Lead Data Visualization Designer

Do you have expertise in creative design with prowess in data, storytelling, and business intelligence tools? Do you thrill at translating data into compelling, understandable visuals that drive decision-making and strategic insights? Then apply today to this exciting Visual Designer role today!

EdPlus at ASU is a dynamic unit of Arizona State University focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. We advance the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the local, national, and international communities served by ASU.

We're seeking a progressive Lead Data Visualization Designer to contribute to the Action Lab team, in partnership with the EdPlus at ASU Dean’s office. Every day you’ll make a difference in the lives of others by transforming complex data sets into clear, insightful and aesthetically pleasing visualizations.

Working closely with data experts in and outside of Action Lab, unit leaders, and other stakeholders, you will gather and interpret business requirements, translating them into visual stories that drive decision-making and strategic insights. Additionally, you may direct, train, and oversee staff or student employees; oversee related products developed by other teams; and support the professional growth of the unit.

The Action Lab is a teaching and learning laboratory within EdPlus at ASU that conducts research in digital teaching and learning science to gain new insights into students’ learning behavior and what drives student success. The results of this research are leveraged to enable continuous improvement in online programs, instructional design and new learning technologies.

Essential Duties:

• Transforms business requirements and complex data sets into compelling, insightful, and aesthetically pleasing visualizations that drive decision-making and strategic insights.
• Creates beautiful and visually stunning data-driven stories to convey data to stakeholders in a way that facilitates understanding, thoughtful ideation of next steps and conveys impact.
• Incorporates various styles of graphical elements and representations of data to simplify complex data sets.
• Establishes and enforces design standards and practices across all projects to ensure consistency, usability, and a polished look, focusing on details such as fonts, titles, and layout.
• Trains, develops, and leads staff and student workers.
• Utilizes advanced visualization tools to create and produce high-end results.
• Serves as a strategic leader within Action Lab, specifically and jointly across EdPlus, offering insights on leveraging visualizations to enhance business processes and strategic decision-making.
• Provides visual, technical, and editorial leadership guidance.
• Develops a library of assets (from color to font to completed projects) that is well managed, and projects found easily.
• Assumes and coordinates other duties/projects as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications:

• Evidence of a bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of data visualization tools and technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of design principles such as layout, typography, color, and interaction design.
• Demonstrated knowledge of reporting tools to gather data (e.g., Tableau or other dashboards).
• Demonstrated knowledge of visual journalism fostering a changed way of seeing through graphics, changing the way we seek out, consume, and understand data and ideas.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and key libraries, especially D3.
• Evidence of fluent skills with Adobe tools such as Illustrator, Excel, and Photoshop.
• Evidence of expertise in Keynote and others to share and co-ideate on assets.
• Evidence of expertise with charting and other data visualization techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to transform data into compelling visuals.
• Demonstrated ability to work quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated exceptional ability to translate complex business requirements and data sets into simple, actionable insights through visual storytelling.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a distributed team and communicate with internal stakeholders as an independent and strategic thinker.
• Demonstrated ability to lead by example in communicating, participating, and encouraging support of the institution’s sustainability programs.
• Demonstrated ability to stimulate changes in individual, institutional, and corporate behaviors to create a more sustainable environment.

Salary & Benefits:

$85,000 - $120,000 per year; DOE

ASU offers a total compensation package that includes valuable employee benefits.

· Healthcare

· Financial Security

· Retirement

· Family Resources

· Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)

· Discounts

Department Statement:

EdPlus defines itself through a culture of curiosity, risk-taking and refusing to accept the status quo. As a central enterprise unit for ASU focused on the design and scalable delivery of digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education, our commitments support the University charter. ASU is a national service university and aspires to accelerate positive social outcomes through the seamless integration of cutting-edge technological innovation and scalability.

EdPlus employees are valued, respected, and encouraged to be their unique selves. We know that our ability to deliver high-quality services and educational experiences is strengthened by our culture of inclusion.Our innovative approach drives outcomes through serving learners, achieving milestones, striving for excellence, solving problems, embracing urgency, and being bold.

Working Environment:

Your desk will be in the beautiful, cutting-edge, and collaborative workspace at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Center houses a diverse business community that links technology, research, education, and entrepreneurship to position ASU and Greater Phoenix as global leaders in the knowledge economy.

EdPlus at ASU supports flexible work options, ranging from alternate work schedules to hybrid remote work schedules, subject to approvals per ASU policy.

(This is NOT a fully remote position.)

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. EdPlus at ASU will not be a sponsor for this position.

Apply before midnight Feb. 18, 2025

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Scottsdale, AZ 85257 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Salary : $85,000 - $120,000