf.

You are an excellent communicator and feel as comfortable walking through a visual pitch with editors as you do coaching a graphics editor on wireframing an interactive design.

Preferred

We’re flexible on your exact skillset as long as you bring curiosity and willingness to learn. But you will ideally have some combination of editing experience, art direction, product design, user experience and prototyping skills (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.), mapping and graphics skills (Illustrator, AI2html, QGIS), and development and visualization skills (HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery, d3, three.js or other visualization libraries).

Familiarity with UX research and testing methodologies, and prototyping software.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.