Senior Visuals Developer, CNN

Your New Role…

CNN’s global Visuals team is seeking a senior developer to create ambitious,innovativeand accessible digital journalism. This role is for visualthinkerwho can turn complex ideas into intuitive, high-impact experiences across breaking news, enterprisereportingand major planned coverage.

As a senior member of the Visuals team, you will collaborate with editors, reporters, designers, datajournalistsand other developers to build interactive stories, reusable tools and visual formats that deepen CNN’s journalism. You will work across a range of storytelling approaches, from fast-turnprojects and live experiences to immersive, highly producedstories.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experienceworking with 3D tocreatespatial storytelling experiences. That could include work withphotogrammetry,WebGL, 3D mapping, 3D modeling,animationor other emerging formats. You should be excited about applying those skills thoughtfully: not as a technical exercise, but when they offer the clearest and most compelling way to help audiences understand a story.

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Develop interactive graphics, visual stories and digital experiences for breaking news, enterprisejournalismand major planned events.

• Partner with editors,reportersand designers early in the reporting process toidentifythe strongest storytelling approaches anddeterminewhere custom development can add value.

• Create engaging storytelling experiencesusing 3D models and photogrammetry, including interactive maps, explanatory models,animationsand immersive formats.

• Build responsive,accessibleand 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, automatedfeedsand visual analysis into interactive experiences.

• Contribute to editorial brainstorming,prototypingand experimentation with emerging technologies.

• Work closely with product,engineeringand platform partners when projects require broader technical coordination.

• Review code, documentworkflowsand share skills with colleagues across the Visuals team.

• Helpmaintainhigh standardsfor accessibility, performance,reliabilityand user experience.

Qualifications & Experience…

• At least 7 years of experience in interactive development, creative technology, visualjournalismor a comparable digital storytelling environment.

• A strong portfolio of published interactive work thatdemonstratesexcellent technical execution, visualjudgmentand audience-centered thinking.

• Experience with modern front-end frameworks, component-baseddevelopmentand Git-based workflows.

• Demonstrated experience building 3D or spatial storytelling experiences using tools such as WebGL, Three.js,MapboxGL,MapLibre, deck.gl or similar technologies. Fluency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript isrequired; familiarity with Python is a plus.

• Experience incorporating AI-assisted tools into development workflows, or an interest in thoughtfully using AI to improve coding,prototypingand production practices.

• A strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility, browserperformanceand cross-platform testing.

• Experience collaborating closely with designers, editors,reportersand data journalists from concept through publication.

• Ability to work on both deadline-driven news coverage and more complex medium- and long-term projects.

• Strong communicationskills andanability to explain technical possibilities and tradeoffs clearly to non-technical partners.

• Familiarity with data visualization libraries, automated data pipelines or newsroom publishing workflows is a plus.

• Experience with motion design, animation, computergraphicsor creative coding is a plus.

• Experience building interactive election features, results displays or other >

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