Senior Associate Data Visualizer And Graphic Designer

Senior Associate- Data Visualizer and Graphic Designer

Who we are and what we do?

WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.

We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization. Currently over 150 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Program Overview for Sustainable Cities and Transport

At WRI India Ross Center we focus on 10 integrated solutions to urban challenges. Through applied research, tools, hands-on advice, and by tapping our network of global experts, we accelerate transformative urban initiatives that have the power to change Indian cities into thriving, equitable and low-carbon places that are good for people and the planet.

Working at WRI India Ross Center offers you the unique opportunity to learn and grow as you collaborate with a diverse set of change agents across Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. As India’s biggest urban focused think and do tank, we seek thoughtful, enterprise-minded and sensitive individuals who can help us support this transformation and make a positive difference to citizens’ everyday lives.

About your role:

WRI India is seeking a Communications Associate – Data Visualization and Graphics Designer who will be an integral member of WRI India’s Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities GeoAnalytics team, and will work in collaboration with the core communications team. The role involves working with analytic colleagues to develop data visualization dashboards, interactive web-maps and infographics, creating storyboards that help in communicating complex data and insights into captivating visual outputs. The candidate is expected to be social media savvy and be able to use social media to enhance the outreach of communication.

How your day will unfold:

Infographics -
The candidate will be responsible for working with program staff to produce infographics that best communicate complex data and insights into captivating visual outputs. The primary role entails:
• Support the company in the development of marketing materials, newsletters and reports
• Skilled in information design and data storytelling
• Help to translate data into insightful visual content, which is both beautiful and meaningful, making data, trends, analytics accessible on social media and mass communication platforms.
• Artistic representation of data and information using different elements such as graphs, pictures, diagrams, dashboards, etc.
• Convert generic, text - heavy presentations into more concise, graphically rich presentations.
• Produce graphics in line with WRI brand guidelines – design principles, color and typography – effectively across all deliverables

Social Media -
• Elevate WRI’s work on social media platforms, targeted at key national, sub-national and international political moments.
• Spot social media trends relevant to the integrated urban planning work, and work to include our content in nationally trending conversations.
• Collaborate with the core-comms team to disseminate social media messages using official WRI India accounts on Twitter and LinkedIn.
• Identify other social media platforms more appropriate for storytelling and sharing visual communication material such as short video clips, spatial maps and data visualizations.