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Data Visualization Developer

Full-time

Hybrid

Deadline

October 10, 2025

About the organization

Urban Institute

In A Nutshell

Location

Hybrid Washington DC, USA

Job Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Entry-level

Deadline to apply

October 10, 2025

Deliver Urban Institute’s vital research to an expanding audience and explore the possibilities of telling stories with data

Responsibilities

  • Develop creative solutions to communicate complex research findings to the Urban Institute’s audiences (including policy makers, national and local journalists, and the general public).
  • Collaborate with researchers and communications staff (designers, developers, writers, and editors) on the conception and construction of interactive data visualizations.
  • Create and refine static data visualizations for a range of digital and print publications based on our comprehensive communications standards.
  • Grow and refine our data visualization practices and standards—exploring new technologies, developing new style guidelines, or designing and building new templates.

Skillset

  • A strong portfolio of data visualization projects, 2 years of combined academic and professional experience.
  • Bachelor’s or Masters degree in computer science, journalism, statistics, information science/visualization, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Familiarity and interest in public policy topics and storytelling with data.
  • Front-end web development using semantic HTML, modern CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Creating interactive graphics in d3.js.
  • Using Git, Github and version control.
  • Cleaning and analyzing data (using R, Quarto, Python, Ruby, Stata, or others).
  • Exposure to third-party charting tools such as Datawrapper.

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