Visual Information Designer, Yahoo Finance
Core
Transform complex economic and financial datasets into clear, accurate, and impactful information graphics for daily news articles, marquee features, and subscriber newsletters.
Role type
Senior IC Information Designer / Data Visualization Specialist
Builds
High-fidelity charts, diagrams, map modules, and explanatory information graphics for web, mobile, social, and video platforms.
Domain
Finance / Data Journalism
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Data visualization, editorial architecture, typography, composition, color theory, visual hierarchy, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, enterprise dataset manipulation, AI-augmented design systems, automated workflow scripting
Preferred skills
Prompt engineering, interactive front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, D3.js, Leaflet), motion graphics for video production, macroeconomic analysis
Technologies
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Datawrapper, Flourish, RAWGraphs, D3.js, Leaflet
Responsibilities
Concept, design, and render high-fidelity charts and diagrams for editorial projects; Translate sophisticated financial concepts into intuitive visual assets; Collaborate with reporters to pitch strategic data visualization opportunities; Deploy automated chart frameworks for breaking news production; Architect and maintain enterprise-level visualization template libraries; Utilize generative AI tools to digest and summarize raw data files; Implement automated workflow scripting for layout versioning and cross-format translation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC