
Web Designer / Front end developer
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Key Responsibilities:
Front-End Development, Data Analysis & Visualization
- Build and maintain interactive web-based data visualisations and tools for Malaysiakini’s digital stories.
- Ensure technical robustness and cross-platform compatibility of digital assets.
- Analyze datasets to identify patterns, trends, and insights using analytical tools.
- Use data wrangling and statistical analysis techniques to verify facts and uncover hidden stories.
Journalism & Storytelling
- Collaborate with editors and reporters to produce engaging data-driven stories, presented in microsites highlighting investigative and in-depth journalism.
Collaboration & Mentorship
- Work with cross-functional teams including editors, reporters, and designers to produce high-impact stories.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in data journalism, tools, and storytelling technologies.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.
- Experience: 5+ years in journalism, front-end development, or a data-driven role.
- Proven experience in web development technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Frameworks such as Svelte or React would be advantageous, willingness to learn is crucial.
- Strong proficiency in data analysis and visualisation tools and ability to craft compelling narratives based on data insights.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in journalism or working in a newsroom or creative environment.
- Knowledge of UX/UI design principles for interactive storytelling.
- Understanding of the Malaysian socio-political landscape is a plus.
Why Join the Kini News Lab and Malaysiakini?
- Work alongside award winning journalists pushing the standards of journalism and digital story-telling in Malaysia
- Be part of a mission-driven, independent news platform.
- Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals committed to journalistic excellence.
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Submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected].