Ongoing Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: Social Media/ Digital, Production/Content
- Be a part of Australia's independent national broadcaster
- Full Time, permanent role
- Location: Flexible
- Engage digital-first audiences.
- $98K to $119Kp.a. plus 15.4% ABC nominated super fund
The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.For more information about working at the ABC, please feel free to explore our careers page at
About the RoleThis is an exciting and unique opportunity to contribute to the way audiences engage with climate stories. Broadly the role will involve developing rich interactive components and applications including charts, maps, infographics, and data visualisations; at times using a large amount of structured data sourced from both internal content management systems and external APIs, then testing and debugging front end functionality. The role will include:
- Researching, developing, reporting, and producing visually engaging content for social and emerging platforms to meet new audiences where they are.
- Collaborating with Reporters, Designers, Data Journalists, and other Editorial staff to visualise, develop, test, and implement engaging digital stories and interactive content.
- Staying abreast of best practice in the industry for areas such as data visualisation, interactive storytelling, emerging standards and accessibility across multiple platforms and search engine optimisation (SEO).
About YouYou can tell complex and creative stories through data visualisation for social and digital platforms with a strong understanding of where audiences find their news. Your skills and experience will also include:
- Highly developed technical skills in JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- Experience contributing to the building and releasing enhanced websites or web applications that work across multiple platforms and browsers.
- Sound news judgment with a passion for telling visually compelling digital stories.
- Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of statistical methods and analysis preferred.
For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description:We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).For further information on this position please contact Edwina Farley, Editor, Climate and Regional atWe are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.Please feel free to contact or 02 8333 2348 where you can request recruitment and selection information in alternate formats, request adjustments, or have accessibility requirements met wherever possible.We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.Advertised: 04 Apr 2024 2:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 18 Apr 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
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