Job: Junior Information Designer
We’re looking for a junior designer to come and join a small creative team working on our next book.
Ideally you’d be London-based. But because a lot of our team is virtual, we will consider international applications.
You’re likely a recent graduate who’s into data-visualisation and infographics. But with a solid grounding in graphic design, typography, and layout.
You’ll be working directly with David McCandless on a slew of new work. Three to four days per week. Mostly remote working.
Job entails
» concepting, sketching, working up ideas
» artworking, fine-tuning and anal graphic design nit-pickery
» exploring colour, style and type routes
» plotting, mapping and schematising data
» liasing with researchers to refine data and answer questions
» creating moodboards for self-inspiration
Qualities we’re after:
» Demonstrable enthusiasm for dataviz & infographics
» Passion for information, knowledge and understanding things
» Familiarity with IIB and all our nice work
» Strong visual sense, good design taste, good feel
» Incredible attention to detail, triggering proper “upset” if elements are mis-aligned or wrong
» Excellent written & verbal communication
» Not “scared” of data, information, research or spreadsheets!
» Responsive to feedback and creative direction
» Ability to work and maintain creativity under pressure
» Able to work speedily on drafts and not get too attached to versions (this is team work!)
» But also able to “lock in” and pursue a design-idea to its limits
» Ninjascopic skills in Illustrator and InDesign
Closing date
Wed 3rd April 2013 midnight GMT
Start date
Start immediately.
Contact
Email portfolio and / or links to:
informationisbeautiful.net [AT] gmail [DOT] com
with subject line: “Love Data, Love Design”