Job Details
Data Visualization Specialists are responsible for turning abstract information from data analyses into appealing and understandable visualizations that improve business insights from the results of the analyses. They are creative thinkers who understand user interface design and apply visualizations skills such as user experience design, data visualization and graphical design. Individuals in this role understand how information is turned into knowledge and how this knowledge supports and enables key business processes. They must have a good understanding of data access requirements for business analytics and exploration. Also required are analytical skills, the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with team members, as well as an innate curiosity around wanting to understand business processes, business strategy and strategic business initiatives to help drive incremental business value from enterprise data assets. Have experience with data visualization/BI tools, such as Qlik, BOBJ or Tableau, SQL and semantic data access mechanisms.
- Works on complex, major or highly visible tasks and projects as a project team member,.
- Works on projects that may span a broad range of technologies.
- Works on multiple technical environments and possesses business knowledge that spans one or more business areas.
- Identifies project tasks and assists with project timeline estimations.
- Works with other team members and business stakeholders to drive development of business analytics requirements.
- Leverages knowledge of business processes and data domain.
- Works on data visualization tools and techniques in translating business analytics needs into data visualization and semantic data access requirements.
- Works with data engineers to facilitate technical design of complex data sourcing, transformation and aggregation logic, ensuring business analytics requirements are met.
- Leverages enterprise standard tools and platforms to visualize analytics insights
- Ensures functional and non-functional visualization requirements are met.
- Performs knowledge transfer around using data visualizations to business stakeholders.
- Helps drive business stakeholder adoption of insights-driven decision making and/or business process innovation.
- Ensures development of and adherence to data visualization standards.
- Performs testing to ensure business analytics solutions meet user specifications.
- Participates in POC projects and provides business analytics solutions recommendations.
- Conceptualize, design and develop data visualization solutions that synthesize data concepts into clear communications for key business stakeholders.
- Demonstrate a strong sense of visual design and interest in creative visualization work.
- Assist in developing best practices for data presentation and sharing across the organization.
- Demonstrate an ability to know and understand the audience and the information the audience needs.
- Demonstrate an ability to reduce data to the bare minimum of what is needed to optimally communicate a message.
- Show strong team building and creative thinking skills, and a desire to make a difference
Experience and Educational Requirements:
Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree
Must not require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future
Minimum Skills:
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus)
- Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
- Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
- Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Good project management skills
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions
- Must be eager to learn, self-motivated, flexible, accountable and can effectively handle multiple tasks at one time
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills
- Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook