Developer, Graphics (Remote)

About Us

The Athletic is a digital sports media company that brings true sports fans closer to the athletes, teams and leagues that captivate their attention. We serve a multi-faceted audience that craves a richer connection and understanding with immersive storytelling and a like-minded community of fans. Founded in 2016 and with major operational hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and Melbourne, we empower a truly global team of more than 600 creators and cover more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams across the United States, Canada and the UK. Our newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth reports along with more than 120 podcasts and other forms of premium content. Put simply, The Athletic is at the center of a sports fan’s universe.

About the Role 

The Developer, Graphics will play a crucial role in the growing data and explanatory visualization efforts of The Athletic’s newly formed Graphics team. 

In this role, you’ll work closely with other graphics developers, designers, engineers, data analysts, editors and reporters to create interactive storytelling, daily sports news graphics and destination pages that inform and inspire our readers. You’ll be expected to pitch and execute your own data and visual-driven stories and graphics, as well as collaborate with our newsroom to elevate our reporting across all of our sports coverage. 

You will also contribute to our team’s technical infrastructure for developing graphics, including building and maintaining tools, templates and style libraries.

To succeed, you should feel comfortable with every part of the graphics creation process, including story pitching, project planning, design, data analysis, development and quality assurance. You’ll be working in a collaborative environment and being able to communicate your vision with other creatives and stakeholders is important to this role.

You should be patient and flexible, willing to dive into any stage of a project to help level up the work. You should be perceptive and detail-oriented with a great mind for conceptual thinking and realizing the vision of the project at hand. 

This role will report to the Managing Editor, Graphics and is a fully remote position for candidates based in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data and visual driven graphics, both interactive and static for all of our sports coverage. 
• Collaborate with our newsroom, engineering and product partners to innovate and elevate our visual storytelling.
• Pitch and execute your own visual and data-driven story ideas alongside the Graphics team.
• Help field incoming graphics pitches from the newsroom, communicating clearly and thoughtfully with reporters and editors throughout the entirety of an assignment. 
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. 

Requirements

• At least 2 years of relevant experience, including time working as a graphics developer, visual journalist, or similar position in a newsroom or similar environment.
• Experience designing and building graphics using tools and libraries such as D3.js, Datawrapper, Adobe Illustrator, and Figma.
• Experience building graphics and news apps in Svelte or similar frameworks 
• Understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Experiencing conducting data analysis using Python, SQL, R or other similar frameworks 
• Experience working on concurrent, on-going projects.
• A deep knowledge of and an appreciation for journalism, design and data, including data analysis languages and methods of acquiring data, like coding and scraping.
• The ability to shape data-based journalism using innovative approaches to storytelling.
• An outstanding portfolio showcasing relevant work.
• The ability to adapt and think quickly when projects change, timelines shift or scopes vary. 
• Experience working and collaborating with Product and Engineering teams is a plus.
• Experience working in JIRA and Github is a plus
• Knowledge of GIS software (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, Mapbox) and geospatial data analysis techniques is a plus

The annual base salary range for this role is $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:

- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.

- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.

- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.

- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.

For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.

The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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