Data Visualisation Designer

Job Description

Digital arm of English, Malay, Tamil MediaGroup within SPH group specialises in making the news stories exciting with the stunning interactive features. The team is looking for

If you are passionate for journalism, data and design and take initiative to devise original and imaginative ways to tell visual stories, you may the one we are looking for. Data Visualisation Designer would be expected to work closely with journalists, developers, designers, and editors on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

Come up with data visualisation design through interactive infographics
Carry out investigative journalism/research with journalists using data, including conducting interviews and finding/verifying data sources
Demonstrate editorial judgement, creativity and flair
Work with front-end web developers to produce interesting and innovative visual stories
Use various statistics and data science tools for data parsing, scraping and wrangling
Manage workflow and process for data-driven stories in the newsroom
Use analytics to evaluate stories and propose changes to workflow, concepts

Experience Guidelines

Experience in a data visualization role
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Familiar with the latest digital storytelling trends
Familiar with the common data APIs, facebook graph API, google API
Bachelor’s degree in data science, mathematics, statistics, computer science strongly preferred
Experienced with one or more common databases, SQL, scripting languages (R, Python, Perl)
Working knowledge of interactive data storytelling/visualization tools (Tableau, Microsoft Excel) and web infrastructure (JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery) an advantage
Experience in journalism (including internship) is an advantage

If you are interested, please apply with your detailed CV and design portfolio to us.

Job Type:Permanent / Full Time

Singapore Press Holdings Limited

Incorporated in 1984, main board-listed Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) is Asia's leading media organisation, engaging minds and enriching lives across multiple languages and platforms. SPH's core business is publishing of newspapers, magazines and books in both print and digital editions. It also owns other digital products, online classifieds, radio stations and outdoor media. On the property front, SPH owns 70% in a real estate investment trust called SPH REIT which comprises Paragon, a premier upscale retail mall and medical suite/office property in Orchard Road, The Clementi Mall, a mid-market suburban mall and The Rail Mall, a stretch of shopping and dining outlets along Upper Bukit Timah Road. SPH REIT also holds 85% equity stake in Figtree Grove, a freehold sub-regional shopping centre in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. SPH owns and operates The Seletar Mall and is developing a new commercial cum residential site, The Woodleigh Residences and The Woodleigh Mall. It also owns a portfolio of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in the United Kingdom. It is in the aged care sector and owns Orange Valley, Singapore's largest private nursing home operator. SPH runs a regional events arm and a chain of Buzz retail outlets. It also invested in the education business. For more information, please visit www.sph.com.sg. Facebook: facebook.com/officialsph/ Twitter: @official_sph LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/singapore-press-holdings/

Media / Events / Advertising / Public Relations
1000 Toa Payoh North News Centre
http://www.sph.com.sg

Work Location

Toa Payoh