Cartographer/Remote Sensing Analyst

Bloomberg News is seeking a cartographer with expertise using remote sensing, satellite imagery and other geospatial methods to conduct analysis for maps and news stories. Working with the Bloomberg News Data Visualization team, you'll conduct analysis and create visual stories for breaking news, ongoing news coverage, and enterprise and investigative stories across platforms and devices.

Leveraging your expertise in geospatial analysis, you'll help break news and investigate topics of importance to Bloomberg readers. Our team is highly collaborative and we value people who are motivated to work with others and pitch in as news events unfold - both planned and unplanned. We're a group of journalists who encourage each other and share our ideas and knowledge - we'll expect you to be a supportive and engaging member of the team.

WE'LL TRUST YOU TO:

• Use remote sensing analysis, image processing and machine learning to analyze geospatial datasets for visual storytelling
• Apply your skills and curiosity in collaboration with team members and newsroom colleagues in ideating, researching, designing and writing visual stories that can be fast-moving or long-term
• Develop reproducible workflows for data collection and analysis, or build simple tools to streamline workflows, that can be utilized by other team members
• Maintain documentation and repositories of data sources for specific geospatial tasks that the team can leverage in their reporting
• Work with other designers on the team to define/improve mapping style guides and base maps
• Share your expertise; brainstorm ideas with team members and support them as they conduct geospatial analysis

YOU'LL NEED:

• Experience with remote sensing analysis, machine learning and computer vision techniques for analyzing satellite imagery and work with other geospatial data types
• Experience automating geospatial workflows, including data collection, analysis and dataset generation
• Experience with tools, programming languages and libraries used for geospatial analysis, e.g. Google Earth Engine, GDAL, Python, R, QGIS
• Interest in topics core to Bloomberg News coverage, and an eagerness to work within a news context (contributing to reporting and visualization creation processes)

WE'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE (BUT NOT REQUIRED):

• Familiarity with using modern front-end web development to build interactive elements and render graphics in the browser with SVG, Canvas, or WebGL
• Familiarity with design considerations in the data visualization creation process, including layout, typography and user experience
• Newsroom experience, including freelance or in consultation, producing geospatial analysis for publication



If you think you'd be a good fit to join us, submit an application and include a resume, a brief letter telling us about yourself and a portfolio that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of remote sensing and cartography. Include a link to your Github account if you have one.
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/careers/working-here/news-and-research/?tactic-page=588594

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Salary Range: 135,000 - 185,000 USD Annually Benefits Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation [Exempt roles only], paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.