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Job Summary:
CNN is part of Warner Bros. Discovery and is seeking a Senior Visuals Developer to create innovative and accessible digital journalism. This role involves collaborating with various teams to develop interactive graphics and storytelling experiences that enhance CNN's journalism, particularly using 3D technology.
Responsibilities:
• Develop interactive graphics, visual stories and digital experiences for breaking news, enterprise journalism and major planned events.
• Partner with editors, reporters and designers early in the reporting process to identify the strongest storytelling approaches and determine where custom development can add value.
• Create engaging storytelling experiences using 3D models and photogrammetry, including interactive maps, explanatory models, animations and immersive formats.
• Build responsive, accessible and performant experiences that work effectively across devices and platforms.
• Develop reusable components, templates and tools that help CNN’s Visuals team move more quickly and consistently across the news cycle.
• Collaborate with data and graphics editors to integrate live data, automated feeds and visual analysis into interactive experiences.
• Contribute to editorial brainstorming, prototyping and experimentation with emerging technologies.
• Work closely with product, engineering and platform partners when projects require broader technical coordination.
• Review code, document workflows and share skills with colleagues across the Visuals team.
• Help maintain high standards for accessibility, performance, reliability and user experience.
Qualifications:
Required:
• At least 7 years of experience in interactive development, creative technology, visual journalism or a comparable digital storytelling environment.
• A strong portfolio of published interactive work that demonstrates excellent technical execution, visual judgment and audience-centered thinking.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks, component-based development and Git-based workflows.
• Demonstrated experience building 3D or spatial storytelling experiences using tools such as WebGL, Three.js, Mapbox GL, MapLibre, deck.gl or similar technologies.
• Fluency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript is required; familiarity with Python is a plus.
• Experience incorporating AI-assisted tools into development workflows, or an interest in thoughtfully using AI to improve coding, prototyping and production practices.
• A strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility, browser performance and cross-platform testing.
• Experience collaborating closely with designers, editors, reporters and data journalists from concept through publication.
• Ability to work on both deadline-driven news coverage and more complex medium- and long-term projects.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to explain technical possibilities and tradeoffs clearly to non-technical partners.
Preferred:
• Familiarity with data visualization libraries, automated data pipelines or newsroom publishing workflows is a plus.
• Experience with motion design, animation, computer graphics or creative coding is a plus.
• Experience building interactive election features, results displays or other data-driven news products – or an interest in applying development skills to elections coverage – is a plus.
Company:
CNN Worldwide is the most honored brand in cable news, reaching more individuals on television and online than any other cable news organization in the United States. Founded in 1980, the company is headquartered in Jakarta, IDN, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.