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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The position within Bain’s Editorial Department of Data Visualization Editor is responsible for creating arresting and compelling visuals, charts and data visualizations that convey Bain’s insights, data analysis, and thought leadership across a variety of formats ranging from infographics and interactives to white papers and online articles. The Data Visualization Editor will support Bain’s Partners and practices by working with Practice Editors during content development to reimagine their data for external publication and suggest and develop innovative ways to display key insights. The Data Visualization Editor will work closely with the Editorial, Brand Design, and other teams within the Marketing department to create visualizations that are accurate, on-brand, consistent, and work across all formats.
WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM
The Data Visualization Editor must have a solid editorial understanding of—and intellectual curiosity about—the business topics in Bain’s publications, must be able to participate actively in conversations with Bain’s most senior Partners, and be able to quickly convey data visualization suggestions to those Partners verbally and via mock-ups, sketches, PowerPoint slides, and other appropriate means.
The Data Visualization Editor must be able to advance Bain's ongoing mission to deliver clear, concise, and valuable thought leadership to a time-starved, C-suite audience, simplifying and decluttering messaging to reveal only the sharpest insights. They must also be able to effectively convey the reasoning behind these distillations to Bain Partners, Practice Editors, and other stakeholders.
The Data Visualization Editor will have a strong eye for online display and design and a solid understanding of Bain’s brand guidelines. They will stay abreast of the latest trends and leaders in data visualization, especially on mobile.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Responsibilities and Duties:
Bain’s Practice Editors help our Partners distill and refine their business insights and analysis for publication. The Data Visualization Editor plays a similar role, working with Partners and the Practice Editors to distill and publish key messages via data visualization.Serve as an internal consultant to Bain’s Practice Editors as they work with Bain’s Partners to publish Bain’s thought leadership insights in all formats:Sit in on calls between Practice Editors and Partners to provide data visualization guidanceReimagine data visualizations provided by the practices (typically in PowerPoint) to create compelling data graphicsSuggest new data visualization opportunities based on a close reading of the content and the data set providedConceive, develop and produce charts, infographics, interactives, “scrollytelling”, and other data-led online imagery.Review and manage the data visualization work of Editorial and Brand Design team members and provide feedback on clarity, user experience, mobile display, load times, production efficiency, and reusability across formats (e.g., social, digital mailings, etc.)In collaboration with the Production Editors, help manage the choice of data visualization tools and approach to optimize production flow of data visualizations and interactives, balancing project complexity against deadlines and resource availability. Review data visualizations to ensure their graphic approach to quantitative information is accurate, intuitive, and on-brand. The Data Visualization Editor should be skilled at effectively communicating which approaches work best, which don’t and why.Stay up-to-date on the latest data visualization tools used by Bain’s consulting teams; devote time to learning how these tools are used with clients and how they can be used in Bain’s various publications. Develop, document, and advocate for Bain’s approaches to published data visualization, including user interface, common features (e.g., standard buttons and UX), label usage and position, etc. Learn, understand, and advocate for the Bain brand and all design requirements associated with the brand.Develop and maintain a stable of talented freelance data visualization producers.
ABOUT YOU
Qualifications:
Superb data visualization and design skills, coupled with demonstrated experience interpreting and displaying business concepts through powerful visualsProven experience working directly with data graphics in an Editorial department or editorial contextExpert knowledge of Adobe Creative CloudStrong PowerPoint skillsExperience with Flourish, Infogram, Figma and other third-party data visualization tools a strong plusExperience with Optimizely (Episerver) CMS platform is a plusExperience with Javascript, HTML, CSS, and JS visualization libraries such as D3 is a strong plusProven experience recruiting, maintaining and managing a stable of freelance designers Experience with Tableau, Alteryx and other data visualization tools is a plusAbility to work effectively under deadlines and manage multiple projects with evolving requirementsSolid experience and understanding of corporate branding, layout, color and typography, preferably in both print and digital media. Experience with traditional print media is a plusSelf-starter with strong customer service, teamwork and organizational skillsWork independently as well as collaboratively in cross-functional teamsStrong verbal and written communication skills requiredBachelor’s degree preferred, with a concentration in math or statistics, data visualization, graphic design or other relevant studiesMA or MBA preferred but not required